Short story .

when a character says one thing but means another, this is an example of…

question 1 options:

onomatopoeia

alliteration

verbal irony

connotation

question 2 (4 points) question 2 saved

this image is an example of what literary device?

question 2 options:

hyperbole

metaphor

characterization

symbolism

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when the narrator of the story tells about the events using words like “i, me, my, we, and us,” what point of view is he or she using?

question 3 options:

first person

third person limited

third person omniscient

it cannot be determined

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“it was the juiciest watermelon i ever did eat”

“they approached slowly, crackling and crunching through the underbrush”

“the tepid water continued to drip from the ceiling, dampening her hair and face”

these are examples of what literary device?

question 4 options:

plot

simile

personification

imagery

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if a character doesn’t really change over the course of a story, what type of character would he or she be considered?

question 5 options:

static

dynamic

flat

round

"two kinds" by amy tan
questions in this section pertain to amy tan's "two kinds."

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early in the story ni kan says, “i now had bad hair the length of a boy’s; with curly bangs that hung at a slant two inches above my eyebrows. i liked the haircut, and it made me actually look forward to my future fame” (tan 1).

the bold text is an example of…

question 6 options:

imagery

alliteration

onomatopoeia

metaphor

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later, ni kan says, “i was a dainty ballerina girl standing by the curtain, waiting to hear the music that would send me floating on my tiptoes” (tan 1).

this is an example of what literary device?

question 7 options:

imagery

simile

symbolism

metaphor

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one of the main themes in “two kinds” could be…

question 8 options:

the complicated dynamics of mother-daughter relationships

the struggles of being separated from family in another country

the difficulties of dealing with language barriers in a foreign land

all of the above

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the main type of conflict in the story is…

question 9 options:

man vs self

man vs nature

man vs man

man vs society

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at the end of the story, ni kan says, “after i had the piano tuned, i opened the lid and touched the keys. it sounded even richer than i remembered. really, it was a very good piano. inside the bench were the same exercise notes with handwritten scales, the same secondhand music books with their covers held together with yellow tape. i opened up the schumann book to the dark little piece i had played at the recital. it was on the left-hand page, “pleading child.” it looked more difficult than i remembered. i played a few bars, surprised at how easily the notes came back to me” (tan 6).

the tone of this passage could be considered to be…

question 10 options:

melancholy

delightful

nostalgic

somber