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Question 8 • Language Arts 10

What excerpts from "The Storyteller” indicate that the aunt is unaware of her flaws? Choose two correct answers.

Answer

“An aunt belonging to the children occupied one corner seat, and the further corner seat on the opposite side was occupied by a bachelor who was a stranger to their party, but the small girls and the small boy emphatically occupied the compartment.”

“‘Come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.”

“‘It’s a very difficult thing to tell stories that children can both understand and appreciate,’ she said stiffly. “‘I don’t agree with you,’ said the bachelor. “‘Perhaps you would like to tell them a story,’ was the aunt’s retort.”

“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.”

Explanation

In C, the aunt confidently claims that telling children a good story is difficult, then challenges the bachelor to try—showing she does not recognize how ineffective her own approach is. In E, she objects that the bachelor’s story undermines her careful teaching, even though the children have been captivated by his story and bored by hers. These moments show her lack of awareness of her flaws as a storyteller.

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