Worksheets"A Worn Path"
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Setting includes Place and ___________
location
time
character
scenery
The setting of "A Worn Path" is
Natchez Trace
1941
Jackson, MS
Natchez Trace, 1941
The author of a "Worn Path"
Willie Morris
Kathryn Stockett
Eudora Welty
John Grisham
"Flat Characters" are characters that___
do not change throughout the story.
change throughout the story.
Have little to no emotion.
Are two-dimensional
Which character is nota "flat character"
Mrs. Jackson's grandson
Mrs. Jackson
The Hunter
The nurse
What is a dynamic character?
A character that does not change throughout the story.
A character with an extensive personality.
a character that changes throughout the story.
A character with an eclectic wardrobe.
What is an archetype?
the frame of a building.
a stereotypical depiction of a character.
a mythical bird
a type of electric spark that goes from the beginning of the story until the end.
Mrs. Jackson would which archetype?
Hero
caretaker
Villan
sage
What is an allusion?
a trick of the eye.
the belief that one can achieve more than previously thought
an apparition
Giving clues/connections to another piece of literature, historical events, Bible, mythology etc.
In "A Worn Path," the author uses Ms. Jackson's name to make an allusion to______________.
A greek myth.
the mythological bird that burns in the fire and rises from the ashes.
the Jackson Five
A biblical reference to fire and brimstone.
What is imagery?
a comparison that does not use like or as.
A comparison using like or as.
when the author uses strong adjectives to “paint a picture” in the reader’s mind
A photograph used in a story to show the reader the main character or scene.
Under the red rag her hair came down on her neck in the frailest of ringlets, still black, and with an odor like copper
Simile
Metaphor
Imagery
Archetype
Big dead trees, like black men with one arm, standing in the purple stalks of the withered cotton field
Imagery
Archetype
Dynamic Character
Flat Character
comparison using like or as
metaphor
personification
simile
allusion
The track crossed a swampy part where the moss hung as white as lace from every limb
simile
metaphor
personification
Alliteration
The shadows hung from the oak trees to the road like curtains
metaphor
simile
personification
alliteration
giving lifelike qualities to an inanimate object
imagery
personification
simile
allusion
Thorns you are doing your appointed work. Never want to let folks pass- no sir
personification
metaphor
simile
alliteration
At last there came a flicker and then a flame of comprehension across her face, and she spoke
metaphor
simile
personification
allusion
Then she smelled wood smoke, and smelled the river, and she saw a steeple and the cabins on their steep steps
personification
alliteration
allusion
simile
The encounter with the two women at the doctor’s office. Phoenix falling into forgetfulness and then regaining her memory
Exposition
Resolution
Rising Action
Climax
Phoenix gets the medicine for her grandson
Rising Action
Falling Action
Resolution
Exposition
Phoenix vs. old age, vs. cold weather. Difficulty of the path, animals, the dog, the ditch, the maze, the barbed wire fence
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Himself
Man vs. the elements
What Point of View is "A Worn Path" told in?
3rd Person Omniscient
3rd person Limited
3rd Person
First Person
What is one way that growing up in MS had an affect on the author's writing?
The length of her stories were shorter because she had to work in the fields.
She wrote about the travels and adventures she took across the state.
The dialect her character's used was what she heard from those around her.
Getting her work published was difficult because she was a woman in the south.
Phoenix
Fire
Mythical Bird
the water in the bottom of a ditch
A type of car
with the balanced heaviness and lightness of a pendulum in a grandfather clock
Counterbalance
heaviness
lever
time
This made a grave and persistent noise in the still air
continuous
limited
mournful
bleak
still air that seemed meditative, like the chirping
reflective
ignored
hyper
motionless
like the chirping of a solitary little bird.
respectful
crowded
lonely
ignored
illumined by a yellow burning under the
brighten
dim
bird
whisper
Her fingers were busy and intent, but her skirts were full and long,
purposeful
bored
aggrivated
tired
'Thorns, you doing your appointed work.
arranged
believable
misguided
reversed
Big dead trees, like black men with one arm, were standing in the purple stalks of the withered cotton field.
shrunken
enlarged
removed
thirsty
In the furrow she made her way along.
trench
lake
hill
field
For I have heard of nary death close by.'
not
one
several
few
The quail were walking around like pullets, seeming all dainty and unseen.
young hen
older bird
peacock
eagle
'I walking in their sleep,' she said, nodding her head vigorously.
energetic
lazy
respectfully
rudely
The deep lines in her face went into a fierce and different radiation.
relieved
spread
disappeared
apparant
She laughed as if in admiration.
appreciation
loathsome
shock
laziness
Watch me get rid of that cur,' said the man. 'Sic him, Pete! Sic him!'
dog
cat
virus
squirrel
She inclined her head in the red rag.
tilt
removed
cried
fell
But Phoenix only waited and stared straight ahead, her face very solemn and withdrawn into rigidity.
inflexibility
softness
ignoring
full of emotion
At last there came a flicker and then a flame of comprehension across her face, and she spoke.
flash
command
seizure
glow
Then Phoenix was like an old woman begging a dignified forgiveness for waking up frightened in the night.
distinguished
peasant
society
humble
'But it's an obstinate case.'
stubborn
simple
believable
curable
