Practice Lesson 15
1. Which best describes the first stanza?(from I sit by the fire and think)
A The speaker looks back on past events with sadness and
deep regret.

B The speaker looks ahead to future events with excitement.

C The speaker thinks about the past and wonders about
the future.

D The speaker thinks about all he has to do in the months ahead.

The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. he had been in the war in libya and wore two wound-stripes. he said that if the thing went well he would see that i was decorated. i said i hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. i asked him if there was a big dugout where the drivers could stay and he sent a soldier to show me. i went with him and found the dugout, which was very good. the drivers were with it and i left them there. what effect does hemingway’s limited use of adjectives have? it slows down the narration by interrupting the action. it makes the few descriptive words he does use more vivid and forceful. it makes the narrator seem powerless and insincere. it prevents the readers from filling in the details with their own experiences.