Story Elements - The Story of an Hour

From what ailment does Mrs. Mallard suffer?

• kidney failure
• heart trouble
• pneumonia
• detached retinas

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What might Mrs. Mallard's ailment symbolize?

• her inability to see things as they are
• her inability to filter out less important things in life
• her unhappiness and troubling emotions
• a sickness from missing her husband

Who breaks the news of Mr. Mallard's death?

• Richards
• Roberts
• Josephine
• Philip

The following passage is an example of _________ irony: "Louise, open the door! I beg; open the door--you will make yourself ill. What are you doing, Louise? For heaven's sake open the door."

• situational
• dramatic
• verbal

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The following passage is an example of _________ irony: "Some one was opening the front door with a latchkey. It was Brently Mallard"

• Situational
• Dramatic
• Verbal

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The following passage is an example of _________ irony: "When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills."

• Situational
• Verbal
• Dramatic

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is significant about the story's setting?

• The story's set in a time period that afforded women very few rights.
• It takes place in a large house.
• The story encompasses one hour.
• The setting makes no difference.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How could we best characterize Brently Mallard

• He is an abusive husband who deserves to die in a fiery train wreck.
• He's a conniving man who set up the train wreck story so he could scare his wife and kill her.
• He's a typical husband in the late 19th-century.
• He died in the train wreck.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

How would the story change if it were written today? 

• Richards tells Mrs. Mallard that her husband's dead in order to get her to marry him. It works. Mallard walks in on the two in a passionate embrace and Mrs. Mallard dies of a heart attack.
• Mrs. Mallard smashes Mr. Mallard's SUV with a golf club and demands a divorce.
• Richards calls Mallard on his cell phone and realizes he's alive.
• There's no way Mallard leaves the house without permission.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

In what season does the story take place and why is it significant?

• The story takes place in Winter and symbolizes that everything dies.
• The story takes place in Summer and symbolizes the burning love Mrs. Mallard has for her husband.
• The story takes place in Spring and symbolizes a new beginning for Mrs. Mallard.
• The story takes place in Fall and symbolizes the everything is falling apart.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4