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To identify similarities between two or more ideas or things.
What is compare?
What is the setting of passage 1?
a. a farm from long ago
b. a schoolhouse from long ago
c. a futuristic neighborhood
d. a city in the present day
What is d. a city in the present day
What is a character trait that describes both Xavier and Jenna?
a. energetic
b. honest
c. selfish
What is b. honest
This statement summarizes the story line of passage 1:
a. People share knowledge with an animal, but the animal uses this knowledge against them
b. People ignore the environment and cause permanent changes to it
c. Two characters have trouble getting along but reach an understanding.
d. A trickster has fun causing trouble for others but then receives a punishment.
What is d. a trickster has fun causing trouble for others but then receives a punishment
To identify differences between two or more ideas or things.
What is contrast?
Which event from the plot is the same in both passages?
a. a sister looks for her younger brother
b. two siblings plan to go to a movie
c. a little brother wanders from a barn
d. parents and children work together
What is a. a sister looks for her younger brother
What event was similar in both passages?
a. both characters had to take a test
b. both characters were on the hunt for treasure
c. both characters had a tough decision to make
d. both characters had a sports game the next day
What is c. both characters had a tough decision to make.
This statement explains how the passages are similar:
a. Both animals and people need gods to step in and fix some parts of their lives
b. Some animals look the way they do based on events from the past.
c. Animals that trick people deserve punishment.
d. Those who brag always end up being embarrassed in front of others eventually.
what is b. some animals look the way they do based on events from the past.
The people, animals, or creatures in a story or play.
What are characters?
What is the mood of passage 2?
a. playful
b. gloomy
c. worried
d. safe
What is c. worried
This statement is true about the settings of the passages:
a. both settings happen in the past
b. both settings happen in the present
c. one setting is in the past, one setting is in the present
What is c. one setting is in the past, one setting is in the present.
This character trait describes both Azeban the raccoon and the fox:
a. trickster
b. kind-hearted
c. funny
d. cautious
what is a. trickster
Where and when a story or drama takes place.
What is setting?
This passage takes place in the past.
What is passage 2?
The words magical, dark, and gloomy describes this setting:
a. The cave from Treasure
b. The soccer field from The Test
c. The classroom from The Test
What is a. the cave from Treasure
This is true about the settings:
a. Both settings take place in the present
b. Both settings take place in the past
C. You cannot tell if the settings are in the past or present.
What is b. both settings take place in the past
Things that happen in a story. Often lead up to a problem and solution.
What are Events?
List 2 events that were similar in both passages.
What is...
Sister looking for brother.
Brother appears/is found.
An animal is helped.
This author's message is the same for both passages:
a. The actions of one person can affect the whole team
b. Sometimes you have to think of yourself first
c. Doing the right thing isn't always easy
d. Greed doesn't pay
What is c. doing the right thing isn't always easy
How are both passages similar?
Answers may vary.