Question 42 • SY 25-26_NJ-English Language Arts 10_Manfra MP2
What evidence in "The Storyteller." best highlights the flaws in the aunt in order to create satire? Select three options.“An aunt belonging to the children occupied one corner seat.”“In a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”“‘It’s a very difficult thing to tell stories that children can both understand and appreciate,’ she said stiffly.”“The aunt suppressed a gasp of admiration.”“A most improper story to tell to young children! You have undermined the effect of years of careful teaching.”
Answer
A
“An aunt belonging to the children occupied one corner seat.”
B
“In a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”
C
“‘It’s a very difficult thing to tell stories that children can both understand and appreciate,’ she said stiffly.”
D
“The aunt suppressed a gasp of admiration.”
E
“A most improper story to tell to young children! You have undermined the effect of years of careful teaching.”
Explanation
B describes the aunt’s story as “unenterprising” and “deplorably uninteresting,” showing that she is a poor storyteller. In C, her stiff response suggests that she is defensive about her own inability to tell an engaging story. E shows her rigid, moralizing attitude: she condemns the bachelor’s entertaining story for being improper and undermining her “careful teaching.”
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