SEMESTER 1 STUDY GUIDE LIT GENRES

Question 1

Know situational irony from “Sound of Thunder.”

Answer 1

The main character stepping on a butterfly and changing the future.

Question 2

What motivates Eckels to run off the path in “Sound of Thunder”?

Answer 2

He was scared of a T-Rex.

Question 3

What foreshadowed the ending of “Sound of Thunder”?

Answer 3

Eckels questions whether they would return alive.

Question 4

What do the return dates signify in “Sound of Thunder”?

Answer 4

Important historical dates that are changed when Eckels stepped on the butterfly.

Question 5

Know situational irony from “Desiree’s Baby.”

Answer 5

Armand hated Desiree for his own families characteristics.

Question 6

What prompted Armand to start acting differently?

Answer 6

Neighbors started to visit and spread rumours

Question 7

What is the first clue that something is surprising about Desiree’s baby?

Answer 7

When Madame Valmonde visits and reacts with shock upon seeing the child, stating, “This is not the baby!”

Question 8

Know what words best describe the duke in “My Last Duchess.”

Answer 8

Arrogant, controlling, jealous, and manipualtive

Question 9

What keywords give us insight into what the duke did in “My Last Duchess”?

Answer 9

“Gave commands” and “all smiles stopped.”

Question 10

Know the purpose of “13 Ways to Look at a Blackbird.”

Answer 10

Interconnectedness while…
Basically, different perspectives all viewed the same point

Question 11

Know the motivation of Parson Hooper in “The Minister’s Black Veil.”

Answer 11

Shows that everyone has hidden sins.

Question 12

What paranormal anomaly is described in relation to the black veil?

Answer 12

He walks with a dead girl, looks in mirror and it shocked him, and a dead body shook

Question 13

What mood does the black veil cause among various situations?

Answer 13

The mood of fear, unease, and mystery, eerie.

Question 14

Know the traits that identify a good man in “A Good Man is Hard to Find.”

Answer 14

Wealth, comes from good stock, very generous

Question 15

Identify the symbolism in “My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun.”

Answer 15

Rage is the owner, and gun is suppressed desires.

Question 16

In “A Rose for Emily,” be able to identify examples of foreshadowing.

Answer 16

The strange smell around Emily’s house, Emily buying arsenic, Homer’s disappearance, and the gossip.

Question 17

In “A Rose for Emily,” what motivated the people to come to the house after Mrs. Emily passed?

Answer 17

Men respected, and women liked to gossip. Mostly, the desire to uncover mysteries and curiosity.

Question 18

In “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” be able to identify symbolism.

Answer 18

Tigers symbolize freedom, strength, and courage. Drawing means a search for a better life, and the ring represents confinement.

Question 19

In “The Story of an Hour,” know the dramatic irony.

Answer 19

Joseph thinks she is grieving when she is the opposite; Mrs. Mallard is happy, and the audience knows.

Question 20

In “The Story of an Hour,” what is most surprising about what the main character states?

Answer 20

Her statement of freedom when she should be grieving, “I am free, I am free, I am free!”

Question 21

In “Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town,” what demonstrates the passing of time?

Answer 21

The imagery of the seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter) and the times of day (sun, moon, stars, room).

Question 22

In “Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town,” how are the other townspeople described?

Answer 22

Lack of happiness, indifference, stagnant townspeople.

Question 23

In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” the author compares existence to what?

Answer 23

A patient etherized upon a table.

Question 24

The repetition in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is meant to show what?

Answer 24

Shows Prufrock’s indecisiveness and insecurity.

Question 25

What is the big question asked in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”?

Answer 25

“Do I dare disturb the universe?”

Question 26

What does it mean to measure out one’s life in coffee spoons?

Answer 26

Someone takes one day at a time (Life is boring).

Question 27

In “Young Goodman Brown,” what two meanings did Faith hold?

Answer 27

Faith meant faith in God (Religon) or in the name of his wife (Name).

Question 28

In “Young Goodman Brown,” what did the pink ribbon symbolize?

Answer 28

Pink means innocence and sin.

Question 29

In “Young Goodman Brown,” what happened in the end?

Answer 29

He returned but no longer trusted anyone.

Question 30

In “Young Goodman Brown,” what motivated Goodman Brown to go into the woods at night?

Answer 30

To keep a promise to the devil.

Question 31

What are the characteristics of stream-of-consciousness writing?

Answer 31

Associations flow freely from one idea to the next.

Question 32

How does the “Weary Blues” reflect the Harlem Renaissance?

Answer 32

Demonstrates a love of blues.

Question 33

What is the primary struggle of the blues singer in “Weary Blues”?

Answer 33

He has no one to lean on, they are alone.

Question 34

What is the main message in “Song in Spite of Myself”?

Answer 34

Never love fully.

Question 35

In “Song in Spite of Myself,” why does the author say not to love with all of your soul?

Answer 35

No loving with all of one’s soul because it can lead to vulnerability and pain; pain will have no end.

Question 36

In “An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge,” how does stream-of-consciousness writing affect the understanding of the story?

Answer 36

It leads the reader through a seemingly real dream sequence.

Question 37

In “An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge,” what clues are there to the dream sequence?

Answer 37

He was able to swat away bullets.

Question 38

What incident prompted Farquahar to attempt to take out the bridge?

Answer 38

The spy said he could stop the North.

Question 39

What internally motivated Farquahar to want to help take out the bridge?

Answer 39

He wanted to be a soldier.

Question 40

In “Inviticus,” what is the primary message?

Answer 40

Do not be conquered by your obstacles.

Question 41

What is personified in “Invictus”?

Answer 41

Chance, Night

Question 42

Define mood.

Answer 42

The mood is the atmosphere of the narrative.

Question 43

Define foreshadowing.

Answer 43

A literary device where hints or clues are given about events that will happen later in the story.

Question 44

Define motivation.

Answer 44

The reason behind a character’s actions, and decisions. and desires in a story

Question 45

Define symbolism.

Answer 45

The use of physical objects to represent abstract ideas.

Question 46

Define situational irony.

Answer 46

Unexpected outcome.

Question 47

Define dramatic irony.

Answer 47

The audience knows something the character does not.

Question 48

What are the elements of gothic literature?

Answer 48

The setting tends to be southern, supernatural, with extreme emotion, grotesque characters, isolation, and omens.