Question

So let’s start with flatness. Characters in a fairy tale are always flat (whether Little Red Riding Hood, Stepmother, Hedgehog, or Beast.) In “The Rosebud,” we have a mother and two children, one identified only as “the youngest” and one discarded after the first sentence. Fairy-tale characters are silhouettes, mentioned simply because they are there. They are not given many emotions—perhaps one, such as happy or sad—and they are not in psychological conflict. . . . This absence of depth, this flatness, violates a technical rule writers are often taught in beginning writing classes: that a character’s psychological depth is crucial to a story. In a fairy tale, however, this flatness functions beautifully; it allows depth of response in the reader.

–“Fairy Tale Is Form, Form Is Fairy Tale,”
Kate Bernheimer

How does the writer effectively structure the body paragraph to develop the central idea that fairy tales are important? Check all that apply.

by presenting an effective thesis statement
by beginning with a topic related to the central idea
by defining the topic discussed
by providing examples related to the topic
by concluding the central idea

Answer 1

The answer is: b, c, and d.

Step-by-step explanation:

Well we can see that there are given examples of stories and the summary of each. We also see that she starts her paragraph with a sentence related to her central idea. Last we can see that she defines the topic that is discussed in the beginning.

Answer 2

The writer effectively structures the body paragraph to develop the central idea that fairy tales are important by

(B) by beginning with a topic related to the central idea

(C) by defining the topic discussed

(D) by providing examples related to the topic

Step-by-step explanation:

The writer begins by introducing the topic to the reader. In this topic he gives the reader the central idea of the writing. Then the author defines the topic by elaborating its key points. He presents his ideas logically. In the given passage, Kate Bernheimer defines that in fairy tales the characters are not given a lot of emotions. After explaining his key points, he gives examples related to the topic. Examples always explain the readers point of view. Readers gets the clarity on the topic.