In which order does Barthelme order the deaths in his short story The School?

trees, plants, animals, children and adults

adults, children, animals, plants and trees

animals, plants, adults, trees and children

children, plants, adults, trees and animals

Are the characters in the short story The School by Donald Barthelme flat characters or round characters?

some are flat and some are round characters

Which statement is correct.

The short story revolves around the narrator’s account of all the recent deaths somehow related to the school he teaches in. The account starts light-heartedly with the deaths of trees, plants, and study/rescued animals, but it soon reaches humans, with deaths of children, grandparents, and parents. It also revolves around the theme of protection and uncertainty is explored in relation to children and the truths adults usually try to spare them of. In the story, we sense that adults, represented mostly by Edgar (but also other teachers and parents), wish to spare children of the uncertainties that they are experiencing, and preserve their innocence as long as possible....

The short story revolves around the narrator’s account of all the recent deaths somehow related to the school he teaches in. The account starts light-heartedly with the deaths of trees, plants, and study/rescued animals, but it soon reaches humans, with deaths of children, grandparents, and parents.

The theme of protection and uncertainty is explored in relation to children and the truths adults usually try to spare them of. In the story, we sense that adults, represented mostly by Edgar (but also other teachers and parents), wish to spare children of the uncertainties that they are experiencing, and preserve their innocence as long as possible....

What is the falling action in the short story The School by Donald Barthelme?

The lovemaking of the narrator in front of his pupils with his assistant which shows a quest for the opposite of death.

The discussion of Edgar and his pupils about the existential question "What happens to us when we die?"

The new gerbil which walked in showing that life continues.

What changes in the tone of the short story The School when the reader is informed about the death of the Korean orphan?

It changes from amusing to more serious.

It changes from amusing to extremely funny.

"Then they said, but isn’t death, considered as a fundamental datum, the means by which the taken-for-granted mundanity of the everyday may be transcended in the direction of – "

This sentence is expressed by the CHILDREN. It is to emphasize the difficulty of articulating such questions in real life – the gap between the experience of death and our ability to make sense of it.

This sentence is expressed by EDGAR. It is to emphasize the difficulty of articulating such questions in real life – the gap between the experience of death and our ability to make sense of it.

This sentence is expressed by HELEN. It is to emphasize the difficulty of articulating such questions in real life – the gap between the experience of death and our ability to make sense of it.

This sentence is expressed by BILLY BRAND'S FATHER . It is to emphasize the difficulty of articulating such questions in real life – the gap between the experience of death and our ability to make sense of it.

Which element(s) in the beginning of the short story The School by Donald Barthelme foreshadowed what was going to happen?

The fact that all the orange trees died.

The fact that all the snakes died.

The fact that the trees, the plants and the animals died

is a poet, a writer of children's books and novels.

is a writer of short stories and nothing more.

is a novelist who wrote books for adults only.

used to be nothing more than a pilot and adventurer.

The School

Authored by Margaret Anderson

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10th - 12th Grade

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30 sec • 1 pt

The setting of a short story is...

the main idea, the lesson or message in the short story.

the point of greatest tension or intensity.

the person who is telling the story.

the description of where and when the story takes place.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Give the correct order of the structure of a short story or novel.

Introduction-Rising action-Climax-Falling action-Conclusion

Introduction-Rising action-Climax-Conclusion- Falling action

Introduction-Climax-Rising action-Conclusion-Falling Action

Rising action-Introduction-Climax-Conclusion-Falling action

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Other words to describe a short story are...

blasters and short-shorts

short-shorts and novels

prose poems and novelas

sketches and novels

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The introduction of a story provides the...

background information that the reader needs to know: the climax, the characters and the conflict.

background information that the reader needs to know: the time, the place and the conflict.

background information that the reader needs to know: the setting, the characters and the conflict.

background information that the reader needs to know: the action, the characters and the conflict.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The rising action in a story is...

the part in which the conflict or the problem is very clear. The main character tries to solve the problem.

is the part which tells how the struggle ends.

the turning point of the story.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the climax in the short story "The Story of An Hour" by Kate Chopin?

The moment the doctors come in and say Louise had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills.

The moment her sister Josephine tells her the name of Mrs Mallard's husband is leading the list of "killed."

The moment Mrs. Mallard declares that she is free.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The narrator in the short story The School by Donald Barthelme is...

a first person narrator: a kind of narrator that is: in the story, telling their own story, uses 'I', 'Me', 'My'

an omniscient narrator: all-knowing point of view, follows all of the characters

a third person narrator: kind of narrator that is outside the story, telling someone else's story, uses 'He', 'She', 'They'

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

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The School

The setting of a short story is...

Give the correct order of the structure of a short story or novel.

Other words to describe a short story are...

The introduction of a story provides the...

The rising action in a story is...

What is the climax in the short story "The Story of An Hour" by Kate Chopin?

The narrator in the short story The School by Donald Barthelme is...

In which order does Barthelme order the deaths in his short story The School?

What is the setting of place in the short story The School by Bartelme?

Who is/are named "Edgar" in the short story The School by Donald Barthelme?

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