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World Literature Names: __________________________________________________________Fiction / “The Sniper” by Liam O’FlahertyParagraph 1: What is the setting? Be as specific as possible. (Country, city, location, street, time of year, time of day)Find a simile and explain what is being compared.Paragraph 2: What additional detail is added to the setting?“but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic.” Direct or indirect characterization? What does this tell the reader about the sniper?Why is he “used to looking at death”Paragraph 3: Why does the author begin 6 sentences with the word “he”? What is the effect in this repetitive word choice?Why is the sniper excited?Paragraph 4: a. Define parapet.Paragraph 5:a. Find an example of onomatopoiea.Paragraph 7:a. Find an example of personification and metaphor.Paragraph 8: a. Who is the “informer”? What can the reader infer about the civil war?Paragraph 9:a. Whom does the sniper kill?Paragraph 10:Who shoots the sniper? What body part is injured?Paragraph 13:a. Use context clues to define paroxysm.Paragraph 16:What is the sniper’s conflict?Paragraph 17:In your own words, explain the sniper’s plan to escape without being shot by the enemy sniper.Paragraph 18:Use context clues to define ruse. Paragraph 19:How far away is the enemy sniper?Identify a simile and explain what is being compared.Paragraph 20:What emotion does the sniper feel immediately after his success at shooting the enemy?Paragraph 22:What emotion does the sniper feel after he watches the other sniper’s body fall and hit the ground? Explain the significance of this change.Paragraph 23:a. What does the sniper “hurl” and what change does this indicate about him?Paragraph 24: a. Use context clues and define spirit.Paragraph 25:Why is the sniper so curious about the identity of the other sniper?Paragraph 27:Is the last sentence effective? Explain your answer.Theme is defined as “the universal message or central idea that the author is trying to convey through his work.” What is the theme of “The Sniper”? What message is Liam O’Flaherty telling us about civil wars?ELACC9-10RL2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text.ELACC9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text and advance the plot or develop the theme.ELACC9-10RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as used in a text.ELACC9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text creates effects such as mystery, tension, or surprise.ELACC9-10RI7: Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums.ELACC9-10RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and uses of rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose. ................
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