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Questions for “Night Calls”
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1) How do the interactions of Marlene and her father affect the overall meaning of the text?
• How is Marlene greeted by her father at the train station? Read the sentence on lines 7-12. What impact does using this detail to introduce the main character have on the story?
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2) Re-read lines 59-63. How does the description of the setting affect the overall meaning of the passage?
• How does the author’s choice of words add to the meaning of this passage?
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2) Re-read lines 59-63. How does the description of the setting affect the overall meaning of the passage?
• How does the author’s choice of words and images (details that describe one of the five senses) contribute to the tone (speaker’s attitude)?
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3) Explain the symbolism of the heron and analyze the impact of the symbol on the meaning of the story.
• When did the heron arrive at Modder River Wildlife Sanctuary?
• Describe the relationship between Marlene’s father and the heron.
• What changes when the heron is set free?
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4) What effect do Marlene’s flashbacks have on the story?
• Re-read lines 82-94. The narrator describes the year as “difficult”; explain in your own words what happened.
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Questions for “A Story”
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1) Summarize the events of the poem, stanza by stanza.
• Write one or two sentences for each stanza of the poem, summarizing in your own words what happens in each.
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2) Explain parent/child relationship in the poem from the father’s point of view.
• Describe the father’s emotions expressed in the poem.
• Does the speaker sound confident? Doubtful? Conflicted?
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3) What is the tone of this poem? How is this tone achieved?
• Who is the speaker? What kind of person is the speaker?
• What is the significance of the repeated use of exclamation points and question marks?
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4) Explain the symbolism of“A Story”.
• Paraphrase lines 3-4.
• Paraphrase lines 6-9.
• In our culture what does the act of storytelling represent?
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5) What effect do the father’s visions of the future have on the poem?
• Re-read lines 10-16. The father is sharing his glimpse into the future; describe in your own words what he sees.
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5) What effect do the father’s visions of the future have on the poem?
• What emotional impact does this vision of the future have on you as a reader?