When I say...
Authors purpose
Analyzing the Plot
Dictionary Skills
Summing it up
100
When I say "italics, footnotes or a photograph" you say...
text features! 
100

The author writes the selection titled "Auschwitz" most likely to-

A.describe the efforts of Adolf Hitler to destroy the world 

B. convince people that Auschwitz was a terrible place

C. describe the horrible reality the Jews faced while in concentration camps  

C, because this is what the informational article was mostly about

100

The setting in the TBITSP is important to the plot in chapters 2-4 because it is where...

A. the conflict manifest and rises 

B. Bruno and Gretel argue all the time 

C. the maid is able to do her work 

A, because this is where the conflict starts and where the curiosity of the two children starts to generate as a conflict for the reader 

100

Which definition best fits how "surveyed" is used on page 32 of TBITSP?


DEFINITION 1)  an activity in which many people are asked a question or a series of questions in order to gather information about what most people do or think about something 

DEFINITION 2)  an act of studying something in order to make a judgment about it 

DEFINITION 3) an act of measuring and examining an area of land 

Definition 2 

100

In a few words, explain what it means when an author uses "sensory language"

The author uses language that is more realistic and descriptive that connects to the reader's five senses: sight, smell, hearing, feeling and tasting  

200

When I say this p.o.v type only shares the internal thoughts and feelings of one character, you say.... 

THIRD PERSON LIMITED 

200

Which detail from paragraph 1 demonstrates the  power Adolf Hitler had over his troops?


A. Sentence 2

B. Sentence 3

C. Sentence 4

D. Sentence 5 

D. Sentence 5  "It is estimated that the SS and German police deported at minimum 1.3 million people to the Auschwitz complex between 1940 and 1945."


(Text features= footnotes could of been used)

200

What P.O.V is TBITSP being told from?

Narrated from third person, limited.

200

In the article "Auschwitz" the word "conglomerate" means? 

A “conglomerate” is a corporation that is made up of a number of different, seemingly unrelated businesses.

200

At the end of chapter 4 of TBITSP, the reader can conclude that the children will most likely-

A. Continue to feed their curiosity through exploration 

B. Continue to stare out of the window for the next three chapters

C. Continue to bug their mom to move back to Berlin  

A, because both of the children seek answers for the  things they don't understand. 

300

Third person omniscient you say...

all knowing or the story is told knowing the internal thoughts and feelings of multiple characters

300

What is paragraph 2 in the article "Auschwitz mostly about? 


A. Construction of Auschwitz II 

B. Jews dying 

C. The purpose each facility had in killing Jews


C. The purpose each facility had in killing Jews

300

Where are we on the plot curve after reading chapter four? 

A. Exposition 

B. Conflict 

C. Rising action 

B. Conflict, because the view from Bruno's window is keeping the children from having a smooth transition and we are done introducing the setting and the main characters 

300

What type of text features are used to assist you while reading the informational article? HINT: There are three types.

Footnotes give definitions to unknown words, a picture is given to help the reader visualize and bolded print to give the reader a task. 

300

Which statement best identifies the central idea of the selection "Auschwitz"? 


  1. The Auschwitz concentration camp was the most inhumane of the camps, as it was the only one with a killing center
  2. Not all of the Auschwitz concentration camps treated prisoners inhumanely.
  3. Despite the differing purposes of the three main camps of Auschwitz, they all treated prisoners inhumanely.

C, Despite the differing purposes of the three main camps of Auschwitz, they all treated prisoners inhumanely.

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