Unit 2 Test: Different Perspectives

In what order do the elements of plot appear in a short story?

• exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

• rising action, climax, exposition, falling action, resolution

• resolution, rising action, exposition, climax, falling action

• falling action, exposition, climax, resolution, rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the high point, or turning point, in the action of the plot?

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is point of view?

• the perspective from which a story is told

• a problem, or conflict

• the central message of a story or literary work

• the writer’s attitude toward his or her audience and subject

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

To make inferences, readers must do which of the following?

• recognize details that the author states explicitly, or directly, in the story.

• Connect details with what the reader knows about life.

• Develop an informed idea, or inference, about the story’s characters, setting, and events, based on the information

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is theme?

• the perspective from which a story is told

• a problem, or conflict

• the central message of a story or literary work

• the writer’s attitude toward his or her audience and subject

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Anna wished that her drab neighborhood could become a crayon box of color.

• cheerful

• dreary

• empty

• light

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

What resource would help you find a synonym for a new word?

• thesaurus

• dictionary

• an article

• anthology

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which best describes the point of view that is being used in the following excerpt?

Chris and Taylor have been neighbors for years. During the summer, they enjoy biking on the trails in town. Chris always has to remind Taylor to wear his helmet or else Taylor forgets.

• It is told from the first-person point of view.

• It is told from third-person point of view.

• It is told by a narrator who is a character in the story.

• It is told by multiple narrators who are characters in the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which best describes the point of view in the following excerpt?

Soon after my mother got this idea about Shirley Temple, she took me to a beauty training school in the Mission district and put me in the hands of a student who could barely hold the scissors without shaking. Instead of getting big fat curls, I emerged with an uneven mass of crinkly black fuzz. My mother dragged me off to the bathroom and tried to wet down my hair.

• It is told from first-person point of view.

• It is told from third-person point of view.

• It is told by a narrator who is a character in the story.

• It is told by multiple narrators who are characters in the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which narrative technique is used in the following excerpt to create character?

"My block looks like a charcoal sketch," Anna mumbled.

• theme

• mood

• dialogue

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3