. What is your initial impression of this work? – I liked this story because it always had me wanting to know what was happening next. The story kept me on the edge of my seat trying predict what would happen next.
2. What is the genre of this selection? – The genre of this excerpt is Science fiction, Martians appear on earth and soon after attacking the people who try to communicate with them.
3. What is the exposition of the story? What is the rising action or actions in this story? What is the climax of this selection? What is the falling action in the story? What is the denouement in the story? – The exposition of the story starts in the beginning, “After the glimpse I had had of the Martians emerging from the cylinder in which they had …show more content…
Why has the author chosen to emphasize certain details of the setting? Your response should be a minimum of 5-7 sentences. – The author has chosen to emphasize certain details of the setting to change the mood of the chapter. Once the sunset faded and the setting changed, the whole mood of the story changed and the people surrounding the pit suddenly seemed to grow and had the courage to advance forward. Once the smoke is released and causes the sky overhead and pine trees darkened abruptly and the setting was once again changed. But this time once the setting was changed, people started dying one after another falling victim to the “light” coming from the pit. And once everything had returned to the normal blackness of night, the narrator had been overcome with fear and decided to run from the pit without looking back. The dark setting along with the events that took place had made the narrator scared.
8. From what point of view is the story narrated? Does the narrator speak in first person (using "I") or in third person? – This excerpt from the story was first person, and is narrated by one person. Through the excerpt the narrator is telling us his own story, as it has happened to him. He is recollecting events and telling us his own
2. What is the genre of this selection? – The genre of this excerpt is Science fiction, Martians appear on earth and soon after attacking the people who try to communicate with them.
3. What is the exposition of the story? What is the rising action or actions in this story? What is the climax of this selection? What is the falling action in the story? What is the denouement in the story? – The exposition of the story starts in the beginning, “After the glimpse I had had of the Martians emerging from the cylinder in which they had …show more content…
Why has the author chosen to emphasize certain details of the setting? Your response should be a minimum of 5-7 sentences. – The author has chosen to emphasize certain details of the setting to change the mood of the chapter. Once the sunset faded and the setting changed, the whole mood of the story changed and the people surrounding the pit suddenly seemed to grow and had the courage to advance forward. Once the smoke is released and causes the sky overhead and pine trees darkened abruptly and the setting was once again changed. But this time once the setting was changed, people started dying one after another falling victim to the “light” coming from the pit. And once everything had returned to the normal blackness of night, the narrator had been overcome with fear and decided to run from the pit without looking back. The dark setting along with the events that took place had made the narrator scared.
8. From what point of view is the story narrated? Does the narrator speak in first person (using "I") or in third person? – This excerpt from the story was first person, and is narrated by one person. Through the excerpt the narrator is telling us his own story, as it has happened to him. He is recollecting events and telling us his own