The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock / T. S. Eliot

Test Practice

Analyze Literary Techniques

With your partner, discuss how to answer this question about the selection.

Which word best describes Prufrock?
a. self-assured
b. hopeful
c. despairing
d. hateful


What is the correct answer to the question above? How did the information you gathered during reading help you eliminate incorrect answers?

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