Question

What evidence in "The Storyteller." best highlights the flaws in the aunt in order to create satire? Select three options.

“An aunt belonging to the children occupied one corner seat.”
“In a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”
“‘It’s a very difficult thing to tell stories that children can both understand and appreciate,’ she said stiffly.”
“The aunt suppressed a gasp of admiration.”
“A most improper story to tell to young children! You have undermined the effect of years of careful teaching.”

Answer 1

Selected: 2, 3, 5.

- 2 (“In a low, confidential voice... unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story...”) — explicitly ridicules her as dull, uncreative and ineffectual with children, exposing her unsuitability as a storyteller.
- 3 (“‘It’s a very difficult thing to tell stories that children can both understand and appreciate,’ she said stiffly.”) — shows her pretentious, pedantic tone and self-importance, satirizing her moralistic pose.
- 5 (“A most improper story to tell to young children! You have undermined the effect of years of careful teaching.”) — reveals her prudish, hyperbolic moralizing and obsession with propriety, making her a target of satire.