Chapter 8 : Prose Fiction Analysis Questions

**structure**

How the passage progresses.

**style**

Vocabulary and syntax, devices the author uses to convey his or her meaning.

**tone**

The author’s or narrator’s attitude.

**literary devices**

Figurative language such as allusions, metaphors, and symbols.

The characteristics of an exaggerated type through the figure of De L’Omelette.

(Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Duc De L’Omelette”) The primary purpose of the passage is to portray____

sense of self-importance

**(Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Duc De L’Omelette”)** In context, lines 27–35 serve to reinforce the reader’s impression of the Duke’s ____

A comically ironic treatment of an effete snob

The author’s portrayal of the Duke De L’Omelette is best described as____

Finds the apartment extraordinary

**(Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Duc De L’Omelette”)** In line 53, the word “appalling” suggests the Duke _____

The Duke has allowed his desire for the ottoman to override his deference to the King

(Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Duc De L’Omelette”) best implies the contextual meaning of the phrase “sacrificed his loyalty” (line 6) within the context of the story?

satiric glee

(Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Duc De L’Omelette”) The narrator’s attitude toward the Duke can be best described as ____

a simile

(Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Duc De L’Omelette”) The phrase “as if carved in marble” (lines 82–83), is an example of _____