 Sentence
Completion – Cause & Effect
Signal Words
 SAT Question of the Day #3
 “Story of an Hour”
 “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
• Read story and complete handout – due Lesson 26
Objective: Students will be able to identify and
explain major literary devices in “Occurrence at Owl
Creek Bridge.”
 CAUSE-EFFECT
• Look for words or phrases that indicate
one thing causes another.
• Because of _______, this happened.
Accordingly
Because
Consequently
For
Hence
In order to
So…that
Therefore
Thus
When…then
 Tarantulas
apparently have little sense
of ____, for a hungry one will ignore a
loudly chirping cricket placed in its
cage unless the cricket happens to get
in its way.
a.
touch
b.
time
c.
hearing
d.
self-preservation
e.
temperature
The heretofore peaceful natives, seeking ___
the treachery of their supposed allies,
became, ___ according to their perspective,
embittered and vindictive.
a. acquiescence in…understandably
b. magnanimity towards...logically
c. evidence of….impartially
d. retribution for…justifiably
e. exoneration of…ironically
Highlight
your examples of
IRONY & CONFLICT & POINT OF
VIEW.
Discuss. Add to your notes with
a different color writing utensil
than you used originally.
SITUATIONAL
VERBAL
DRAMATIC
FIND AND LABEL AT LEAST ONE EXAMPLE OF EACH.
 SITUATIONAL
• “Someone was opening the front door with a latchkey. It was Brently
Mallard who entered…”
 Neither the reader nor Mrs. Mallard knows that Mr. Mallard is actually alive;
Mrs. Mallard had just begun to look forward to leading a long life and then
she dies..

VERBAL
• “Free! Body and soul free!”
 After learning her husband died, we would not expect her to respond with
these words.

DRAMATIC
• She died of “a joy that kills.”
• The reader knows that she was HAPPY that her husband was dead.
She was not so happy to see him walk through the door. There was no
joy present.
INTERNAL
EXTERNAL
Find and label at least one example of each.
 INTERNAL CONFLICT
• “…she was striving to beat it back with her will…”
• Mrs. Mallard was fighting against the feeling of relief
that was taking her over. She knew she should not
feel relieved that her husband was dead and she
tried to keep that feeling away.
 EXTERNAL CONFLICT
• Mrs. Mallard v. Institution of Marriage
•
How does Chopin’s use of IMAGERY
contribute to your understanding of
Mrs. Mallard’s character and
situation? Did the IMAGERY make
you more or less sympathetic toward
her? Explain, citing specific lines
from the story that influenced your
response.
Part I
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Part III
Part IV