Exam 5: Narrating

Answer the following questions about the essay. -The narrator is having her _____________ birthday.

What is the most important difference between description and narration?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -From Rachel's descriptions of Mrs. Price's actions, what might you think of Mrs. Price?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -According to the narrator, Rachel, every year contains

I began working in journalism when I was eight years old. It was my mother's idea. She wanted me to "make something" of myself and, after a levelheaded appraisal of my strengths, decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition. The flaw in my character which she had already spotted was the lack of "gumption." My idea of a perfect afternoon was lying in front of the radio rereading my favorite Big Little Book, Dick Tracy Meets Stooge Viller. My mother despised inactivity. Seeing me having a good time in repose, she was powerless to hide her disgust. "You've got no more gumption than a bump on a log," she said. "Get out in the kitchen and help Doris do those dirty dishes." -Russell Baker -How does Baker organize the details in this paragraph?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -My grandma was a mere 59 years old when my grandpa unexpectedly died of a brain aneurysm .

Answer the following questions about the essay. -The color of the sweater is ____________________________.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Be strong, realistic, and a little hardboiled .

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -The time had come to bid adieu to our rocking days.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -What does the narrator think of Mrs. Price? What do you think Mrs. Price's motivations were?

Because narration is often based on ____________________ experience, it also teaches us about life.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Maliszewski's grandmother's first rule is "Don't dwell on the ________________________".

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What sport did Maliszewski's grandmother teach her?

He then took a job in a sawmill in Clatskanie, Oregon, a little town alongside the Columbia River. I was born there, and my mother has a picture of my dad standing in front of the gate to the mill, proudly holding me up to face the camera. My bonnet is on crooked and about to come untied. His hat is pushed back on his forehead, and he's wearing a big grin. Was he going in to work or just finishing his shift? It doesn't matter. In either case, he had a job and a family. These were his salad days. -Raymond Carver -How does Carver organize the details in this paragraph?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -When referring to her birthday party planned for that evening, why does Rachel say that "it's too late"?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What is Maliszewski's favorite keepsake?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What is the last remark Maliszewski makes to her grandmother?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Although this essay is primarily about Maliszewski's grandmother, she also narrates her relationship with her daughters. Is this significant? Why or why not?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -I am swept away by whimsical charm of the children's book In Grandma's Arms.

Narration uses which other rhetorical mode the most?