Characters
The Mandarin's Daughter and the Youngest Son.
What is a conflict?
A problem, challenge, decision to be made, something to overcome or a crisis.
What is a theme?
The message, moral or lesson taught by the events in the story.
What must dialogue have around it?
Quotation marks
What does this evidence show? "The girl had never walked barefoot on green grass nor run along the riverbank."
That the girl has been trapped indoors but longs to be near the river and its community.
Why has the girl remained stuck indoors her entire life?
Her father doesn't trust the outside world and keeps her locked away in his mansion. Yet, she spends all of her time looking out the window, hoping to escape.
What is a resolution?
How the main conflict in the story ends up; It could be a triumph, a tragedy or a bittersweet ending.
A theme from the stories is that true love is found in unexpected places. Where was true love found in the stories?
On a ghe floating in the river and in a rundown forest cabin.
A comma
What type of clothing does a seamstress sew?
Fancy Gowns or Dresses, Leggings, Shirts, Pants, etc.
An omniscient narrator is know as the "God Perspective" since the narrator knows about which characters?
The narrator knows about all of the characters thoughts and feelings.
What is the resolution in the Mouse Bride?
The mouse princess turns into a lady and the older brothers are jealous of the younger brothers new found love.
One major theme in the story is not to judge a book by its cover. What does that mean?
That the young brother didn't the mouse by her appearance, but saw her inner beauty and personality.
What part of speech are words that represent people, places, things or ideas?
Nouns
We know that the two older brothers are contentious because they always...
Argue and bicker with each other and harass or tease their younger brother.
What qualities does the young brother show that allow him to fall in love with the mouse?
He is kind hearted and values all creatures, even spiders.
What is the resolution in the Boatman's Flute?
A stone goblet has trapped the Boatman's sad soul. But then a regretful tear falls from the daughter's eye into the stone goblet, shattering it and setting him free. The girl realized her mistake and was mournful.
A theme from the story is that a person's decisions or character--another word for righteous choices--should define a person not their appearance. What was strange about the Boatman's and the Mouse Bride's appearance?
The Boatman looked like Shrek and the Mouse Bride was well, a mouse who could talk.
If someone is fascinated by an unusual or beautiful event we could that their attention is...
Captivated
When gathering evidence to support an answer, you may cut out part of the sentence by using these three dots.
What are ellipses?
When the narrator knows about all the characters and reveals their thoughts and feelings they are...
Omniscient.
In the stories, the conflicts cause the daughter and the young brother to eventually realize that they...
Love someone who appears differently and may not be accepted by those around them.
The message of a story is called the...
theme.
An adjective clause is a short description that follows a noun. How could readers describe the young brother's feelings for the Mouse Bride and what draws his attention to her?
He is a young man who falls in love with a singing mouse.
What evidence does the narrator provide that the smitten young brother is uncertain about his future with the mouse?
He begins to doubt his feelings when his father asks to meet his sweetheart.