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Literary Terms
Part I
Part II
Part III
POV
100
This represents the sequence in which events happened following one after another in time
What is chronological order
100
This is where the man is taken to be hanged
What is a railroad bridge
100
Where was Farquhar's wife while he was talking to the soldier
What is fetching water for the soldier
100
What happens to Farquhar's perceptions of time and motion as he waits to be hanged
What is everything seems to be moving slower
100
"We knew how to cook and sew. We knew how to serve tea and arrange flowers and sit quietly on our flat wide feet for hours, saying absolutely nothing of substance at all."
What is first person
200
This is marked by the sudden rise in thoughts and lack of punctuation
What is stream-of-consciousness
200
How old was the man who was being hanged
What is about thirty-five years old
200
What does Farquhar ask the soldier
What is for news from the front
200
What is learned at the end about Farquhar's escape
What is it was only his imagination
200
"You’re not going to college. You’re not buying into the schedules, the credits, or the points. No standardized success for you."
What is second person
300
The vantage point from which a story is told
What is point of view
300
In the war that divides his nation, which side does Farquhar support?
What is the Confederacy
300
What form of sabotage to the bridge can be attempted (as relayed by the soldier)
What is setting it on fire
300
To where was Farquhar running after he escaped the river
What is home to his wife and children
300
When Farquhar hears his watch ticking with an exaggerated intensity, Bierce is using the point of view known as
What is third-person limited
400
Events are described without information about the thoughts or feelings of the characters
What is objective point of view
400
Farquhar's first name
What is Peyton
400
Why was the bridge being repaired
What is the Union is repairing it to use it as an advance
400
On his homeward journey through the forest, Farquhar notices that the landscape is
What is deserted
400
“Hansel walked ahead of Gretel. Gretel dropped breadcrumbs behind her as she went, knowing that her bumbling brother couldn’t be counted on to find his way home from the outhouse, let alone from the middle of the woods.”
What is third person limited
500
Uses the pronouns "he", "she", or "it" and reveals the thoughts of a single character
What is third-person limited point of view
500
What is Farquhar's "job"
What is a slaveholder
500
What is found out about the soldier at the end of part two
What is he is a Northern scout in disguise (Federal scout)
500
At the gate of his home, Farquar is greeted by the sight of
What is his wife
500
"She arrived panting at the bus stop when the bus was already long gone. She looked at her watch and swore.She sighed and walked along the sidewalk in the direction of her office building."
What is third person objective