Word Parts
Prefix
- macro - large
- mania - obsession
- some - like, apt, tending to
- tude - state of, condition of
- alt(us) - high or deep
Short Stories
Discuss the EQ: Why study short stories anyway?
Journal 29
First, copy the SAT vocab:
- prodigy - child of highly unusual talent or genius
- lamented - said with regret or sorrow
- listlessly - without energy or interest
- discordant - clashing; not in harmony
- dawdled - wasted time; lingered
- stricken - heartbroken
- fiasco - total failure
- nonchalantly - without interest or concern
*Start here .
2) List the internal and external conflicts in Two Kinds.
3) What makes this story engaging? List at least two strengths.
4) How would you describe the narrative style of this story? Is there power in the perspective that the author chose to use in her story telling?
5) What symbolic meaning is carried in the two songs at the end? How do they reflect the change that has occurred in Jing-mei?
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