Plot
At what point in the plot diagram would you find the "turning point" for a character?
a)resolution
b)climax
c)rising action
d)introduction
b)climax
Read the sentences from the text.
She dreamt that the Neverland had come too near and that a strange boy had broken through from it. He did not alarm her, for she thought she had seen him before in the faces of many women who have no children. Perhaps he is to be found in the faces of some mothers also. But in her dream he had rent the film that obscures the Neverland, and she saw Wendy and John and Michael peeping through the gap.
What is the meaning of rent as it is used in the sentence?
a)constructed the fabric
b)sold the fabric
c)embroidered the fabric
d)tore the fabric
d)tore the fabric
I always look forward to my summer vacation at the beach. I like to collect seashells and swim in the ocean.
Which point of view is this sentence written in?
First-person
True or False:
Themes are often recognizable, connect to a universal truth, and are repeated throughout literature.
True
The main idea tells:
a)the characters, setting, and plot
b)the most important idea about a topic
c)the reader where to find a moral in the text
d)the overall message or lesson
b)the most important idea about a topic
List the 5 parts plot.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Read the sentence from the text.
He was a lovely boy, clad in skeleton leaves and the juices that ooze out of trees but the most entrancing thing about him was that he had all his first teeth.
What does the use of the word entrancing suggest about the boy?
a)There is something surprising about how the boy behaves.
b)The boy has a fascinating and charming appearance.
c)There is something frightening about the boy.
d)The boy has a youthful appearance.
b)The boy has a fascinating and charming appearance.
In what point of view does the narrator have unlimited knowledge and can describe every character's thoughts and interpret their behaviors?
a)second person
b)third person objective
c)first person
d)third person omniscient
d)third person omniscient
Which of the following might be a theme of a story?
a)Money can't buy happiness
b)Money
c)I won the lottery
d)Love
a)Money can't buy happiness
What is the difference between the main idea and theme of a story?
a)The author will tell you the theme. You have to guess what the main idea is.
b)There is no difference. Theme and main idea are the same thing.
c)A story has one main idea and has three themes.
d)The main idea is what the passage is mostly about. The theme is the universal message you take away from the story.
d)The main idea is what the passage is mostly about. The theme is the universal message you take away from the story.
From Peter Pan:
How do the descriptions in paragraphs 1–4 help build suspense in the plot?
a)They keep the reader wondering if the events are real or just part of a dream.
b)They tell how Peter Pan got in the nursery.
c)They reveal an important dream Mrs. Darling had.
d)They explain how Mrs. Darling eventually discovered the truth about Peter Pan.
a)They keep the reader wondering if the events are real or just part of a dream.
Read the sentence from the text.
Mr. Wheeler sat beside me on the deck; I saw a colored gentleman come on board, he beckoned to me; I nodded my head, and could not go; Mr. Wheeler was beside me and I was afraid.
What is the meaning of beckoned as it is used in the sentence?
a)yelled loudly
b)made a gesture
c)threw something
d)passed a note
b)made a gesture
Sophia bundled the treasure in her shawl and carried it back to their living quarters. Once they were alone together, Heinrich decked his beautiful wife in the golden diadem that had once kissed the brow of Helen of Troy.
This is a good story. It is still found in books, but it is not true. For one thing, Sophia Schliemann was not with her husband on May 31. Her father had recently died, and she had gone to Athens for the funeral. As early as December 1873, Heinrich admitted to a friend at the British Museum that he had made up the story of Sophia and her red shawl. He explained that Sophia was becoming a gifted archaeologist and he wanted to encourage her by including her in the story of his great discovery.
What point of view about Schliemann does the author express by including the details in this passage?
a)He is talented.
b)He is credible.
c)He is friendly.
d)He is deceptive.
d)He is deceptive.
A story's theme might be difficult to figure out because:
a)Authors rarely want the reader to figure it out.
b)It is rarely stated explicitly.
c)It has little to do with plot, characters, and other story elements.
d)Only complicated stories have themes.
b)It is rarely stated explicitly.
Not all cultures have the same views of reality. One example is the way that different cultures regard and describe time. Native American tribes have concepts of time that differ from those of the predominant Anglo culture in North America. In American English, people often represent time in spatial terms: “That’s a big chunk of time.” We commonly hear and accept, “Four days is longer than three days.” However, the Hopi Indians do not say this. In their native language, the same expression would be translated as, “The fourth day is later than the third day.” In other words, they represent time temporally but not through spatial metaphors.
