Directions: Read the story “A difference of opinion” by Frank Huyler. Answer each question in 3-4 sentences (minimum). Make sure to include an example/quotation. Use full sentences, direct quotes from the text, and APA style. Number each of your responses.
1. Select one character from the story. Evaluate this character based on the way he or she thinks, acts, communicates, and impacts others. Consider some of the beliefs he or she has about situations of high importance.
2. Describe and analyze one setting that is either external or internal.
3. Identify one of the numerous conflicts. Explain how this conflict develops.
4. Select one type of irony and explain how it presents in the story (verbal, situational, or dramatic).
5. Focus on part of the plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, or resolution). Based on your selection, how is the information learned during this point relevant to understanding the development of the story?
6. Where is imagery represented? Explain the connection of this moment to one or more of the five senses.
7. Depict a significant or insignificant moment that foreshadows an event or future outcome in the story.
8 Describe an allusion that occurs during one moment or throughout the story.
9. Identify and explain the presence of one allegorical character or object.
10. Discuss one theme present in the story.
11. Analyze one symbolic idea or object.
12 What is the mood of the story? Explain how, when, and why it changes.
13 Which groups of people does this story give voice to? Explain your answer.
14 Which characters demonstrate foil?
15 Describe scenarios that represent a specific motif.
16 Evaluate the tone of the story.
