Answer these questions below about the short story. Write in your words. Write at least 4 sentences per answer.
Which literary device is used in the following quotation? Explain in your words why it is that type of device.
But the child didn’t know how to pronounce it. Tap. Tap. Tap. Finally, a yellow haired girl in the class called out, “It’s knife! The k is silent,” and rolled her eyes as if there was nothing easier in the world to know.
How do you think the narrator (main character) feels about her life? Is she satisfied with her life? Why or why not? Is she static or dynamic? Explain in your own words.
What is the theme of this story in relation to the following quotation? Explain in your own words. Do not copy.
He waved the note away. “Later.” He said this in Lao. Then, as if remembering something important, he added, “Don’t speak Lao and don’t tell anyone you are Lao. It’s no good to tell people where you’re from.” The child looked at the centre of her father’s chest, where, on this T-shirt, four letters stood side by side: LAOS.
What kind of conflict in this story is illustrated in the following quotation? Explain the conflict in your own words. Do not copy.
For dinner, it was cabbage and chitterlings. The butcher either threw the stuff away or had it out on display for cheap, so the child’s mother bought bags and bags from him and put them in the fridge. There were so many ways to cook these: in a broth with ginger and noodles, grilled over charcoal fire, stewed with fresh dill, or the way the child liked them best-baked in the oven with lemongrass and salt. When she took these dishes to school, other children would tease her about the smell. She shot back, “You wouldn’t know a good thing even if five hundred pounds of it came and sat on your face!”
Discuss something in this story that relates to your life or the life of someone you know. Explain in your own words.
Describe the tone of this story. Explain in your words with quotations for evidence.
