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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Rose for Emily- Comprehension questions - E block

Useful Verbs:

explain, interpret, outline, discuss, distinguish, predict, restate, translate, compare, describe


Sample Question Stems:

Can you write in your own words...? Can you write a brief outline...? What do you think could of happened next...? Who do you think...? What was the main idea...? Who was the key character...? Can you distinguish between...? What differences exist between...? Can you provide an example of what you mean...? Can you provide a definition for...?

38 comments:

DK9302 said...
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swan0823 said...

What can you infer from the fact that a strand of Emily's hair was found next to the dead man's body?

David Kim said...

Why do you think Homer wanted to leave Ms. Emily?

DK9302 said...

What was one of the factors tha made Emily the way she was?

David kang

Jason said...

Describe Emily's feelings when she was sleeping next to her dead lover

ILyoon Kim said...

explain why cops were keeping coming into the house

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Alice said...

Did Emily feel any guilt when she murdered?

- said...

Describe Emily's feeling when she killed her love

Pei-peng

Jennifer Kim said...

Predict what the people's reaction would be after they had taken a look inside Emily's room.

Deez K. said...

Can you provide a definition for Emily's actions that was revealed at the end of the book?

Kyu hyun Park said...

Explain why Emily killed her lover, Homer.

Kyu hyun Park

Karen Kim said...

Describe how would she feel when her father died.

Jin soo Yoon said...

Describe Emily's feeling when Homer wants to leave from her

Yae Chan Lee said...

Why did Emily sleep next to her lover even after she killed him?

Andrew Kang said...

Can you explain why Ms. Emily killed her husband?

Soulja Mogli said...

What was Emily's emotional state at the end of the story?

Tony Hong said...

What do think you think emily felt when murdering homer?

DK9302 said...

Emily was sleeping next to dead body for years.

Reply to Swan
-David Kang

TWIG-S said...

How do you think about Homer's death and the hair right next to his dead body?

Andrew Kang said...

Reply to David Kang's question,
I think her father was one of the factors that made her what she is

TWIG-S said...

How do you think about Homer's death and the hair right next to his dead body?

swan0823 said...

reply to Jason - Emily was probably overwhelmed with grief to the point that she became mental.

Alice said...

Predict what the people's reaction would be after they had taken a look inside Emily's room.

My prediction is that people will freak out and try to kick Emily out of town.

Tony Hong said...

They would have been suprised and disgusted by the fact that she was actually sleeping to a dead body!

David Kim said...

Reply to David Kang's question:

Homer, her lover, tried to leave her

Yae Chan Lee said...

Response to David

I think Homer was in fact, gay. And I believe that he wanted to return to his 'gay' life

- said...

Yae Chan Lee
She felt satisfied...

Jason said...

Reply to Swan:
She was sleeping next to the dead body all this time.

ILyoon Kim said...

Emily was very depressed when her father died

Karen kim's questions

- said...

Pei-peng

Deez K. said...

David:
Probably because he liked the outter society, he is more used to being with friends and etc, while right now he is stuck with his wife, cannot do what he wants
its kinda like us being married tomarrow
it will be uncomfortable and hard to get used to

cheers

Kyu hyun Park said...

Replying to Chanyae's question, it's because Emily still loved homer.

Jennifer Kim said...

Reply to Alice:
I think Emily did feel guilt towards herself killing her lover. Maybe that is why she kept him by her bedside and felt remorse over his death.

Karen Kim said...

Reply to "What can you infer from the fact that a strand of Emily's hair was found next to the dead man's body?"
-We can infer that Emily slept beside the dead man's body.

Soulja Mogli said...

answer to swan

you can infer that Emily had been sleeping next to the dead man's body

Jin soo Yoon said...

replied Jin soo Yoon
She felt like betray.

TWIG-S said...

Answer to DK

The death of her father