Point of view
What kind of narrator is in the “The Old Man at the Bridge”?
The first person narrator.
What was the climax of the Landlady?
When Weaver passed out because of the poisoned tea.
In the story《Gabriel Ernest》，which of the characters do you think is NAIVE and KIND?
Van Cheel's aunt
The doctor is as kind hearted as a wolf.
The desert was as cool as a bed of burning coals.
which type of irony are the sentences?
verbal irony
What create mood?
Tone.
What was the main conflict of In the Family?
Tradition VS Social Improvement
In the story《the Sniper》，do you think the young sniper is professional? Why?
No. Because he smoked when he should be hiding. Spark exposed him.
In "the golden kite, the silver wind", the two cities change their shapes frequently, what kind of irony is it?
situational irony.
A writer’s unique use of language and style.
What is a writer’s voice?
Give two example of suspense in Paper menagerie.
1.when the narrator picked up Laohu
2.when the narrator argued with his mom
In the story《the Possibility of Evil》，Miss Strageworth believe that she owns the town and always insist that she's right when discussing with other people. That is because she is KIND/ILLIBERAL/SMART/MATURE
ILLIBERAL
Give two types of verbal irony
overstatement---when a person exaggerates the character of something.
Understatement---when a person undermines the character of something.
What is the tone of the beginning of “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” ?
Gloomy, Hopeless.
What was the foreshadowing in the first paragraph of The Wife’s Story?
Morning air, grouch and whine, etc.
What is the characteristic of the daughter of the golden kite, the silver wind? farseeing or besotted?
in the beginning of this story, the daughter asked the mandrain to keep up with the kwan-si.it is besotted because it cost a large amount of people and money. however, finally, the daughter chose to stop this foolish comparison. it was farseeing.
what's the difference between irony and sarcasm？
Irony：enantiosis，some situation that is ironic（讽刺，反语 具有讽刺意味的事）
Sarcasm：speak sarcastically or ironically，laugh at（挖苦，嘲笑）
What is the tone of the ending of “the Sniper”?
Dreariness, Sarcastic, Bitter.
What kind of mood the author created in the fifth paragraph of An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge?
Tense sympathetic fear
Why the niece in the open window played the fool with Mr. Nuttel? How could she make the lie so real?
Because the niece was a girl who was fond of making stories， and actually the story was not very real. however, Mr. Nuttel could not ask the hostess to proof the story because the rule in Britain society that the guest could not ask too much at that age.
What is the difference between ‘verbal irony’ and ‘situation irony’?
verbal irony that is the attitude is opposite of the situation but
situation irony that is the end is opposite of what is expect.