Year 7
Evaluation and Personal Response: 'The Story of an Hour'
Year 7
Evaluation and Personal Response: 'The Story of an Hour'
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will look at how marriage is presented in 'The Story of an Hour' and predict what could happen once the events of the story have finished.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What is the purpose of a twist at the end of a story?
To annoy a reader
To be mean to a reader
Q2.
What are the two 'big ideas' that Kate Chopin explores in 'The Story of an Hour'?
Affliction and heartbreak
Anger and resentment
Excitement and surprise
Q3.
If someone or something is 'liberated', what are they?
Happy
Trapped
Upset
Q4.
What is meant by the term 'structure'?
A story that builds up to a final twist
A term for what happens in a story
The language choices made by a writer
Q5.
What is dramatic irony?
When a reader knows something about a situation in a story that the writer does not.
When the characters in a story know something about a situation that the reader does not.
When the writer knows something about a situation in a story that a reader does not.
5 Questions
Q1.
When is 'The Story of an Hour' set?
Late 17th century
Late 18th century
Late 20th century
Q2.
What does the term 'subordinate' mean?
Equal in rank or position
Higher in rank or position
No rank or position
Q3.
If someone is free from control, they feel a sense of what?
Affliction
Irony
Subordination
Q4.
What is the term for how a text has been put together by a writer?
Dramatic irony
Language
Short story
Q5.
Why is Mrs. Mallard subordinate to her husband?
Because of her affliction
Because of her grief
Because of her liberation