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Literary Analysis
Comprehension Check
From the Story
About Fables
Vocabulary
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Mr. Peters wishes for a wife. Leita marries Mr. Peters but misses her life as a swan. a. exposition b. rising action c. climax d. falling action

What is the rising action?

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How Mr. Peters earns three wishes.
What is by rescuing an entangled swan, who is really the King of the Forest.
100
Leita is grateful to Mr. Peters
What is what the reader can INFER when Leita is back to being a swan and she approaches him and rubbed her head in his hand.
100
The lesson that is learned is called this term.
What is the moral of the story?
100
A remote region away from the center of a town or city.
What is the word outskirts?
200

Mr. Peters rescues the swan and gets three wishes. 

a. exposition b. rising action c. inciting incident d. falling action

What is the inciting incident?

200
How is Leita related to Mr. Peters and to Rhea?
What is Leita is Mr. Peter's wife and Rhea's sister.
200
Mr. Peters resolves Leita's conflict and his by turning her back into a swan.
What is when the falling action begins in the story?
200
This plot element sometimes stands alone in fables, it is not in the exposition.
What is the conflict?
200

hateful

What is malicious?

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Mr. Peters lives out the rest of his life being happy with who he is and content with Leita's companionship in her natural form (as a swan). a. rising action b. climax c. falling action d. resolution
What is the resolution?
300
Mr. Peters transforms Leita back into a swan and she returns to her happy life with her sister. Mr. Peters never marries and dies happy with the choice he made.
What is What happend to Mr. Peters and Leita at the end of the story?
300
They communicate through gestures, visual expressions and/or touch.
What is how do Leita and her sister communicate without words?
300
This element is often found in fables, and folk tales.
What is an element of magic?
300

To get out of a trap or complicated situation

What is extricate?

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Mr. Peters uses his second wish to turn Leita back into a swan. He decides against using his third wish. a. irony b. crisis c. theme d. setting

What is the crisis?

400
Mr. Peters learns to value what he already has in his life.
What is one of the lessons that the main character learns from this fable?
400
Mr. Peters loves Leita
What is how the reader infers Mr. Peters feel about Leita?
400
A note at the bottom of a page that gives some insight related to the story. It could be vocabulary, background information or how to pronounce a name.
What is a footnote?
400

hasty, acting without thinking things through

What is rash?

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At dusk on a Spring evening, in the forest of Savernake. Mr. Peters and the King of the Forest.
What is the exposition?
500
People should be happy with who they are rather than trying to be someone or something else.
What is the moral of the story?
500
Mr. Peters is cautiously optimistic and understands the dangers. He wants to use his wishes wisley.
What is how does Mr. Peter's feel about his 3 wish opportunity?
500
The term "Swan Song" is an example of one of these..
What is figurative language?
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Being excessively bold in making assumptions.

What is presumptuous?