Modern Short Stories: A Book for High Schools

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THE CROW CHILD

1. Show that the language of The Crow Child is superior to the language of The Adventures of Simon and Susanna.

2. What distinctly literary effects does the author produce?

3. Make a list of the words by which the author prepares the reader for Ruky’s transformation.

4. What is the purpose of the story?

5. Make an outline that will show the principal divisions of the story.

6. Show that every division of the story is necessary.

7. Write an original story in which you transmute a real experience into a wonder story with a moral effect.