Once Upon a Time
Answer the below questions on a fresh piece of notebook paper. Theses are simplistic comprehension/review questions NO R.A.C.E paragraphs needed.
1. The opening section of the story is told by a writer awakened by a frightening sound in the night. What TWO causes for the sound does she consider?
2. From question one; ultimately, which of the two is a more significant cause for fear?
3. From questions one and two; how do these two causes create an emotional background for the "children's story" she tells?
4. Explain the theme of the story.
5. What stylistic devices create the atmosphere of children's stories?
6. How is this atmosphere related to the story's theme?
7. To what extent does the story explore the motives for the behavior of the wife and husband, the husband's mother, the servants, and the people who surround the suburb and the house?
8. What motives for the behavior can you infer for these people?
9. What ironies do the wife and husband display in their actions?
10. Can there be a blame for the calamity that befalls the child?
11. What are the possible meanings of the repeated phrase "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED"?
12. What details in the introductory section and in the children's story imply the nature of the social order in which both occur?
13. Analyze the story's final paragraph in detail. How does it help to elucidate the theme?
2. From question one; ultimately, which of the two is a more significant cause for fear?
3. From questions one and two; how do these two causes create an emotional background for the "children's story" she tells?
4. Explain the theme of the story.
5. What stylistic devices create the atmosphere of children's stories?
6. How is this atmosphere related to the story's theme?
7. To what extent does the story explore the motives for the behavior of the wife and husband, the husband's mother, the servants, and the people who surround the suburb and the house?
8. What motives for the behavior can you infer for these people?
9. What ironies do the wife and husband display in their actions?
10. Can there be a blame for the calamity that befalls the child?
11. What are the possible meanings of the repeated phrase "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED"?
12. What details in the introductory section and in the children's story imply the nature of the social order in which both occur?
13. Analyze the story's final paragraph in detail. How does it help to elucidate the theme?