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Do not go......What do the words "good night" denote in these lines from Dylan Thomas' poem, "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night"?

• a pleasant evening

• death

• lullaby

• goodness (vs. evil)

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Do Not Go -What do these same words, "good night," connote in these lines?

• a pleasant evening

• death

• a lullaby

• goodness (vs. evil)

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Do Not Go - Which of the following words from these same lines have the strongest connotation?

• gentle

• age

• rage

• light

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Do Not Go....Which of the following choices BEST describes Dylan's tone in these three lines of the poem?

• angry and resigned

• formal and scholarly

• urgent and emotional

• conversational and hopeful

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Do Not Go....The word "rave" has several meanings. Which of the following definitions below is closest to the intended meaning of the word rave used in the line: Old age should burn and rave at close of day

• talk wildly or incoherently, as if one were delirious or insane

• speak or write about someone or something with great enthusiasm or admiration

• an extremely enthusiastic recommendation or appraisal of someone or something

• a lively party or gathering involving dancing

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Read the following quote from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet wants to find out more about Romeo. Why is this an example of foreshadowing? Juliet: Go ask his name. - If he be married. My grave is like to be my wedding bed.

• Romeo is actually already married, and Juliet will be broken-hearted because of that.

• Romeo and Juliet will fall in love, but they will both die in the end so in a sense Juliet's grave really will be her wedding bed.

• Juliet will never find out Romeo's name and only wonder who he really is

• Juliet's wedding bed will literally be in a grave

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Read the following example of flashback from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. What is the purpose of this flashback from the narrator Nick Carraway? I graduated from New Haven in 1915, just a quarter of a century after my father, and a little later I participated in that delayed Teutonic migration known as the Great War. I enjoyed the counter-raid so thoroughly that I came back restless. Instead of being the warm centre of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe - so I decided to go east and learn the bond business.

• There is no real purpose. Fitzgerald just added it to the story because he wanted to

• This is a moment that happens in the regular chronology of the story and shows a current thought of Nick's.

• This small paragraph adds to the characterization of Nick in that we see how he has given up his home in the "Middle West" and is in search of a new fortune out East.

• this passage reveals the narrator's lack of formal education

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The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain tells the tale of two boys who trade clothing one afternoon and as a result, they trade lives as well. Most of the novel is told as two seperate narratives covering the many adventures of each of the boys, until finally, in the end, matters are set right again. Such a story structure in which the writer includes two or more seperate narratives linked by a common character, event, or them is known as:

• pacing

• foreshadowing

• parallel plots

• chronology

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Fast action, short sentences and rapid sequencing speed up a narrative's step -- as does the cliffhanger. These elements make the reader want to go on to the next page to see what happens to the story's hero. On the other hand, narrative passages that contain a great deal of detail --- slowly establishing scenes and containing longer sentences---feel slower than other parts of the story. These elements bring the pace down, building suspense or allowing the reader to catch his breath between visceral action sequences. These stylistic devices, which help to establish how quickly or slowly a story unfolds are know as:

• sequencing

• pacing

• event ordering

• chronology

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