In “Ambush,” which of the following events signals the beginning of a narrative within a frame story?Kiowa tells the narrator that the man would have died anyway.The platoon moves into ambush position outside My Khe.The narrator describes a man walking on a trail.The narrator’s daughter asks him a question about the past.
Which line signals the end of the narrative within the frame story?“He fell on his back. His rubber sandals had been blown off.”“Even now I haven’t finished sorting it out. Sometimes I forgive myself, other times I don’t.” “For me, it was not a matter of live or die. I was in no real peril.”“None of it mattered. The words seemed far too complicated. All I could do was gape at the fact of the young man’s body.”
Which statements describe conflicts that develop because of the frame-story structure? Check all of the boxes that apply to the story you read. The narrator is not able to tell his daughter the truth about his experience.The narrator is not happy with his ability to write about the war.The experience of having killed a man in the past haunts the narrator in the present.The narrator recounts the traumatic feelings he experienced when he killed a man.
How does the frame-story structure create tension?
In “Ambush,” which of the following events signals the beginning of a narrative within a frame story?
How does the frame-story structure create tension?It shows that O’Brien’s relationship with his daughter is based on untruths.It describes one man’s intense experiences in Vietnam.It shows how the speaker still struggles with the past in the present.
Which statements describe conflicts that develop because of the frame-story structure? Check all of the boxes that apply to the story you read.
Based on what you know about structure and sequence in this short story, why do you think the main character says, “This is why I keep writing war stories”?
Which line signals the end of the narrative within the frame story?
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