Read the following paragraph and answer the questions after each paragraph.
Mrs. McWeeney was dry, tight, small, and pig-eyed. She had hard gray hair pressed into waves that grasped her scalp like a migraine… . She wore a creaky white uniform and spongy ripple-soled nurse shoes that she painted white every week; we could watch the paint cracking and peeling off between Monday and Friday… .
Mrs. McWeeney was unpredictable. She’d gnarl her face up for no reason while giving us our bedtime meds and slam back into the nursing station without a word. We’d have to wait for her to calm down before getting our nightly [medicine]; sometimes we waited for as long as half an hour.
—Susanna Kaysen
1. What dominant impression does Susanna Kaysen communicate in these paragraphs?
2. The author uses the senses to communicate her dominant impression. List three details from these paragraphs and the senses they draw on.
3. List three details that show rather than tell.
4. How does Kaysen organize the details in these paragraphs?
1. Mrs. McWeeney was unpredictable.
2. Sight: small, and pig-lipped
gray hair pressed into waves that grasped her scalp like a migraine
painted white every week
paint cracking and peeling off between Monday and Friday
gnarl her face up
Sound: wore a creaky white uniform
slam back into the nursing station without a word
Touch: dry, tight
hard, gray hair
spongy ripple-soled nurse shoes
3. Answers will vary, but see answer 2.
4. From one extreme to another—most severe to least severe
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