2. Which of these are displayed in “The Last Class”?
3. Which in “Without Benefit of Clergy”?
4. Cite different passages, by referring to the numbered paragraphs, in which certain specific emotions are displayed.
5. Do you notice any emotional expressions which seem to you to be either extravagant, or weak, or in any way untrue to life?
6. Point out how the author conveys the ideas of emotion, such as by emotional words, gestures, attitudes, etc.
7. Write five short original paragraphs expressing five different emotions, using varied means of conveying the impressions of strong feeling.
8. Select from some magazine a story of the emotional type, and point out in a few words why you consider it to be a typically emotional story.
TEN REPRESENTATIVE STORIES OF EMOTION OR SENTIMENT
“A Doctor of The Old School,” Ian Maclaren, in The Days of Auld Lang Syne.
“A Descent into the Maelstrom,” Edgar Allan Poe, in Tales.