The Story of an Hour
The Story of an Hour was written by ______________.
Kate Chopin
The term for comparisons using "like" or "as" is ________
Simile
Where is the setting of the story?
The Mallard home
Each Vocabulary question offers a synonym. Choose the vocabulary word from your BINGO card that matches:
beginner
novice
There are _____ sections of the ACT for English Language Arts.
2: English and Reading
Who is the protagonist of the story?
Mrs. Mallard
"I could sleep for days" is an example of __________
Hyperbole: You cannot literally sleep for days--it is an exaggeration
The device wherein an author gives a hint at what is to come in a text.
Foreshadowing
Each Vocabulary question offers a synonym. Choose the vocabulary word from your BINGO card that matches:
criticize
censure
You are allowed to use a dictionary during the ACT English and Reading exams.
False
How much time elapses during the story?
An hour
The following quote is an example of ____________.
"a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul"
Personification: "physical exhaustion" is a state of being, it cannot "haunt" or "reach"--those are human qualities/actions
The following quote helps to build ___________.
"There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully."
Suspense
Each Vocabulary question offers a synonym. Choose the vocabulary word from your BINGO card that matches:
agreeable
amicable
How many passages will you read during the ACT Reading exam?
4
How did Mr. Mallard supposedly die?
In a train accident: "a railroad disaster"
The following is an example of ______________
"the storm of grief"
Metaphor: Grief = Storm
Mrs. Mallard is described by the 3rd person narrator as "afflicted with a heart trouble", "young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength" with "white slender hands".
These are all examples of _______________
Characterization
Each Vocabulary question offers a synonym. Choose the vocabulary word from your BINGO card that matches:
overused
hackneyed
How many passages are there in the ACT English exam?
5
What epiphany does Mrs. Mallard have while sitting in front of the window?
Instead of immense grief, she begins to feel that she has been set free.
The following quote is an example of ____________
"reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents"
Alliteration: the repetition of the "s" consontant
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard is afflicted with heart trouble in the opening of the story is an example of what story device?
Foreshadowing
Each Vocabulary question offers a synonym. Choose the vocabulary word from your BINGO card that matches:
wisdom
sagacity
What are the four types of passages in the ACT Reading test?
Prose Fiction, Social Studies, Humanities (history and fine art), and Natural Science