WorksheetsDream's Winter
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
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.
