Analysing structure: Ten Minutes' musing by Alice Dunbar Nelson

Analysing structure: Ten Minutes' musing by Alice Dunbar Nelson

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Key learning points

  1. This lesson, we will focus on a small section of the short story we have been reading, 'Ten Minutes' Musing' by Alice Dunbar Nelson, and think about how the writer uses language to communicate particular ideas and effects.

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5 Questions

Q1.
In the title, Ten Minutes' Musing, what does the word "musing" mean?
laughing
Correct answer: thinking and reflecting
watching a fight
Q2.
What kind of narrator is used in the story?
Correct answer: a first-person narrator
a second-person narrator
a third-person narrator
Q3.
What is the occupation of the narrator in the story?
doctor
Correct answer: teacher
writer
Q4.
Alice Dunbar Nelson was a writer and part of a cultural and artistic movement called...
The African American Renaissance
Correct answer: The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Writers
The Renaissance
Q5.
Which of the following themes do you think the short story, Ten Minutes' Musing explores most?
Love, revenge, family
Correct answer: Power, greed, human nature

5 Questions

Q1.
When you analyse structure you should explore...
the effect of techniques such as simile and metaphor.
Correct answer: the sequence and organisation of ideas.
the words and phrases the writer is using.
Q2.
Is this statement true or false? "When you look at the structure of a text you just need to summarise what happens."
Correct answer: false
true
Q3.
Which of the statements is untrue?
The narrator describes the boys playing football.
Correct answer: The story is narrated by the principal.
The story is set in a school playground.
The writer uses a combination of internal thoughts and external actions.
The writer uses a first-person narrator.
Q4.
Which of the following methods are structural devices?
Correct answer: change of focus
metaphors
powerful verbs
sequence of events
setting
simile
word choice
Q5.
Which of the following methods are language devices?
change of focus
Correct answer: metaphors
Correct answer: powerful verbs
sequence of events
setting
Correct answer: simile
Correct answer: word choice

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