In another example, a Navajo man was hired by an Anglo businessman to do a job. However, on the day they had scheduled for the work, the Navajo man’s truck broke down, and he did not have a telephone or any way to contact the businessman. Initially, when the Navajo man showed up three days after their appointment, the Anglo man thought him irresponsible or confused. But then he found out that the Navajo man’s truck had broken down; and, unable to contact the employer, the man had walked the entire distance to the employer’s business, which took three days. The Navajo placed greater importance on honoring his commitment and keeping his promise than on the length of time it took him to do so. An Anglo in the same situation would be more likely to assign priority to being on time, to assume that walking would take too long, and to give up, not honoring his commitment due to the factor of time.
Which of the following best represents the main idea of the passage?
a)Native Americans take longer than Anglos to get things done.
b)Different cultural values affect the way people perceive reality.
c)Native Americans treat time differently only in their languages.
d)Anglos are more impatient because they think time takes space.
b)Different cultural values affect the way people perceive reality.
From Peter Pan:
What causes Mrs. Darling to wake from her dream?
a)The breeze from the open window makes her cold.
b)The strange boy in her dream alarms her when he gets too close.
c)The strange boy gives off a light as he moves quickly around the room.
d)The strange boy makes a sound when he drops onto the floor of the nursery.
c)The strange boy gives off a light as he moves quickly around the room.
Read the sentence from the text.
I wish to make this statement before a magistrate, because I understand that Mr. Williamson is in prison on my account, and I hope the truth may be of benefit to him.
What is the meaning of the word magistrate as it is used in the sentence?
a)relative
b)bystander
c)judge
d)witness
c)judge
From Peter Pan:
From which point of view are paragraphs 9 and 10 told?
a)third-person omniscient
b)third-person limited omniscient
c)first person
d)third-person objective
c)first person
A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily. One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to watch his movements. He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole it. The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations. A neighbor, seeing him overcome with grief and learning the cause, said, "Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it."
Which of the following states a theme of the fable?
a)Money is worthless to the wise.
b)Gold is not a good form in which to keep money.
c)There is no point in having money if you don’t use it.
d)When you lose something, there is no point in grieving about it.
c)There is no point in having money if you don’t use it.
Before clocks were made, people kept track of time by other means. In ancient Egypt, people used a water clock. Water dripped slowly from one clay pot into another. People measured time according to how long it took one pot to empty and the other one to fill. Candle clocks were common during the Middle Ages. As such, when a candle burned, marks on its side showed about how much time had passed. A final ancient way to measure time was the sundial, which used the movement of the sun across the sky. The shadows moving across the face of the sundial showed the current time.
What is the main idea?
a)As such, when a candle burned, marks on its side showed about how much time had passed.
b)Before clocks were made, people kept track by other means.
c)In ancient Egypt, people used a water clock.
d)All the above.
b)Before clocks were made, people kept track by other means.
From The Underground Railroad
Why does Jane Johnson decide to leave Mr. Wheeler when they’re on the boat?
a)She wants to go for a walk.
b)She remembers an appointment she has.
c)She wants her freedom.
d)She sees a friend she wants to talk to.
c)She wants her freedom.
Read the sentences from the text.
In 2009 and 2010, Freund’s team of archaeologists and geologists began to survey an area in southern Spain. They believed the area was the site of a submerged city. Freund’s team used underwater equipment, digital mapping, and ground-penetrating radar to investigate the site, Dona Ana Park.
What is the meaning of survey as it is used in the text?
a)become suspicious of
b)drive around on
c)ask questions of
d)examine and describe
d)examine and describe
From Fantasy Island:
Which sentences from the text best support the author’s point of view that the story of Atlantis relies too much on false and inconsistent information to be true? Select two sentences.
a)“As a result, the gods punished them by sinking Atlantis.”
b)“Erlingsson asserts that Ireland is the only existing island whose geographic features match Plato’s description of Atlantis.”
c)“Yet another inconsistent aspect of the story of Atlantis is the wildly varying time lines of its existence.”
d)“To summarize, the existence of Atlantis seems largely to rest on fiction and uncertainty.”
e)“In 2011, archaeologists and geologists asserted that they had found the lost island of Atlantis in southern Spain.”
c)“Yet another inconsistent aspect of the story of Atlantis is the wildly varying time lines of its existence.”
d)“To summarize, the existence of Atlantis seems largely to rest on fiction and uncertainty.”
From Peter Pan:
Which statement best expresses the theme of the text?
a)“To summarize, the existence of Atlantis seems largely to rest on fiction and uncertainty.”
b)Children like to tell stories that aren’t true.
c)Children and grown-ups are different from each other.
d)Dreams can sometimes be very odd.
c)Children and grown-ups are different from each other.
From The Underground Railroad:
What is the main idea of the text?
a)Jane Johnson and her children were abducted.
b)Jane Johnson left her master willingly to gain freedom.
c)Outsiders forced Jane Johnson to leave Mr. Wheeler.
d)Jane Johnson wronged Mr. Wheeler when she left him.
b)Jane Johnson left her master willingly to gain freedom.