Comprehension
what did he contemplate being in the culinary field?(paragraph 2)
he stated "I thought of going to culinary school and becoming one of the best chefs in the world"
what is conflict?
the struggle that the protagonist goes through in the story.
What is the definition of the word "anticipate"?
To imagine or expect something will happen.
What is Situational irony?
It is when the opposite of what is expected happens.
In what part of the plot does the narrator talk about how stressful middle school can be and how grateful he is for summer?
A. Rising action
B. Exposition
C. Climax
D. Resolution
B. Exposition
What was the narrator's final career choice?
Snowboarder
how is conflict conveyed in the story?
conflict is conveyed through his doubts about his career.
What does exhilarating mean when used in the passage? (paragraph 4)
It means making one feel very happy, animated, and thrilling.
Identify the type of irony in this sentence:
I found myself wondering who had decided that at the age of 14, we had to make life choices.
dramatic irony.
At what point in the plot does Mr. Mathews pull the narrator out of a daydream and ask him a question?
A. Rising action
B. Falling action
C. Climax
D. Resolution
B. Falling Action
What were the three careers the narrator was considering?
The narrator was considering being a chef, a musician, and a snowboarder.
what paragraph did you see conflict in?
paragraph 3
What is the best definition for the word “bombarded” in the passage?
To direct so many things at someone.
How is dramatic irony used to create humor between Mr.Mathews and the student?
Mr. Mathews believes the student was paying attention, but the audience knows he was daydreaming about snowboarding and got away with it.
At what point in the plot does the narrator daydream about snowboarding in class?
A. Rising action
B. Falling action
C. Climax
D. Resolution
C. Climax
how did the narrator feel about summer break?(paragraph 1)
he felt grateful every year when summer break came around as it was a break from school.
what type of conflict did the narrator experience in the story?
A. Man vs. Self.
B. Man vs. Man
C. Man vs. Nature
D. Man vs. Society
A. Man vs. Self.
According to the context clues in the passage what is friction?
the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.
What is verbal irony?
It is when someone says one thing but means the opposite.
In what part of the plot does the narrator talk about how gravity can be manipulated through the design of a snowboard?
A. Rising action
B. Falling action
C. Climax
D. Resolution
D. Resolution
In what paragraph did the climax of the story happen?
4th paragraph
What was the narrator's conflict on the first day of 8th grade?
What are the words in the text that give you context clues to what "culinary" means?
Chefs, My restaurant, And Food.
what is Socratic irony?
when one person pretends that they don't know what they're talking about, with the express purpose of illuminating flaws in what the other person is saying.
At what point in the plot does the narrator go to his first day of 8th grade?
A. Rising action
B. Falling action
C. Climax
D. Resolution
A. Rising action