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note

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  • first person (perspective of a narrator that is participating in events of the story)
  • third person-limited (perspective of a narrator that is only able to observe and comment on the story)
  • third person-omniscient (perspective of narrator that is able to see and comment on ALL aspects of the story)
  • regionalism (local writers create vivid portrayals of their own regions)
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in the underlined passage from paragraph 6 of “a wagner matinee,” willa cather highlights the isolation and desolation of the Nebraska prairie by

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juxtaposing the harshness of prairie life with the elegance of refined education

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in the underlined passage from paragraph 23 of “a wagner matinee,” willa cather is using _____ to paint a picture of the Nebraska prairie

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vivid description

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in the underlined passage from paragraph 21 of “a wagner matinee,” willa cather compares

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boston to nebraska, city life to farm life, the empty opera stage to a winter cornfield

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willa cather creates a vivid picture of the nebraska prairie region in a “wagner matinee” by using the technique of

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juxtaposition and contrast

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willa cather’s “a wagner matinee” is written from the __________ point of view

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first person

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in the underlined passage from paragraph 10 and 11 of “a wagner matinee,” willa cather contrasts

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the variation and color of the boston opera house with the monotonous fields of corn on the prairie

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the narrator uses water and rain to describe aunt georgiana’s response to the wagner music in paragraphs 19 and 20 “a wagner matinee” with words like

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deluge of sound poured on; aunt wept…continuously, as a shallow vessel overflows in a rain-storm

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“a wagner matinee” is told from the viewpoint of

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clark

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in paragraph 7 of “a wagner matinee” the narrator learns that aunt georgiana is so consumed by her life on the prairie that all she can think about is

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the calf that needs half-skimmed milk and the mackerel that needs to be used directly

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why does the narrator understand what aunt georgiana is feeling after the wagner matinee

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the narrator has been in both of her worlds

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