Dream's Winter

This short story is told from the ______________ point of view (pov)

• 4th person

• 3rd person

• 1st person

"They're an elite unit, comprised of specialists."

From this quote, one could infer that the two men in the story might be:

• a kind of soldier

• father and son

• jailer and captive

A reader could infer that the narrator doesn't say much because:

• He is mute

• He doesn't want to be kicked out of the group

• He doesn't want to kick Chase out of the group

Identify the simile:

• "That kind of thing doesn't matter like it used to."

• "Rosy cheeks. Little smiles. Like the kids on the old soup cans."

• "My dining room used to have windows like that."

The reader can infer that, "Then there was a flash," Chase said, "Boom" ..."Then it all goes black..." implies

• There was a bomb or sudden attack.

• There was a storm or a great floor.

• There was a black out and then the lights came back on.

Identify the use of flashback:

• "His mouth had gone small, pulled to one side"

• "I used to wake up in a sweat every time I heard the bang."

• "The water bottles come out in a while."

Identify the use of imagery:

• "It curled into a ball, its shell a series of overlapping blackish-brownish wedges."

• "I lifted my heel and poised it above the bug."

• "Do you remember dining rooms, kid?"

"I can still hear the kids. I can't see them...They're saying something. Whispering and laughing."

This quote contains two components of imagery:

• smell and touch

• sight and sound

• sound and taste

"Chase sat with his back to the old dead tree, scratching at a patch of hard, blackened earth with his compass."

This quote contains which examples of imagery:

• smell and taste

• sound and sight

• touch and sight

"It wasn't too long ago that they took me in. They were impressed with my skill as a sneak." "One wrong word, one errant move, and they could throw me back down the hill, to waste away from starvation and thirst."

This reveals what about the narrator?

• He doesn't like or respect Chase.

• He prefers to be alone.

• He longs for acceptance and security.