What happens in the falling action?

Events begin to calm down after the climax.

You are introduced to the conflict.

The setting is described in detail.

It is the exact same as the rising action.

Which list shows the correct order for most stories?

exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

exposition, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution

exposition, falling action, rising action, climax, resolution

rising action, falling action, exposition, climax, resolution

What is the exact PLOT MOUNTAIN order?

Exposition, Inciting Incident, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

Resolution, Falling Action, Climax, Rising Action, Inciting Incident, Exposition

Falling Action, Rising Action, Exposition, Climax, Inciting Incident, Resolution

Climax, Inciting Incident, Falling Action, Exposition, Resolution, Rising Action

One way you could figure out the theme is to...

Think about what the character has learned

Just read the beginning of the story

Which of the following is an example of THEME?

Life is short; make the most of it.

Carry your laptops with two hands at all times.

Cereal is the healthiest food you can eat.

How much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife. The Summary of this passage is:

There are many different, varied parts of Texas.

There are a lot of cows in Texas.

Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.

There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.

Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin. The Summary of this passage is:

Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.

Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.

It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now. The Summary of this passage is:

Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.

Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.

The camels were swatting flies with their tails.

Right now Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base. Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls. When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream. The Summary of this passage is:

Jason really wanted to play third base.

Jason was the best player on his team.

Jason had trouble catching ground balls.

Jason was too lazy to practice.

For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome. The Summary of this passage is:

Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.

Jenny was going to paint her room.

Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay Area. The weather is generally very mild, seldom getting really cold or really hot. Its mild climate is one reason many people live there. It seldom snows in San Francisco and generally does not get below freezing during the winter. Even in the middle of summer, temperatures may be in the mid 80s with a cool breeze from the bay keeping the weather very comfortable . The Summary of this passage is:

The weather in San Francisco is generally very mild.

San Francisco has many neat things to do.

Many people choose to live in California.

Julie watched the ants as they carried small crumbs down the trail to the anthill. She thinks ants are very hard working and industrious little creatures. They always seemed busy, and you never saw an ant just laying around doing nothing. They were carrying food, building tunnels, or defending the anthill. One thing you could say about ants is that they sure aren't lazy. The Summary of this passage is:

Some ants help take care of the queen.

The first book Chris read in fifth grade was about a lost kitten. Then he read a book about a family of bears, and then he read about a wild kangaroo in Australia. It seems every book Chris reads is about animals. Last week he found a good book about snakes and reptiles, and another book about elephants. Today Chris went to the library, and he checked out a book about dolphins, whales and other animals that live in the sea. The Summary of this passage is:

Chris reads a lot of books about animals.

Dolphins and whales live in the sea.

It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now. The Summary of this passage is:

Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.

Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.

The camels were swatting flies with their tails.

Is it an ant, you wonder, or a termite? Ants resemble termites, but they are quite different and can be easily distinguished. In contrast to termites, ants are usually dark in color, are hard bodied, and have constriction between the thorax and abdomen. Termites are light in color and shed their wings. Flying ants do not shed their wings. Also, ants and termites belong to different orders. Select the best summary of this paragraph.

Although ants resemble termites, they have differences that can be easily seen.

Termites are lighter in color and loose their wings at a certain stage of development.

Ants are dark in color, hard bodied and belong to a different order than termites.

Ants and termites are both insects and have many things in common

a persuasive argument about a text

When would you most likely summarize a book?

