Standard 3A: Lesson 3- Predicting Outcomes

Standard 3A: Lesson 2- Predicting Outcomes

Intermediate

Multiple Choice

Read the story plot. Select the letter of the plot twist that is being used.

In The Hound of the Baskervilles, a key clue confirms that the murderer has a beard and so does the butler. The butler creeps around the house late at night. At the end of the story, the murderer is someone else.

• A. Surprise ending

• B. Red herring

• C. Unreliable narrator

• D. False Protagonist

• E. Flashback

Multiple Choice

Read the story plot. Select the letter of the plot twist that is being used.

In The Gift of the Magi, a young married couple have very little money. They each have one possession of value: the husband has a gold watch and the wife has her long, beautiful hair. They each sell their own valued possession to buy the other a gift. At the end of the story, the reader finds out the husband bought his wife hair combs and the wife bought the husband a chain for his watch -- both useless gifts.

• A. Surprise ending

• B. Red herring

• C. Unreliable narrator

• D. False Protagonist

• E. Flashback

Multiple Choice

Read the story plot. Select the letter of the plot twist that is being used.

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn’s descriptions of events are often misinterpreted, and he describes things as he perceives them.

• A. Surprise ending

• B. Red herring

• C. Unreliable narrator

• D. False Protagonist

• E. Flashback

Multiple Choice

Read the story plot. Select the letter of the plot twist that is being used.

In The Heart of Darkness, sailors are resting on a boat on the Thames. One of the sailors tells the others about an experience he had years ago, traveling on a river in the center of Africa to find the ivory trader called Kurtz.

• A. Surprise ending

• B. Red herring

• C. Unreliable narrator

• D. False Protagonist

• E. Flashback

Multiple Choice

Read the story plot. Select the letter of the plot twist that is being used.

In A Game of Thrones, the story begins with a focus on Ned Stark, who seems to be the main character. Stark is killed unexpectedly, but the story continues.

• A. Surprise ending

• B. Red herring

• C. Unreliable narrator

• D. False Protagonist

• E. Flashback