"There Will Come Soft Rains" story/poem Review

When you make inferences about a character, you use all of the following strategies except —

• draw conclusions based on what the character does

• analyze how others react to the character

• decide whether or not you like the character

• examine what the character says

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

In the sentence Emily didn’t know if she would like volunteering at the animal shelter, but she decided to try it, the writer characterizes Emily by —

• describing her appearance

• showing what she learns

• telling about her community

• revealing her thoughts

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

When writers use direct characterization, they —

• create characters who are like people they know

• tell exactly what a character is like

• describe their own personality

• draw comparisons between characters

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is a character’s motivation?

• The reasons for a character’s actions

• The problems a character faces

• The changes a character undergoes

• Events in a character’s past

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is a biography?

• The history of people living in a particular area

• A person’s account of his or her own life

• A description of a person’s travels

• The story of someone’s life written by another person

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

All of the following strategies are common ways of organizing ideas in an informational text except —

• chronological order

• story maps

• comparison and contrast

• cause and effect

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

An author’s purpose is his or her —

• reason for writing a work

• attitude toward a subject

• main idea

• choice of audience

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

Context clues can help you —

• pronounce foreign words

• understand how words are related

• determine the meaning of a word

• identify the root of a word

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which of the following sentences describes a conflict that pits a character against elements of the setting?

• In the Midwest in the 1940s, two sisters argue over the inheritance of the family farm.

• A boy attending a boarding school in England must decide whether to report his friend for cheating.

• Stranded in the desert, a woman must overcome terrible heat and thirst to survive.

• Alone with his family at a campsite, a teenager confronts his parents about a family secret.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which of the following elements would not provide clues to a story’s setting?

• The types of transportation used in the story

• The writer’s description of the characters’ clothing

• The type of language used by the characters

• The use of suspense in the story’s plot

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3