Narrative Elements in "How I Learned English"

Question 1

The poem is written in first-person point of view. What does knowing this information allow readers to do?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

peek into the speaker’s mind

Question 2

Which lines from the passage use first-person point of view to show the narrator’s feelings?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“My notions of baseball and America / Growing fuzzier each time I whiffed.”

Question 3

Why are the other boys laughing at the main character of the poem?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They think it is funny that the main character mistakes his head for his shin.

Question 4

Which conflict does the climax start to resolve in this passage from the poem?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the main character’s struggle to fit in with his new community

Question 5

How do the other boys treat the speaker after he gets hit?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They accept him as a friend.

Narrative Elements in "How I Learned English" Answers