"Story of An Hour" by Kate Chopin

1) Why do you think Mrs. Mallard married brently? Do you think Mrs. Mallard loves her husband?

2) Were the moments before Mrs. Mallard’s death happy? What do you think is significant about the last line?

3) How is this text a critique of Victorian social norms? What, if any, reform does it suggest?

4) In the context of this text, what are the effects of discrimination against women?

What is the metaphor used for captain beatty? what is he being compared to?

Will give if correct read the passage first of all, if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that [it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest, but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.

When doing a close reading, what is involved in the process of annotating a text?