The Sniper - By Liam O Flaherty .pdf What is the basic situation in this story?

Question 1 options:

It’s been a long day of personal crime and violence in the city.

There has been intense fighting and unrest within a country.

There is a large-scale war happening between nations.

Two brothers are settling a long standing family feud.

Which of the following options best describes the main conflict of the story?

Question 2 options:

person vs. nature

person vs. person

person vs. society

person vs. supernatural

In the following passage, what choice does the author make in order to build suspense?

Question 3 options:

He makes the car bullet proof.

He sets up contrast with the word “opposites”.

He uses the phrase “dull panting of the motor”.

He writes short sentences

Which quote from the story communicates the most significant details about the setting of the story?

Question 4 options:

“Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon …”

“On a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge, a Republican sniper lay watching.”

“Republicans and Free Staters were waging civil war.”

“The long June twilight faded into night.”

Which words best describe the kind of person that the main character is?

Question 5 options:

afraid and alone

angry and hungry

lonely and worried

resourceful and smart

Which quote from the text best supports the answer to the previous question?

Question 6 options:

“His face was the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic.”

“He rolled over the roof to a chimney stack in the rear, and slowly drew himself up behind it, until his eyes were level with the top of the parapet.”

“Taking off his cap, he placed it over the muzzle of his rifle. Then he pushed the rifle slowly upward over the parapet, until the cap was visible from the opposite side of the street.”

“Then he lay still against the parapet, and, closing his eyes, he made an effort of will to overcome the pain.”

The author includes these details in order to emphasize that the sniper is .

Question 7 options:

desperate to survive the situation

quick to react with violence

well trained and highly skilled

young and inexperienced

What does this passage foreshadow for the reader?

Question 8 options:

the death of the sniper himself

the likelihood of a sequel to the story

the long future recovery to come from this incident

the unexpected final line of the story

Which word best describes the mood of this story?

Question 9 options:

comfortable

dignified

reflective

tense

Which sentence from the story supports the answer to the above question?

Question 10 options:

“He placed the cotton wadding over the wound and wrapped the dressing over it.”

“He was eating a sandwich hungrily.”

“Then when the smoke cleared, he peered across and uttered a cry of joy.”

“There was a flash and a bullet whizzed over his head.”

What is the meaning of the word lodged as it is used in this passage?

“There was a small hole where the bullet had entered. On the other side there was no hole. The bullet had lodged in the bone.”

Question 11 options:

Flattened by wind or rain

Make or become firmly fixed or embedded in a particular place

Present something formally to the proper authorities

Stay or sleep in another person’s house

The unexpected twist at the end of the story is an example of ___ irony.

Question 14 options:

abrupt

dramatic

situational

verbal

Which of the following sentences captures a theme of the story (an observation or even a criticism that the author is making about people or society)?

Question 15 options:

Brothers shouldn’t fight against each other in a war.

People need to find peaceful ways to resolve their conflicts.

Soldiers sometimes regret the results of their actions in war.

War is an unnecessary and evil part of life.

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explanation:

you only need simple sentences to answer this. just answer these questions.

what do you think annie thinks of the mother? do you think annie believes the mother is a fit mother for helen.

what about the father? what would annie think of him? she might not like him, but does she respect him.

how about the son? would annie think he is the only voice of sanity in an insane place?

what about helen herself? this is the key question. how does she see helen? what do you suppose she thought her first job was going to be.

these aren't hard questions. just state the obvious. annie is not that well educated: she just knows what she has to do. write it that way.

you can do it if you've read the book or seen the play or movie.

i have learned a great many things from participating in varsity football. it has changed my entire outlook on and attitude toward life. before my freshman year at [high-school], i was shy, had low self-esteem and turned away from seemingly impossible challenges. football has altered all of these qualities. on the first day of freshman practice, the team warmed up with a game of touch football. the players were split up and the game began. however, during the game, i noticed that i didn't run as hard as i could, nor did i try to evade my defender and get open. the fact of the matter is that i really did not want to be thrown the ball. i didn't want to be the one at fault if i dropped the ball and the play didn't succeed. i did not want the responsibility of the team because i was too afraid of making a mistake. that aspect of my character led the first years of my high school life. i refrained from asking questions in class, afraid they might be considered too stupid or dumb by my classmates. all the while, i went to practice and everyday, i went home physically and mentally exhausted.

yet my apprehension prevailed as i continued to fear getting put in the game in case another player was injured. i was still afraid of making mistakes and getting blamed by screaming coaches and angry teammates. sometimes these fears came true. during my sophomore season, my position at backup guard led me to play in the varsity games on many occasions. on such occasions, i often made mistakes. most of the time the mistakes were not significant; they rarely changed the outcome of a play. yet i received a thorough verbal lashing at practice for the mistakes i had made. these occurrences only compounded my fears of playing. however, i did not always make mistakes. sometimes i made great plays, for which i was congratulated. now, as i dawn on my senior year of football and am faced with two starting positions, i feel like a changed person.

over the years, playing football has taught me what it takes to succeed. from months of tough practices, i have gained a hard work ethic. from my coaches and fellow teammates, i have learned to work well with others in a group, as it is necessary to cooperate with teammates on the playing field. but most important, i have also gained self-confidence. if i fail, it doesn't matter if they mock or ridicule me; i'll just try again and do it better. i realize that it is necessary to risk failure in order to gain success. the coaches have always said before games that nothing is impossible; i know that now. now, i welcome the challenge. whether i succeed or fail is irrelevant; it is only important that i have tried and tested myself.

the topic of this essay is how the applicant has matured and changed since his freshman year. he focuses on football. one of the strengths of this essay is that it is well organized. the applicant clearly put time into the structure and planning of this essay. he uses the platform of football to discuss and demonstrate his personal growth and development through the high school years. what he could have done better was spend more time describing himself after he made improvements. as it is, he only tells us about his newfound confidence and drive. this essay would have been stronger had he actually shown us, perhaps by including a story or describing an event where his confidence made a difference

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