1. The story is a _______ one.
A. Positive
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B. Negative
Correct. This is a negative story. Everything about it, the diction and imagery, is all negative except for the description of the girl's hair and eyes.
2. The pace of these paragraphs is _______.
A. Slow
Correct. This writing is slow-paced. The opening paragraph's sentences all begin with “He” except the second sentence. This slows down the pace.
B. Fast
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3. Walker uses the pace you identified in question 2 in order to _______.
A. Build tension
Correct. The fragments reinforce that the action is building to a climax. There is antithesis in the first sentence (between the cool spots and the afternoon sun) but not in the second sentence, so Answer B doesn't work. There is no relief in this paragraph at all.
B. Emphasize opposites in both sentences
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C. Provide some relief
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4. The first two sentences of paragraph 2 are _______.
A. Loose
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B. Periodic
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C. Antithetical
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D. Fragmented
Correct. these are not complete sentences—there is no verb in either. The characteristics of the other three possible answers are not present.
5. Walker uses the type of sentence you identified in question 4 in order to _______.
A. Speed the pace
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B. Reflect the anger of the main character
Correct. The man is so tense with anger that he can think only in emphatic fragments, almost snarls of language. A and C don't work as the answer because the fragments slow the pace and heighten the tension.
C. Ease the tension
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