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Short Story Analysis Questions for“The Tiniest Guitar in the World” by Martha Brooks (pages 63-69 of Defining Moments 8)Remember to provide in-text citation and page numbers to help support your answers.CharactersWhat are four Personality Traits for Donald? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What are four Physical Traits for Mr. Eastwood? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Who is Miss Huska and why does Donald remember her so fondly? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________List five Flat Characters from the story. __________________________________________________________ConflictIdentify an External Conflict and summarize it in one sentence. ______________ vs. ______________Summary: _________________________________________________________________________________Identify an Internal Conflict and summarize it in one sentence. ______________ vs. ______________Summary: _________________________________________________________________________________SettingWhen does the story take place? _______________________________________________________________Where does the story take place? ______________________________________________________________StyleOverall, is the word choice Formal or Informal? _____________ Give three examples from the story. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Overall, are the sentence structures Simple or Complex? ______________ Give two examples from the story.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Is this story 1st Person Narration or 3rd Person Narration? ______________________AtmosphereWhy does Donald describe the elementary part of the school as “another world” (68)? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How does the fact that it is “spring time” (69) contribute to the story’s Atmosphere? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________PlotSummarize each stage of Plot in one sentence each. (Opening Situation and Falling Action are done for you)Opening Situation: Donald on his way to Mr. Eastwood’s office (63).Inciting Force:___________________________________________________________________________________Rising Action:___________________________________________________________________________________Climax: ___________________________________________________________________________________Falling Action: Donald remembers Miss Huska, his 2nd grade teacher, and how good she made him feel (68).Final Outcome:___________________________________________________________________________________ThemeWhat are two Themes from the story? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Literary DevicesGive one example from the story of each Literary Device below.Epiphany___________________________________________________________________________________Flashback___________________________________________________________________________________Foreshadowing___________________________________________________________________________________Hyperbole___________________________________________________________________________________Simile___________________________________________________________________________________Symbol___________________________________________________________________________________ ................
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