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Unit quiz: Narrative structure and analytical paragraphs

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Question 1

Nick tells Gatsby’s story after the events. Keeping a timeline separately from Nick’s revelations helps identify what he withholds or learns later.

Why make two timelines?

Question 2

One image of a door may describe a room. Repeated thresholds during moments of exclusion may support a motif of restricted belonging.

What strengthens a claim about a motif?

Question 3

In an invented line, “the city is a furnace,” heat, pressure or labor may transfer. The line does not assert that every building burns fuel like an oven.

How should you interpret the furnace metaphor?

Question 4

For Frankenstein, “ambition” names a topic. “Ambition without responsibility can damage dependents” proposes a theme to test against Victor’s actions.

Which is a thematic claim?

Question 5

Claim: Jane creates a private refuge. Detail: the curtain and book in chapter 1. Reasoning: the physical boundary permits attention she controls despite household exclusion.

What is missing from a paragraph that only retells events?

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