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| In the "Secret Life of Walter Mitty", how does the setting play a role or impact the story? |
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| Reality provides a contrast from his imagination. |
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| In the "Secret Life of Walter Mitty", what are the themes of the story? |
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| Imagination and escaping reality. |
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| In the "Secret Life of Walter Mitty", what is the climax of the story? |
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| When his wife returns and bothers him back into reality. |
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| What subgenre does "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" fit into? |
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| Hard fantasy or Heroic fantasy. |
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| How does "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" relate to our lives? |
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| Our need to escape from reality. |
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| What is the plot of "Game"? |
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| Two men are getting ready to gather in an underground bunker while a war is going on. The narrator is going crazy. |
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| What is the climax of "Game"? |
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| There is no climax as the tension between the two men is unresolved. |
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| What is the theme of "Game"? |
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| Too much isolation and pressure can cause a person to go crazy. |
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| Who are the main characters of "Game"? |
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| The narrator and Shotwell. |
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| Who is the main character in "Speaking of Courage"? |
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| What is the climax of "Speaking of Courage"? |
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| The death of Paul Berlin's friend. |
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| What is the theme of "Speaking of Courage"? |
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| Telling stories recalls pain, but it helps people work through their pain. |
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| "Speaking of Courage" is a story of what subgenre? |
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| Allegory - when characters, settings, or event stand in for abstract ideas. |
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| How does the title "Speaking of Courage" relate to the story? |
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| If Paul would gain the courage, he could earn the silver star. |
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| What is the plot of "Speaking of Courage"? |
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| Paul drives his car and remembers his time in the Vietnam War. He remembers his friend was killed. |
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| How does a theme in "Speaking of Courage" relate to your life? |
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| War affects everyone. (For example: Your brother is in the army.) |
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| In "Speaking of Courage", how does the setting impact the story? |
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| Paul drives around the same lake several times every day. It is familiar to him, in a story where he is remembering things. |
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| What is evidence in "Game" to show the narrator is going crazy? |
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| Repetition of words and phrases. |
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| What is the theme of "Game"? |
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| What is the subgenre of "Game"? |
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| If the setting of "To Build a Fire" changed, how would the story change? |
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| It would remove the element of dying cold and alone. |
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| How would you relate "To Build a Fire" to your life? |
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| What is the plot of "To Build a Fire"? |
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| A man is walking alone in the Yukon with his dog. He is freezing to death, and trying desperately to survive. |
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| What is the climax of "To Build a Fire?" |
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| When the man tries to strangle his dog. |
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| What is the subgenre of the story "To Build a Fire"? |
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| In "To Build a Fire", what is the significance of the fire? |
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| Fire is life. Without it he will die. |
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| What is the theme of "A Rose for Emily"? |
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| What is the genre of "A Rose for Emily"? |
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| In "A Rose for Emily", sections two, three, and four are what device? |
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| What is the climactic moment of "A Rose for Emily"? |
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| Going into the room with Homer's body. |
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| In "A Rose for Emily", how does the setting impact the story. |
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| It gives a gloomy and ominous feel. |
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| In "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", how does the setting impact the story? |
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| It is told in a frame story by a man in a bar: It can make the story fictional or real but you do not know. |
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| How does the theme of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" relate to your life? |
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| Betting is common and stupid. |
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| What is the climax of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". |
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| When the man fills the frog with quill shots. |
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| What is the subgenre of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", and why? |
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| Satire, because it makes fun of the human error of betting. |
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| In "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", what causes the frog to lose the race? |
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| It is full of shot and too heavy to jump. |
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