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New York Day Women
Big Black Good Man
100
vantage point from which events are presented
What is point of view
100
Often times the main person in the story
What is major character
100
Someone who misrepresents events and misdirects readers whether it is intentional or unintentional
What is an unreliable narrator
100
Who is the narrator of the story
What is the mothers daughter
100
What point of view is this story told in?
What is third person
200
the person telling the story
What is narrator
200
A character who reports events experienced or related by others
What is an observer
200
Some third person narrators know everything about the characters (all-knowing)
What is omniscient
200
How is the narrator different from her mother?
many acceptable answers
200
Who is the main character?
Olaf Jenson
300
narrator or speaker of a poem or story; a "mask"
What is persona
300
Occurs when a narrator or character perceives less than readers do
What is dramatic irony
300
Third-person, tells a story from an objective (or dramatic) point of view
What is an objective narrator
300
How does the story shift between between two kinds of passages
It goes from what the daughter says and then quotes what the daughter says
300
What does the diction show about the time period?
Many acceptable answers.
400
the narrator is the character who tells the story, uses "I" or "we"
What is first person point of view
400
When the narrator says one thing but actually means another
What is verbal irony
400
third-person narrator that only focuses on what a single character experiences
What is limited omniscient
400
How would you characterize the relationship between the character and her mother
It is not that great.
400
What is the significance of the title?
many acceptable answers
500
a character who plays a relatively small part in the story
What is a minor character
500
When what happens is at odds with what readers are led to expect
What is situational irony
500
Point of view that uses he, she, and they
What is third person point of view
500
What would she have gained or lost by telling the story in past tense?
If it was told in past tense the audience would not be able to understand the relationship between the daughter and mother.
500
Why do you think Richard Wright wrote this story and what is the significance of the year it was published.
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