Structure
The following is an example of ____ structure:
A moment’s glance was enough to satisfy Catherine that her apartment was very unlike the one which Henry had endeavoured to alarm her by the description of. It was by no means unreasonably large, and contained neither tapestry nor velvet. The walls were papered, the floor was carpeted; the windows were neither less perfect nor more dim than those of the drawing-room below; the furniture, though not of the latest fashion, was handsome and comfortable, and the air of the room altogether far from uncheerful.
Spatial
This is an example of structure because the narrator uses imagery and gives descriptions of the room to describe Catherine's apartment.
The country Northanger Abbey takes place in
England
". . .she learnt the fable of “The Hare and Many Friends” as quickly as any girl in England".
The job of Catherine's father, Richard, that provided the family with decent wealth
Clergyman
"Her father was a clergyman, without being neglected, or poor. . ."
"The wind roared down the chimney, the rain beat in torrents against the windows, and everything seemed to speak the awfulness of her situation".
The phrase is best an example of _______
Personification
Austen personifies Catherine's surrounding to portray a frightful scene.
The age Catherine Morland is
Seventeen
"She had reached the age of seventeen, without having seen one amiable youth who could call forth her sensibility. . ."
"Hour after hour passed away, and the wearied Catherine had heard three proclaimed by all the clocks in the house before the tempest subsided or she unknowingly fell fast asleep."
This is an example of __________ structure
Chronological
This passage describes what happens for Catherine as time passes.
In chapter 1, the name of the village the Morlands lived in.
Fullerton
"Mr. Allen, who owned the chief of the property about Fullerton, the village in Wiltshire where the Morlands lived..."
A sport Catherine enjoyed as an adolescent
Cricket, baseball, horseback, running
". . .should prefer cricket, baseball, riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen. . ."
"I could have answered for my courage: but now, to be sure, there is nothing to alarm one".
The underlined sentence is an example of this syntax device
Asyndeton
The underlined sentence contains no conjunctions
The thing that inspired Catherine to become an heroine
Gothic Novels/Literature
". . .she read all such works as heroines must read to supply their memories with those quotations which are so serviceable and so soothing in the vicissitudes of their eventful lives".
The following paragraph from chapter 1 contains which structure?
"Such was Catherine Morland at ten. . .a beauty from her cradle can ever receive".
Cause & Effect
Once Catherine's appearance starts developing over the course of her teenage years, her parents then pay her attention towards her appearance.
The colors of the mysterious cabinet in chapter 21
Black and Yellow
"It was not absolutely ebony and gold; but it was Japan, black and yellow Japan of the handsomest kind; and as she held the candle, the yellow had very much the effect of gold".
The amount of children (including Catherine) the Morland family has
The Morland family has ten total children.
"A family of ten children will always be called a fine family. . ."
“She should take her time; she should not hurry herself; she did not care if she were the last person up in the house".
This sentence is an example of which syntax device.
Anaphora
The repetition of "she should" at the beginning of the clauses indicates anaphora.
What did Catherine find inside the mysterious chest in chapter 21?
A white cotton counterpane/quilt
"Her resolute effort threw back the lid, and gave to her astonished eyes the view of a white cotton counterpane, properly folded, reposing at one end of the chest in undisputed possession!"
"The dimness of the light her candle emitted. . .Catherine trembled from head to foot".
This section is an example of _____ structure
Cause & Effect
Catherine's candle burning out causes darkness in her room, making her incredibly fearful.
Catherine's reaction to being able to leave her home village can be best described as ________
A) Indifferent
B) Petrified
C) Anxious
D) Cheerful
D) Cheerful
"and [Mr. Allen's] lady, a good-humoured woman, fond of Miss Morland, and probably aware that if adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad, invited her to go with them. Mr. and Mrs. Morland were all compliance, and Catherine all happiness".
In chapter 21, the General's presence makes Catherine feel ______
A) Overwhelmed
B) Welcomed
C) Doubtful
D) Mundane
A) Overwhelmed
"The evening passed without any further disturbance, and, in the occasional absence of General Tilney, with much positive cheerfulness. It was only in his presence that Catherine felt the smallest fatigue from her journey. . ."
"Catherine had no leisure for speech, being at once blushing, tying her gown, and forming wise resolutions with the most violent dispatch"
This is an example of ___________
Hyperbole
Catherine could speak, she just finds it inconvenient as she is a bit preoccupied, but in no way to busy to talk
The year was Northanger Abbey published
1817
(You took notes on this!)
The effect of Austen's usage of structure by degree in the passage where Catherine opens the chest.
What is:
building the tension to her opening the chest, getting the reader caught up in her theorizing, mocking the common tropes of Gothic literature, grounding the story more firmly in the realistic atmosphere of the story.
Catherine's reaction to Northanger Abbey can be best described as _______
A) Dramatizing and excessive
B) Frightened yet justified
C) Anxious yet courageous
D) Thrilled and invigorating
A) Dramatizing and excessive
Austen's ironic language throughout chapter 21 conveys Catherine's desire to live in a daring environment, contrasting her home mundane home village described in chapter 1.
Catherine's characterization in chapter 1 can best be described as ______
A) Talented yet impatient
B) Curious yet incompetent
C) Rebellious yet hypocritical
D) Plain yet Evolving
D) Plain yet Evolving
Although Catherine transforms from a young girl, whose interests include traditionally masculine hobbies, to a teenager who strives to become an heroine, Austen still conveys the Morlands' simplicity through their basic descriptions.
"No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine".
The sentence contains this literary device.
Irony
By claiming nobody would have supposed to believe Catherine would grow into an heroine infers that she does indeed become an heroine in the novel.
What is ironic about Northanger Abbey being a satire of Gothic Romance?
It is a Gothic Romance itself