After Twenty Years
The beginning of the story opens with a police officer walking his beat. How would you describe this officer?
He is confident and walking with swagger.
What are Derrick and Jerry doing when the detectives approach them?
They are playing basketball.
Describe the setting of After Twenty Years
New York City, dark, windy, rainy, deserted streets.
What is first person point of view?
The narrator is in the story telling the story from their eyes.
Define pacific
Calm, peaceful
Who is standing in the doorway of the hardware store?
Bob
What does the detective want to talk to Derrick about?
The gun.
How does the setting of After Twenty Years help create a suspenseful mood?
The streets are empty, it is dark and raining when the police man sees the man in the doorway.
What is third person point of view?
The narrator is outside of the story.
Habitual means done by _____.
Habit
How does Bob react to the police officer?
He speaks up right away because he doesn't want the officer to think he's up to no good.
Why does Derrick deny then confess to having the gun?
Derrick denies having the gun at first so he doesn't get in trouble. He confesses because the cops have witnesses that saw him with the gun.
What is the setting of The Gun?
A rainy March afternoon on a basketball court.
What words let you know it is a first person narrator?
I, me, we, they, them, etc.
Define agile
Nimble, quick, light on your feet.
How long ago did the two friends agree to meet?
20 years ago.
By Derrick admitting to shooting down by the train tracks when the trains came by what does he unknowingly admit to?
Killing the woman on the train.
What elements of the setting create suspense in The Gun?
It is a dreary day when the detectives approach. The detectives appear calm, but Derrick knows they are there to talk to him about the gun.
Third person point of view uses what words?
Names, he, she, they, them
Stalwart means _____ _______.
Most loyal
What happens at the end of the story?
Bob is arrested by the plainclothes officer that pretended to be Jimmy. Bob reads a note from Jimmy saying he was there on time, but that when Bob lit his cigarette he saw that he was the man wanted in Chicago and couldn't arrest him himself.
It's about the gun Derrick thought is an example of what?
Interior monologue
What is mood?
The feeling a reader gets through words and descriptions.
Derrick and Jerry were playing basketball when two detectives approached them. What is the point of view?
Third person
Derrick was making _________ as Jerry was running down the basketball court.
Commentary