Short Stories: Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat

The rising action in a story is...

• the part in which the conflict or the problem is very clear. The main character tries to solve the problem.
• the part which tells how the struggle ends.
• the turning point of the story.
• the part after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The setting of a short story is... 

• the main idea, the lesson or message in the short story.
• the point of greatest tension or intensity.
• the person who is telling the story.
• the description of where and when the story takes place.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Give the correct order of the structure of a short story or novel.

• Introduction-Rising action-Climax-Falling action-Conclusion
• Introduction-Rising action-Climax-Conclusion- Falling action
• Introduction-Climax-Rising action-Conclusion-Falling Action
• Rising action-Introduction-Climax-Conclusion-Falling action

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Other words to describe a short story are...

• blasters and short-shorts
• short-shorts and novels
• prose poems and novels
• sketches and novels

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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 introduction of a story provides the... 

• background information that the reader needs to know: the climax, the characters and the conflict.
• background information that the reader needs to know: the time, the place and the conflict.
• background information that the reader needs to know: the setting, the characters and the conflict.
• background information that the reader needs to know: the action, the characters and the conflict.

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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 does the visual represent?

• Mrs Bixby and Mr Bixby.

• Mrs Bixby visting the Colonel.

• Mrs Bixby visting the pawnbroker.

• Miss Pulteney and Mr Bixby.

What is the theme of the short story Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat

• Heroism: great courage

• Survival: the main characters must overcome countless odds just to live another day.

• Duplicity or double-dealing: dishonest talk or behaviour, especially by saying different things to two people

• What goes around comes around: the consequences of one's actions will have to be dealt with eventually.

• Coming-of-age: the time when someone matures emotionally, or in some other way:

Which information do you as a reader get in the RISING ACTION of the short story Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat?

• Mrs. B, after having an eight years affair with the Colonel, is given an expensive coat as a parting gift.

• Mrs. B realizes her husband will question where the coat comes from, so she comes up with a plan to keep the coat. She takes the coat to a pawnbroker, then pretending to have found the ticket in the taxi. Her husband decides to pick the item up on Monday

• Her husband gives her a mink scarf instead of the coat.

• Her husband gave her another mink and Mrs. B tries to act grateful, then her husband says he will be home late.

• Mrs. B sees Mr. Bixby’s assistant wearing her coat.

Which locations function as setting of place in the short story Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat?

• New York/Baltimore/Pawnshop/ Bixby apartment/General Practitioner's office/ Bus

• New York/Chicago/Pawnshop/ Bixby apartment/Dental Office/ Bus

• New York/Baltimore/Greengrocer's/Colonel's office/Dental Office/ Train

• New York/Baltimore/Pawnshop/ Bixby apartment/Dental Office/ Train

What is the point of view of the short story Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat?

• The story is written in the 1st person point of view.

• The story is written in a detached 3rd person "he"/"she" point of view.

• All knowing 3rd person. Omniscient, the narrator knows the thoughts of Mrs. Bixby

• The story does not have a narrator.