Read the excerpt from “Ambush.” He was a short, slender young man of about twenty. I was afraid of him—afraid of something—and as he passed me on the trail I threw a grenade that exploded at his feet and killed him. The excerpt is an example of
Answer
A
flashback, because the narrator is remembering a conversation with his daughter.
B
frame story, because the narrator is explaining why he feels he must tell his daughter what he did.
C
frame story, because the narrator is describing an action that he deeply regrets.
D
flashback, because the narrator is recalling an event that occurred during the Vietnam war.
Explanation
The narrator describes a killing that happened in the past, during the Vietnam War, and recalls it from a later point in time. That shift back to an earlier event is a flashback. The excerpt does not itself present a story within another story, so it is not an example of a frame story.
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