Question

read the excerpt from \ambush.\

he was a short, slender young man of about twenty. i was afraid of him—afraid of something—and as he passed me on the trail i threw a grenade that exploded at his feet and killed him.

the excerpt is an example of

• flashback, because the narrator is remembering a conversation with his daughter.
• flashback, because the narrator is recalling an event that occurred during the vietnam war.
• frame story, because the narrator is describing an action that he deeply regrets.
• frame story, because the narrator is explaining why he feels he must tell his daughter what he did.

Explanation:

A flashback is a narrative device where a narrator recalls a past event. The excerpt from Ambush (a story set during the Vietnam War) shows the narrator remembering a violent combat event from the war. The other options are incorrect: the excerpt does not mention a conversation with a daughter, and a frame story involves a story within a story, which is not present here.

Answer:

flashback, because the narrator is recalling an event that occurred during the Vietnam war.