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Anshh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Who's the speaker?
The following is an extract from Elsie Brown's 'Shady Plot'. ---
I groaned, but that inexorable board continued to spell. I always did hate a spelling match! Miss Hinkle was again following it aloud: “H-e-l-e-n’. Helen!” She raised her voice until it could be heard at the other end of the room. “Lavinia, dear, do you know anyone by the name of Helen?”
“By the name of----?” I can’t hear you.” And my wife made way over to use between the Book Club’s chairs.
“You know the funniest thing has happened,” she whispered excitedly. “Someone had been trying to communicate with John through Mrs. Hunt’s and Mrs. Sprinkle’s Ouija! Someone by the name of Helen----”
“Why, isn’t that curious!”
“What is?”
Miss Hinkle simpered.
“Someone giving the name of Helen has just been calling for your husband here.”
“But we don’t know anyone by the name of Helen----”
Could you please tell me who's the speaker in the para “You know the funniest thing.......". I get so confused when it isn't mentioned. Please help me out. Thanks in advance.
I groaned, but that inexorable board continued to spell. I always did hate a spelling match! Miss Hinkle was again following it aloud: “H-e-l-e-n’. Helen!” She raised her voice until it could be heard at the other end of the room. “Lavinia, dear, do you know anyone by the name of Helen?”
“By the name of----?” I can’t hear you.” And my wife made way over to use between the Book Club’s chairs.
“You know the funniest thing has happened,” she whispered excitedly. “Someone had been trying to communicate with John through Mrs. Hunt’s and Mrs. Sprinkle’s Ouija! Someone by the name of Helen----”
“Why, isn’t that curious!”
“What is?”
Miss Hinkle simpered.
“Someone giving the name of Helen has just been calling for your husband here.”
“But we don’t know anyone by the name of Helen----”
Could you please tell me who's the speaker in the para “You know the funniest thing.......". I get so confused when it isn't mentioned. Please help me out. Thanks in advance.
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In the first paragraph, Miss Hinkle and John, the narrator, are partners at one board. Hinkle says, "H - e - l - e - n. Helen!
- In the first paragraph, Miss Hinkle and John, the narrator, are partners at one board.
- Hinkle says, "H - e - l - e - n.
- Helen!
- " In the second paragraph, Lavinia, John's wife, who is at another table, says to Hinkle: "By the name of - ?
- " In the third paragraph, Lavinia has come over to John and Hinkle's table, and says to Hinkle: "You know, the funniest thing has happened.
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In the first paragraph, Miss Hinkle and John, the narrator, are partners at one board. Hinkle says, "H - e - l - e - n. Helen! Lavinia, dear, do you know anyone by the name of Helen?"
In the second paragraph, Lavinia, John's wife, who is at another table, says to Hinkle: "By the name of - ? I can't hear you."
In the third paragraph, Lavinia has come over to John and Hinkle's
In the second paragraph, Lavinia, John's wife, who is at another table, says to Hinkle: "By the name of - ? I can't hear you."
In the third paragraph, Lavinia has come over to John and Hinkle's
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But I think in the third paragraph, the speaker is Laura Hinkle. Am I right?
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In the second paragraph, John, the narrator says: And my wife [Lavinia] made her way over to us, between the Book Club's chairs.
And in the third paragraph, after coming over to John and Hinkle's table, Lavinia says to Hinkle, who had called out to her in the first paragraph ("Lavinia, dear, do you know anyone by the name of Helen?"): "You know the funniest thing...Someone by the name o
And in the third paragraph, after coming over to John and Hinkle's table, Lavinia says to Hinkle, who had called out to her in the first paragraph ("Lavinia, dear, do you know anyone by the name of Helen?"): "You know the funniest thing...Someone by the name o
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