Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.Twelve o’clock had scarce rung out over London, ere the knocker sounded very gently on the door. I went myself at the summons, and found a small man crouching against the pillars of the portico."Are you come from Dr. Jekyll?” I asked.He told me "yes” by a constrained gesture; and when I had bidden him enter, he did not obey me without a searching backward glance into the darkness of the square. There was a policeman not far off, advancing with his bull’s eye open; and at the sight, I thought my visitor started and made greater haste.
Jekyll’s letter in the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde helps move the plot forward by
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."It is well," replied my visitor. "Lanyon, you remember your vows: what follows is under the seal of our profession. And now, you who have so long been bound to the most narrow and material views, you who have denied the virtue of transcendental medicine, you who have derided your superiors—behold!"He 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 . . .
Which of these are characteristics of third-person limited point of view? Choose three answers.The reader’s access to information is not limited to any one character.The narration follows the thoughts and feelings of only one character.The reader’s access to direct information is limited to just one character.The narration follows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters.The thoughts and feelings of secondary characters are revealed through dialogue.
The author includes Jekyll’s letter within Lanyon’s letter to
The perspective from which a story is told is called the
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.
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.
What is the second step in summarizing plot events?
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