Unit 3: Longer Fiction or Drama I

The exchange between the two characters primarily reveals

Clara's statement "It's wood and plaster" functions as

The revelation that Clara is Thomas's daughter, withheld until the final line, primarily serves to

The narrator's comparison of the town to "a patient who has stopped asking for a second opinion" conveys

The observation that "The past tense had colonized the present" functions as

The exchange between Margaret and Ruth reveals a central tension between

Ruth's metaphor describing the piano as "a mahogany tombstone" serves to

The narrator's observation that the father "built shelves the way other men built arguments — carefully, so they could hold weight" uses analogy to characterize the father as

The mother's quote — "the man could not say I love you, but he could join two pieces of walnut so you'd think they grew that way" — reveals that

The stage direction describing Helen folding and unfolding the letter primarily conveys her

Helen's reply — "He learned that from you" — functions primarily as

The passage's point of view is best described as

A foil character serves to:

A stream-of-consciousness narrative technique is used to:

In a bildungsroman, the central conflict typically involves:

A frame narrative is significant because it:

Internal conflict often creates:

Verisimilitude in fiction refers to:

The exchange between the two characters primarily reveals

The description of Elizabeth "measuring each word as if it might shatter" suggests that she