Setting in a Short Story Answers

Read the excerpt from "The People Could Fly.”They say the people could fly. Say that long ago in Africa, some of the people knew magic. And they would walk up on the air like climbin up on a gate. And they flew like blackbirds over the fields. Black, shiny wings flappin against the blue up there.

Read the excerpt from "The People Could Fly.”Sarah couldn’t stand up straight any longer. She was too weak. The sun burned her face. The babe cried and cried, "Pity me, oh, pity me,” say it sounded like. Sarah was so sad and starvin, she sat down in the row.

Read the excerpt from "The Revolt of Mother.”A boy stood before the kitchen glass combing his hair. He combed slowly and painstakingly, arranging his brown hair in a smooth hillock over his forehead. He did not seem to pay any attention to the conversation."Sammy, did you know father was goin' to build a new barn?” asked the girl.The boy combed assiduously.

Hearing the dialect in an audio recording of a story would likely give readers a better understanding of

Read the excerpt from "The People Could Fly.”The folks were full of misery, then. Got sick with the up and down of the sea. So they forgot about flyin when they could no longer breathe the sweet scent of Africa.

Read the excerpt from "The Revolt of Mother.”The old man slapped the saddle upon the mare's back."Look here, father, I want to know what them men are diggin' over in the field for, an' I'm goin' to know.”"I wish you'd go into the house, mother, an' 'tend to your own affairs,” the old man said then . . .”

Read the excerpt from "The People Could Fly.”"Keep that thing quiet,” called the Overseer. He pointed his finger at the babe. The woman scrunched low. The Driver cracked his whip across the babe anyhow. The babe hollered like any hurt child, and the woman fell to the earth.

Read the excerpt from "The Revolt of Mother.”The old man slapped the saddle upon the mare's back."Look here, father, I want to know what them men are diggin' over in the field for, an' I'm goin' to know.”"I wish you'd go into the house, mother, an' 'tend to your own affairs,” the old man said then….”

Listening to the audio recording of a story best helps readers

Read the excerpt from "The People Could Fly.”Black crows or black shadows. It didn’t matter, they went so high. Way above the plantation, way over the slavery land. Say they flew away to Free-dom.