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Short story literary analysis, My Life with the Wave, The Yellow Wallpaper
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1
In "My Life with the Wave", which of the following descriptions best fits the characterization of the wave
ignorant and uneducated
serious and committed
unstable and emotional
mature and stable
2
What does the narrator do at night with the wallpaper?
Nothing.
Writes on it.
Observes it silently.
Tears it apart
3
a fully developed character who has many traits and characteristics is a
dynamic character
static character
flat character
round character
4
Descriptive language that deals with the senses
figurative language
imagery
allusion
tone
5
"Love was a game, a perpetual creation" (Paz par.17)-- best represents the literary device of
theme
simile
motif
metaphor
6
What does the yellow color symbolize?
Armony
Peacefulness
Sickness
Happyness
7
"He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction."-- This quote is an example of...
verbal irony
metaphor
setting
personification
8
Which of the following is NOT true about the "theme" of a work?
a reader has to infer the theme after considerable thought
themes are rarely stated directly in literature
the theme can be stated in one word
theme is the insight aout human life that is revealed in the work
9
Authors voice refers to all EXCEPT
diction
imagery
pitch
syntax
10
a reference in a work of literature to a well known character, place, event, or another literary work
allusion
personification
imagery
figurative language
11
In A Yellow Wallpaper the husband is a
lawyer
therapist
carpenter
doctor
12
Which point of view is most like the point of view of a movie camera: totally impersonal?
third-person omniscient
first-person plural
third-person limited
third-person objective
13
What is the point of view of "The Yellow Wallpaper"?
third person limited
objective
third person omniscient
first person
14
The story is told by a narrator who can "see" into the minds and hearts of several or all of the characters
first person plural
third-person limited
third person objective
third-person omniscient
15
Which best describes why Gilman wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper"?
To promote the benefit of the "domestic sphere"
To bring change in the way women with mental illnesses were treated
To drive people crazy
To acknowledge several treatments for OCD
16
All of the following words describe the tone of the story EXCEPT...
distressed
ironic
manic
sinister
17
the climax of a short story is
the problem of the story
the turning point of the story in which the main character changes
when all the loose ends are tied up
the moment when the suspense is at its peak
18
a character who changes or grows during the course of a literary work is a
a dynamo
Dynamic character
flat Stanley
antagonist
19
Which of the following is NOT true?
the seting can evoke mood or tone
the setting can be symbolic
the setting can help define a character
the setting can be meaningless
20
The word "creep" is used 18 times in the story. In author's voice, with element deals with the author's word choice?
diction
sensory details
syntax
allusion
