Instructions: Read pp. 145-151 of Foundations of English and answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. Name the literary devices present in the following quotes.
a) “Not bad and not good. Average. Ordinary. Straight Bs in everything. Except for one thing. My favorite thing in my mediocre world. Shinny.” (paragraph 2, p. 145). ______
b) “…feeling my feet and legs flow into the skates…” (p. 146). ______
c) “The puck is my willing collaborator, clinging devoutly to the blade of the Sher-Wood” (p. 148). ______
d) His eyes are wide open, popping out of his chubby face like two matching pom poms” (p. 148). ______
e) “…more skilled than most of the millionaire sloggers who clutch and grab, dump and chase their way from Montreal to Nashville” (p. 149). ______
f) “Another extreme emotions boils through me” (p. 149). ______
g) “He looks up at me. His eyes are gone. No blood, no empty sockets , no dangling gore, his eyes haven’t fallen out. There is only…nothing. Empty absenses, deeper than the sky” (p. 151). ______
h) “There is something unfolding inside the emptiness where his eyes should be, something at the end of the absences slicing towards me. I can’t see it yet but it is thumbnail narrow and made of limitless desires” (p. 151). ______
2. What is the narrative point of view of this story?
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3. What types of characters are a) the narrator and b) “the skier”? (Round or flat? Static or dynamic?)
a)______b)______
4. Write a quote that illustrates direct characterization and a quote that demonstrates indirect characterization.
Direct:______Indirect:______
5. Name the type of conflict in the story, and b) describe the conflict in one sentence (use the word “versus” (vs.) in this sentence.
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6. Choose one sentence that best represents the moment of climax of this story. (Remember that the climax occurs when the reader finds out which side “wins” in the central conflict.) Copy this quote below.
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7. Explain the significance of the quote in question 1. h) above.
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