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Close Reading Practice

Close Reading Practice. Jane Eyre Chapter 11. Question #1.

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Close Reading Practice

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  1. Close Reading Practice Jane Eyre Chapter 11

  2. Question #1 • .In the quote, " The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it; but then the throb of fear disturbs it; and fear with me became predominant, when half an hour elapsed and still I was alone." (p. 108) which of the following literary terms is most prevalent? • A. imagery • B. Parallel structure • C. Paradox • D. Personification • For the points: what do we learn from the use of this literary term?

  3. Question #2 • Read the following quote and list all the descriptive words. • "A snug, small room; a round table by a cheerful fire; an armchair high-backed and old-fashioned, wherein sat the neatest imaginable little elderly lady, in a widow's cap, black silk gown and snowy muslin apron: exactly like what I had fancied Mrs. Fairfax, only less stately and milder looking." (p. 110) • For the points: what is the tone and purpose of this specific description?

  4. Question #3 • In the following quote, "My couch had no thorns in it that night; my solitary room had no fears." (p.113) what is (a)the purpose of the figurative language and (b) the pun and or ironic use of description?

  5. Question #4 • List the following literary terms on your paper: • repetition- parallel structure (1)- • foreshadowing- parallel structure (2)- • Read the following quote and record the text which matches the lit terms above. • "All these relics gave to the third story of Thornfield Hall the aspect of a home of the past: a shrine of memory. I liked the hush, the gloom, the quaintness of those wide, heavy beds: shut in, some of them, with doors of oak; shaded, others, with wrought English hangings crusted with thick work, portraying effigies of strange flowers, stranger birds, and strangest human beings -all of which would have looked strange, indeed, by the pallid gleam of moonlight."(121)

  6. Question #5 • In the following quote, "It was a curious laugh; distinct, formal, mirthless." (122), which of the following literary terms is most prevalent? • A. Repetition • B. Anaphora • C. Asyndeton • D. Parallel structure • For the points: what do we learn from the use of this literary term?

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