Author's Choices
Spiral Notes Vocabulary
Intro and Rising Action of "The Night Face Up"
Multiple Choice
"The Night Face Up"
Conflict-Fill in the Blank
Falling Action and Denouement "The Night Face Up"
"The Night Face Up" Vocabulary
100
Hints or clues as to what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
100
1. In line 65, the phrase “the still-damp negative lying on his chest like a black tombstone” is an example of a. surprise b. pacing c. tension d. tone
What is c? Tension The author uses this metaphor to compare the man's dreadful feeling to the feelings of a dead man in a dark tomb. This creates tension for the reader.
100
"enjoying the pleasure", "sigh of bliss", "marvelous golden broth", "arm hardly hurt" This are the writer's attitude toward the event. These all are text evidence for the __________ tone.
What is calm?
100
In one plot, the man is violently trying to fight off his Aztec captors. In the other plot, another hospital patient notices the man fighting in his sleep and assures him that his restlessness is just a result of fever. The author uses this device to create tension, it is called...
What is parallel plots? two different plots are are equal in the story.
100
His single solace was to hear someone else confirm that the lights indeed had been in his favor. What is the meaning of the word solace in this context?
What is a source of relief and comfort?
200
Two plots that share equal time and importance in a story.
What are parallel plots?
200
"And at certain periods they went out to hunt the enemies; they called it the war of the blossom." This is a quote to introduce the start of the short story. The author included this quote to demonstrate... a. pacing b. foreshadowing c. metaphor d. parallel structure
What is b. foreshadowing? The reference is to the Aztec ritual "war of the blossom" foreshadows a violent event.
200
"I've gotten off the trail." He feet sank into the mud..." The man knows he gotten of the trail and is surrounded by Aztec warriors. This gives a hint as to what will happen later in the story because it seems likely that the man will be caught and captured by the Aztecs. This is an example of what device?
What is foreshadowing?
200
"Open the eyes..." "hopeless" " Tried to get up and felt ropes pinning his wrists...floor of a dank, icy stone slabs." Dully, he tried to touch the amulet" "From afar off, as though filtering through the rock of the dungeon , he heard the great kettledrums of the feast. They carried him... he was in the underground cells of Teocalli itself, awaiting his turn." The author uses this device to show....how the tempo or.... which is....
What is Pace? The story is quicker with more tension during the man's captivity. This shows the building of the climax or dramatic tension point of the story.
200
But the number didn't count, only the consecrated period. What is the meaning of the word consecrated?
What is to make or define as sacred?
300
How quickly or slowly action in a story unfolds.
What is pacing?
300
line 25, "he heard the woman scream, and at the collision his vision went. It was like falling asleep all at once." At this point of the story, the reader does not know what happened to the woman after she screamed only the man. The author intentionally left out this detail in order to create...in the text? a. tension b. pacing c. flashback d. repetition
a. What is tension? This create tension because the reader doesn't know what happened to the woman in the story.
300
This sentence from the text of "the hand that had unconsciously gripped the haft of the dagger climbed like a fen scorpion up to his neck where the protecting amulet hung." In this simile, the author is comparing...
What is.... his hand slowing moving up to his neck..... like a slowing moving venomous scorpion
300
In the sentence, "In a single jump he came out into the hospital night, to the high, gentle bare ceiling, to the soft shadow wrapping him round." This phrase shows the "connector" or bridge between plot lines so the narration flows smoothly
What is "In a single jump" It refers to the transition between the two plots. It could also be interpreted as the man attempting to escape from the danger of being sacrificed by the Aztecs to the safety of being in the hospital.
300
Barely moving his lips, he mumbled at the supplication of the corn which brings about the beneficent moons, and the prayer to Her Very Highness, to the distributor of all Motecan possessions. What is the definition of beneficent?
What is beneficial, producing good?
400
A scene that interrupts the plot to show events that happened in the past.
What is flashback?
400
The change of settings between the 'indoor hospital' to an 'outdoor trail' and back is one example how the author uses ____ to build tension and suspense in the story. a. metaphor b. pacing c. perspective d. parallel plots
What is d. parallel plots? The author use parallel plots giving equal importance and equal space in the story.
400
The following word phrases are all example of .... tone expressed by the author's choices. "groping uncertainly", horrible blast of that foul smell", leaded forward desperately" "confusion"
What is tense tone?
400
Explain the connection between the two parallel plots and the title of the story, "The Night Face Up". Page 178. lines 262 to 278.
What is.. It is night in the hospital because the night nurse is on duty, and it will soon be daybreak. The man is being carried out into the night face up because he can see the moon. The man wants to find the ceiling of the hospital ward again. The see the ceiling, he would be lying face up. The man is in " the night face up" in both plots.
400
The water in the bottle on the night stand was somewhat bubbly, a translucent shape against the dark azure shadow of the windows. What is the context of the word translucent?
What is semi-transparent, indistinct?
500
The suspense in a story that makes a reader want to keep reading to find out what will happen next.
What is tension?
500
The plot that takes place in the hospital has a calm, blissful feeling; the plot that takes place during the Aztec war of the blossom is tense. The effect of this parallelism allows the author to use two different types of ________ to show the parallel plots. a. ellipsis b. pacing c. tone d. metaphor
What is c. tone? The tone of parallel plots usually is opposite or completely different to emphasize the parallel structure.
500
The following texts show "marshy smell", "the reek lifted", " composite fragrance", "odor", "the smell of war" , "sniffing the air", "foul smell". The author is focusing on the sense of .... It is significant to the story at this point because....
What is smell... It is significant because the man never dreamt smells before.
500
In the quote,"the lie of the dream" in the last paragraph of the story.... the man realizes The author show tension for the end by...
What is ' the dream could be reality or vice versa... Readers are left uncertain of which story is the dream and which one is the reality.
500
Completely lucid, but realizing that he was suffering the effects of a terrible shock, he gave his information to the officer riding in the ambulance with him. What is the meaning of the word lucid in this context?
What is thinking rationally and clearly?
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