Question

AFTER READING. "The Night Face Up," Identify 5 Instances of Parallel Plot Structure within the selection. For each instance of parallelism identified, students should: 1. Quote the Text: Provide the specific sentences, paragraph number or phrases that exhibit parallelism.​

Answer 1

In the short story "The Night Face Up," there are five instances of parallel plot structure. These instances can be found in paragraph 3, paragraph 5, paragraph 9, paragraph 19, and paragraph 20.

Step-by-step explanation:

Instances of Parallel Plot Structure in "The Night Face Up"

1. Quote the text: "The first thing he heard was the noise of the cars. A streetcar passed by with a roar.“ (Paragraph 3)
2. Quote the text: "He turned his head and saw a frieze of strange fur and snouts moving behind the glass. He shut his eyes, tried to turn away, and went on turning away to the side." (Paragraph 5)
3. Quote the text: "He started slashing, but the arms came closer and the goggled eyes came close to his eyes." (Paragraph 9)
4. Quote the text: "An enormous hand was lifted against the rear of the tank. But he wasn’t even inside the tank. He started to run howling through a forest and he heard fierce hooves behind him and they were catching up to him." (Paragraph 19)
5. Quote the text: "He so aw himself in his mother’s house: it had quit being his mother’s house at that juncture." (Paragraph 20)