Point of View in Helen Keller's Memoir

Point of View in Helen Keller's Memoir

Multiple Select

Meanwhile the desire to express myself grew. The few signs I used became less and less adequate, and my failures to make myself understood were invariably followed by outbursts of passion. I felt as if invisible hands were holding me, and I made frantic efforts to free myself.

What about this passage shows that it is from a memoir? (Choose 2)

• It is written in the first person.

• It discusses important dates.

• It is written in the secod person.

• It discusses the autor's feelings.

Multiple Select

Read the following passsage:

I guessed vaguely from my mother's signs and from the hurrying to and fro in the house that something unusual was about to happen, so I went to the door and waited on the steps. The afternoon sun penetrated the mass of honeysuckle that covered the porch, and fell on my upturned face. My fingers lingered almost unconsciously on the familiar leaves and blossoms which had just come forth to greet

the sweet southern spring.

Which of the following are vivid verbs:

• hurrying to and fro

• mass of honeysuckle

• penetrated

• come forth to greet

• leaves and blossoms

The Miracle Worker

KELLER: I’ve been waiting to give you this.

ANNIE: (after a breath) What?

KELLER: Your first month's salary. (He puts it in her hand.) With many more to come, I trust. It doesn't express what we feel, it doesn't pay our debt. For what you've done.

ANNIE: What have I done?

KELLER: Taken a wild thing, and given us back a child.

The Story of My Life

I felt approaching footsteps, I stretched out my hand as I supposed to my mother. Some one took it, and I was caught up and held close in the arms of her who had come to reveal all things to me, and, more than all things else, to love me.

Multiple Choice

Both excerpts discuss the impact Anne Sullivan had on the life of Helen Keller. How is the point of view different in the play and the memoir?

• The memoir describes Helen’s actions.

• The play focuses on Helen’s feelings.

• The memoir shows Helen’s feelings.

• The play describes Helen’s memories.