Grammar & Literature Test 2

a correspondent who wrote about his shipwreck in "The Open Boat"

first American short story writer

introduced the detective short story

used the surprise ending

well-known novelist and playwright who wrote "The Unerring Instinct"

wrote "Town Poor"

what is the ridicule of human folly with the purpose of correcting it?

What is the attitude of the narrator toward his subject or audience?

What is the perspective from which a story is told?

In "The Open Boat", who ironically dies at the end?