Lesson Before Dying

Question 0

A lesson before dying is told using which point of view and from what two different perspectives?

Answer 0

1st person almost all book ( perspectives of Grant and Jefferson)
(3rd person omniscient)

Question 1

The narrators depiction of Miss Emma as a “great stone” and “tree stump” is an example of what literacy terms and how does this description characterize her?

Answer 1

-simile and characterization (she is large)

Question 2

An example of Jefferson’s main internal conflict would be…..

Answer 2

Facing responsibility and dying with dignity after being called a hog

Question 3

Name three events that were part of the rising action in a lesson before dying

Answer 3

Grants visits to Jefferson

Question 4

What is a dynamic character?

Answer 4

Character that changes throughout the story

Question 5

What is a static character?

Answer 5

Character that stays the same

Question 6

Which of the main characters can be described as a dynamic, as opposed to a static character in a lesson before dying?

Answer 6

Jefferson

Question 7

Which literacy element contributes most to Jeffersons conviction in a lesson before dying

Answer 7

Setting

Question 8

Grants claim that all of the woman in his Jeffersons lives are “frustrated by the fact that no black man can’t stand up for them” come best be described as an example of what literacy element

Answer 8

Paradox

Question 9

What would be the best example of characterization in any work?

Answer 9

Description of character traits

Question 10

Which of the symbols discussed in the class is the best example of Jeffersons need for company?

Answer 10

The radio