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Function of Contrasting Characters: Short Fiction Practice Test
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Read the following excerpt from a short story:
In the kitchen after the funeral, Uncle Ray washed every dish immediately, stacking plates in precise towers as if order could keep grief from spilling. Aunt Lila left cups where they stood and kept pressing leftovers on visitors, saying they should eat while food was warm. When Ray said, “We should finish cleaning,” Lila replied, “We should finish being here.”
How does the contrast between Ray’s compulsive tidying and Lila’s insistence on lingering with people function in the passage?
Read the following excerpt from a short story:
In the kitchen after the funeral, Uncle Ray washed every dish immediately, stacking plates in precise towers as if order could keep grief from spilling. Aunt Lila left cups where they stood and kept pressing leftovers on visitors, saying they should eat while food was warm. When Ray said, “We should finish cleaning,” Lila replied, “We should finish being here.”
How does the contrast between Ray’s compulsive tidying and Lila’s insistence on lingering with people function in the passage?