Owl Creek Bridge

Which of the following is an example of simile from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?

• "the strokes of the water spiders' legs, like oars which had lifted their boat"

• "The sound of a clear, high voice in a monotonous singsong now rang out behind him and came across the water,"

• "He dug his fingers into the sand, threw it over himself in handfuls and audibly blessed it."

• "A strange roseate light shone through the spaces among their trunks and the wind made in their branches the music of Aeolian harps"

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is the main function of the flashback in this story?

• to describe the effects of the war on women and children

• to provide insight into the treacherous nature of the Union soldiers

• to generate sympathy for the Southern cause

• to explain why Peyton Farquhar is being hanged

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following excerpts from the story provides a clue that certain events occur in Peyton Farquhar's imagination rather than in reality?

• "… he had frequented camps enough to know the dread significance of that deliberate, drawling, aspirated chant …"

• "Suddenly he heard a sharp report and something struck the water smartly within a few inches of his head, spattering his face with spray."

• "He noted the prismatic colors in all the dewdrops upon a million blades of grass."

• "At last he found a road which led him in what he knew to be the right direction."

   

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Which of the following excerpts shows a limited third-person point of view?

• "Peyton Farquhar was a well-to-do planter, of an old and highly respected Alabama family."

• "The company faced the bridge, staring stonily, motionless."

• "The power of thought was restored; he knew that the rope had broken and he had fallen into the stream."

• "The man's hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord."

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

What motivated Peyton Farquhar to go to Owl Creek Bridge?

• devotion to the Southern cause

• an immediate need to protect his plantation

• curiosity about what the soldier told him

• to make a deal with the Union soldiers

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

How can you infer that Peyton Farquar is planning to destroy the bridge?

• He has a wife and children to protect, and doesn't like the Union army.

• He keeps asking questions about the bridge and wants to help the South.

• He is very into firea and watching things burn.

• The Union soldier told his commanding officer about Farquar.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Ambrose Bierce wrote “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” using third person limited point of veiw. All of the following are reasons he would have made this choice EXCEPT

• This technique allows the surprise ending to work.

• this POV allows the reader to make inferences about the Federal Scout's motivations.

• the reader must be limited to Farquhar’s knowledge and perceptions, or the story would    

  end quickly

• If it were written in any other way, we wouldn't have known the main character's thoughts

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

Which statement correctly uses a vocabulary word.

• Ambrose Bierce wrote "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" from a perspective that was not his own: a rich slave owner from the south.

• In the story, the ticking of the watch did not recurrence more than once.

• When Peyton Farquar was being hanged, the captain put an encircle around his head, in the form of a rope.

• The final scene in the story, congests with Peyton Farquar dying.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What activity opens the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?

• A southern spy is put on trial.

• A man is going to be hanged.

• Union soldiers are fixing a bridge.

• Troops are laying railroad tracks.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

What is the main function of the flashback in the story?

• to describe the effects of war on men and women

• to show insight into treacherous  behavior of Union soldiers

• to generate sympathy for the Southern cause

• to explain why Farquhar is being hanged

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.8.3