Evaluation and Personal Response: 'The Story of an Hour'

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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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

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Q1.What is the purpose of a twist at the end of a story?

To annoy a readerTo surprise a readerTo be mean to a reader

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Q2.What are the two 'big ideas' that Kate Chopin explores in 'The Story of an Hour'?

Love and liberationExcitement and surpriseAffliction and heartbreakAnger and resentment

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Q3.If someone or something is 'liberated', what are they?

UpsetTrappedFreeHappy

3/5

Q4.What is meant by the term 'structure'?

The language choices made by a writerHow a text has been put together by a writerA story that builds up to a final twistA term for what happens in a story

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Q5.What is dramatic irony?

When a reader knows something about a situation in a story that the writer does not.When the writer knows something about a situation in a story that a reader does not.When the characters in a story know something about a situation that the reader does not.When the reader knows something about a situation in a story that the characters do not.

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Q1.What is the purpose of a twist at the end of a story?

To annoy a readerTo surprise a readerTo be mean to a reader

1/5

Q2.What are the two 'big ideas' that Kate Chopin explores in 'The Story of an Hour'?

Love and liberationExcitement and surpriseAffliction and heartbreakAnger and resentment

2/5

Q3.If someone or something is 'liberated', what are they?

UpsetTrappedFreeHappy

3/5

Q4.What is meant by the term 'structure'?

The language choices made by a writerHow a text has been put together by a writerA story that builds up to a final twistA term for what happens in a story

4/5

Q5.What is dramatic irony?

5/5

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'The Story of an Hour' - Lesson 4 Quiz

Answer the questions below based on what we have learned so far:

Q1.When is 'The Story of an Hour' set?

Late 17th centuryLate 18th centuryLate 19th centuryLate 20th century

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Q2.What does the term 'subordinate' mean?

Lower in rank or positionHigher in rank or positionEqual in rank or positionNo rank or position

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Q3.If someone is free from control, they feel a sense of what?

IronyLiberationAfflictionSubordination

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Q4.What is the term for how a text has been put together by a writer?

Dramatic ironyShort storyStructureLanguage

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Q5.Why is Mrs. Mallard subordinate to her husband?

Because of her liberationBecause of her griefBecause of her marriageBecause of her affliction

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'The Story of an Hour' - Lesson 4 Quiz

Answer the questions below based on what we have learned so far:

Q1.When is 'The Story of an Hour' set?

Late 17th centuryLate 18th centuryLate 19th centuryLate 20th century

1/5

Q2.What does the term 'subordinate' mean?

Lower in rank or positionHigher in rank or positionEqual in rank or positionNo rank or position

2/5

Q3.If someone is free from control, they feel a sense of what?

IronyLiberationAfflictionSubordination

3/5

Q4.What is the term for how a text has been put together by a writer?

Dramatic ironyShort storyStructureLanguage

4/5

Q5.Why is Mrs. Mallard subordinate to her husband?

Because of her liberationBecause of her griefBecause of her marriageBecause of her affliction

5/5

Lesson summary: Evaluation and Personal Response: 'The Story of an Hour'

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This was the final lesson in the unit Contemporary Short Stories (1/2): The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin.

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