Lesson 2.2.11: Novel Study Checkpoint & Quiz Review

Labelling

Review the image of a typical plot structure, and recall what each point in the plot is called.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Rising Action

Inciting Incident

Resolution

Falling Action

Climax

Exposition

Reorder

Drag the events of Tamiko's story into the correct order, starting with the first event.

• Tamiko trades her aunt's blouse for food and thread.

• Kyo leaves to fight in the war.

• Tamiko and Suki pray for Kyo at their public shrine.

• Tamiko learns that she and her classmates will travel to Kure City to help with the war efforts.

• Tamiko learns how to make the balloons.

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Reorder

Drag the events of Nellie's story into the correct order, starting with the first event.

• Joey sets the Kavas' shed on fire.

• Mr. Kava admits to Nellie why Joey is so angry with him.

• Nellie stands up to Irene.

• Nellie and her family get a letter from Pa.

• Nellie helps out at the salvage drive.

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Open Ended

The first six chapters of Tamiko's story take place over a three-month time span: September 15, 1944, to November 21, 1944.

Nellie's story, however, does not begin until eight months after Tamiko's begins. Her first six chapters also cover only a four-day time span.

Why do you think the author chose to structure the time frame like this? Why does Tamiko's story cover a longer period of time than Nellie's? Do you think their timelines will ever converge? If so, when and how?

Sentence Starters:

I think the author chose to structure the time frame like this because....

Tamiko's story covers a longer period because....

I think their timelines (will/will not) converge....

Multiple Choice

Which part of the following sentence is the appositive phrase?

My brother, a skilled guitarist, plays in a local band.

• a skilled guitarist

• in a local band

• My brother

Multiple Select

Which sentences correctly use dashes to set off an appositive phrase? (2 answers!)

• My best friend just got back from Italy—and I am not jealous at all.

• The scientist—who won the award—was honored at the ceremony.

• Our teacher—an expert in literature—recommended this book.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence correctly replaces the underlined nouns with a personal pronoun?

Jessica and Tom went to the store because Jessica and Tom needed groceries.

• Jessica and Tom went to the store because it needed groceries.

• Jessica and Tom went to the store because we needed groceries.

• Jessica and Tom went to the store because they needed groceries.

Multiple Choice

What context clues best help you define the word melancholy in the following sentence?

As Emma sat by the window, she felt a deep melancholy, staring at the gray, rainy sky. She sighed, missing the warm, sunny days that always made her feel cheerful. The quiet house and the distant sound of raindrops only added to her sadness, making her long for happier times.

• . . . distant sound of raindrops only added to her sadness . . .

• . . . quiet house . . .

• As Emma sat by the window . . .