Part 5: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Summary and Plot Development Answers

What is the second step in summarizing plot events?

Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.He [Hyde] turned a dreadful smile to me, and as if with the decision of despair, plucked away the sheet. At sight of the contents, he uttered one loud sob of such immense relief that I sat petrified. And the next moment, in a voice that was already fairly well under control, "Have you a graduated glass?” he asked.

Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.Upon the reading of this letter, I made sure my colleague was insane; but till that was proved beyond the possibility of doubt, I felt bound to do as he requested. . . . I rose accordingly from table, got into a hansom, and drove straight to Jekyll’s house. The butler was awaiting my arrival; he had received by the same post as mine a registered letter of instruction, and had sent at once for a locksmith and a carpenter. The tradesmen came while we were yet speaking; and we moved in a body to old Dr. Denman’s surgical theatre, from which . . . Jekyll’s private cabinet is most conveniently entered. The door was very strong, the lock excellent; the carpenter avowed he would have great trouble and have to do much damage, if force were to be used; and the locksmith was near despair. But this last was a handy fellow, and after two hour’s work, the door stood open. . . . I took out the drawer, had it filled up with straw and tied in a sheet, and returned with it to Cavendish Square.

What must a reader do when summarizing a text? Choose three answers.use objective languageinclude all of the supporting detailsinclude the central ideasuse subjective languageinclude the most important details

Jekyll’s letter in the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reveals that

The perspective from which a story is told is called the

What can letters do that are used as plot devices? Choose four answers.move a story forwardshare internal thoughts and feelings of other charactersreveal perspectives and experiences of other characterssummarize the story from the author’s perspectiveadd to the suspense of a story

Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.He [Hyde] put the glass to his lips and drank at one gulp. A cry followed; he reeled, staggered, clutched at the table and held on, staring with injected eyes, gasping with open mouth; and as I looked there came, I thought, a change—he seemed to swell—his face became suddenly black and the features seemed to melt and alter—and the next moment, I had sprung to my feet and leaped back against the wall, my arms raised to shield me from that prodigy, my mind submerged in terror.

Jekyll’s letter in the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde helps move the plot forward by

Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.And the next moment, in a voice that was already fairly well under control, "Have you a graduated glass?” he [Hyde] asked.I rose from my place with something of an effort and gave him what he asked.He thanked me with a smiling nod, measured out a few minims of the red tincture and added one of the powders. The mixture, which was at first of a reddish hue, began, in proportion as the crystals melted, to brighten in colour, to effervesce audibly, and to throw off small fumes of vapour. Suddenly and at the same moment, the ebullition ceased and the compound changed to a dark purple, which faded again more slowly to a watery green. My visitor, who had watched these metamorphoses with a keen eye, smiled, set down the glass upon the table, and then turned and looked upon me with an air of scrutiny.