Story of an Hour Introduction

How important is an hour?

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What do you think will "Story of an Hour" be about? Write 1-2 words only.

Which of the following statements is false based on the statement Elizabeth Cady Stanton made in the Declaration of Sentiments?

• 1. In 1895, women could not own their own property.

• 1. In 1895, women were able to trade stocks.

• 1. By 1895, women had earned the right to a university education.

Match the following

• Point of View

• perspective from which a story is told

• Short Story

• Literary text in which the plot focuses on one main conflict and resolution

• Irony

• a contrast between appearance and reality

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) First-Person POV

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(b) Third-Person POV

• limited

• narrator is not a character in the story

• uses pronouns such as "I" and "we"

• omniscient

• narrator is a character in the story

• uses pronouns such as "them" and "he/she"

Match the following description to the correct type of irony.

• Dramatic Irony

• Character or reader expects one thing to happen, but something else happens instead.

• Situational Irony

• What is said is the opposite of what is meant.

• Verbal Irony

• The audience or reader knows something that the characters do not know.

Choose the word that will correctly complete the sentence:

His family's ​ (a)   became a traumatic experience for Lester.

• abandonment
• vacant
• illumination
• composed

Choose the word that will correctly complete the sentence:

Weeds, tall grass, and garbage now fills the ​ (a)   lot next to our school.

• vacant
• abandonment
• illumination
• composed

Choose the word that will correctly complete the sentence:

The ​ (a)   from her phone screen became their only source of light while trapped in the elevator.

• illumination
• abandonment
• vacant
• composed

Choose the word that will correctly complete the sentence:

No one can break his ​ (a)   nature; he is way too calm.

• composed
• abandonment
• illumination
• vacant