Plot
What is the sniper's job?
shoot the enemy
What is the surprise at the end of the story?
What word means surrounded and under attack?
beleaguered
What figurative language is this passage from the story? "Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon . . ."
What literary device is this passage?
"The June twilight faded into night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light. . ."
setting
Why does the sniper put out his cigarette?
What is the topic of the story?
civil war
What word means self-disciplined?
ascetic
What figurative language is this passage from the story? ". ..machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night. . ."
personification
What of the five methods of indirect characterization is this passage?
"He was eating a sandwich hungrily"
action
When the sniper is shot in the arm, how does he react?
He calmly tends to it.
What is the mood at the beginning of this story?
tense
What word means a person whose extreme devotion to a cause is excessive or unreasonable?
fanatic
What figurative language is this passage from the story? ". . .spasmodically, like dogs barking on love farm."
simile
What indirect method of characterization is this passage?
"He must kill that enemy."
thoughts
What can you infer from the sniper's actions?
He is experienced in warfare.
How does the sniper feel when he FIRST realizes that he has killed his enemy?
joyful
What word means trick?
ruse
What literary device is this passage from the story? "Placing the cigarette between his lips, he struck a match, inhaled the smoke hurriedly, and put out the light."
parallelism
What literary device is this passage?
"Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds, casting a pale light as of approaching dawn over the streets. . ."
imagery
How does the sniper trick the enemy into thinking he is dead?
He drops his left hand over the roof and lets the rifle drop to the street.
When is the sniper's external conflict resolved?
when he kills his brother
What word means deep guilt?
remorse
What figurative language is this passage from the story? "The sniper could hear the dull panting of the motor."
personification
What method of indirect characterization is this passage?
". . .he crawled back to the parapet. . ."
action