"The Rocking-Horse Winner"

Read the story carefully and discuss how D. H. Lawrence uses literary devices such as characterization, repetition, selection and order of details, point of view, irony, and symbolism to convey meaning in the short story.

"The Other Paris" passage

"The Other Paris" is a short story by the Canadian writer Mavis Gallant. Read the passage from the short story carefully and explain how the author uses narrative voice and characterization to provide social commentary.

Fasting, Feasting passage

In the excerpt taken from Fasting, Feasting, a novel published in 1999 by Indian novelist Anita Desai, Arun, an exchange student from India, joins members of his American host family for an afternoon at the beach. Read the passage carefully and analyze how the author uses such literary devices as speech and point of view to characterize Arun's experience.