Thinking about Structure: A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf
Thinking about Structure: A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf
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- In this lesson, we will explore some of the structural choices that make the short story, 'A Haunted House' by Virginia Woolf so effective. We will recap the key events in the story and read the story again with a focus on narrative style and structure.
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7 Questions
Q1.
What is a short story?
a novel
a simple story
a story that is incomplete
Q2.
Virginia Woolf was part of a literary movement called __________________.
multiculturalism
post-modernism
romanticism
Q3.
Modernist writers experimented with new forms, styles and methods of writing
false
Q4.
Modernist writers wrote mainly about technology
true
Q5.
True or false: There are two couples in the story: one living, one dead.
false
Q6.
True or false? The ghostly couple have conversations with the living couple.
true
Q7.
True or false: Murder is a theme explored in the story
True
5 Questions
Q1.
Virginia Woolf was a _________________ writer who tried to experiment with different styles of writing.
communist
male
Q2.
What is structure?
structure is what the text looks like
Q3.
Which of the statements about the story A Haunted House are true?
The ghosts are hunting for gold.
The ghosts are in love.
The house seems to speak.
The key characters in the story are a ghostly couple and a woman who lives alone.
The story is narrated by a ghostly woman.
Q4.
Which of the following words can be used to describe the structure of the story A Haunted House?
circular
dream-like
fluid
juicy
squashy
stream-of-consciousness
Q5.
Which of the following are structural choices we should look out for when analysing a text?
dialogue
metaphors
narrative voice
semicolons
sequence of events
setting