when you want to tell a friend the gist or main ideas of a book

when you want to forget a book you've read

when you want to tell a friend your opinion of a book but not what it was about

when you don't understand a vocabulary word you read in a book

answer the 5 W's: who, what, when, where, and why

describe the details but not the main ideas

never mention the plot of the text

always mention the age of the author

March 2nd was a great day at the New York Public Library. More than 250 first and second graders wore red-and-white-striped stovepipe hats. They were celebrating The Cat in the Hat's 50th birthday. Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat picture book has been published for 50 years now. The famous feline danced with children racing around him. At the same time, pink, purple, and white confetti rained down. Serena Williams, the tennis champion, read The Cat in the Hat to second graders. They sat on brightly-colored rugs around her. Two lucky second graders from PS 152 in Manhattan sat next to Williams on a big red chair. Pink and purple umbrellas hung from the ceiling. The students giggled while Williams made her voice change from deep to high for the many characters in the story. After reading the book, Williams shouted, "Tip your hat to the Cat!" The students took off their hats and waved them excitedly. Which sentence should be included in the summary of the passage above?

Serena Williams, the tennis champion, read The Cat in the Hat to second graders.

After reading the book, Williams shouted, "Tip your hat to the Cat!"

The students giggled while Williams made her voice change from deep to high...

Two lucky second graders from PS 152 in Manhattan sat next to Williams on a big red chair.

"I don't want a babysitter. I am eleven years old. My babysitter is only three years older than I am," she loudly yelled to her Mom. Now, she really wished she had somebody with her as she heard the clicking, scratching noises outside of the living room window. "This is silly. It's probably the storm," the girl said. She regretted watching the horror show she had been tuned into for the last half hour. As she searched for the remote to turn off the vampire movie, the front door blew open with a thunderous noise. Carla whirled around to see a dark image." Carla didn't want a babysitter because:

She believes she is old enough to take care of herself.

She wants to watch scary movies.

Carla's mother leaves her alone all the time.

Carla's babysitter is only three years older than Carla.

Cornelia wanted to get out of taking her test in Science. She asked to go to the restroom during science class. As she wandered along the hall the shiny red fire drill seemed to call her name. Cornelia looked left and then right, and pulled the alarm. Green spray came out all over her arms, just as she began to run away. Ms. Singelton saw Cornelia's green arms and took her straight to the office. Turns out she still had to take the test, but from ISSP. Which answer choice is the best summary?

Cornelia wanted to get out of a science test so she pulled the fire alarm. she got caught and ended up in ISSP.

Cornelia did not study for a test so she made a plan to hide out in the restroom during that class.

Cornelia hates tests so she decided to skip school instead of going to class on test days.

Cornelia pulled the fire alarm so that Hannah could get out of taking a science test.

Travis and Frederick went to the mall to buy shoes. Frederick decided that he was going to steal pair of shoes from the mall. Travis tried to talk Frederick out of doing it. When they got to the mall and entered the shoes store Travis went to look at some shoes. Frederick pretended to be looking at shoes, when he suddenly bolted for the door with a pair of Nikes. The security guard reached out and grabbed Frederick's arm and took him to the station. Travis just called his mom to pick him up. What is the most appropriate summary?

Travis tried to talk his friend Frederick out of stealing shoes from the mall, but when he did it anyway he got caught.

Travis wanted a pair of shoes from the mall so he got his friend Frederick to steal them.

Frederick thought he could get away with stealing shoes from the mall and he did.

Travis had no idea that Frederick planned to steal from the mall when they planned to buy shoes.

Dinosaurs lived on the Earth for approximately 180 million years. About 250 million years ago during the Permian Period, the Earth's seas shrunk. Reptiles, including dinosaurs, survived this period. The dinosaurs were the strong, dominant reptiles of the period. By the end of the Jurassic Period, dinosaurs had reached enormous sizes and roamed the Earth as leaders. In the Cretaceous Period, the dinosaurs died out, and more mammals began to flourish. The reason why dinosaurs were able to survive the Permian Period is because:

They were stronger than some of the other mammals.

The only needed to eat vegetation in order to survive.

The Permian Period didn't last for a long time.

The faculty at Newtown Elementary School invites you to attend our annual Honors Dinner on Thursday, June 17, 2005, in the school cafeteria. A meal will be served at 7:00 P.M. The cost of the meal is $7.50 per person. Please respond by June 5th with the number of family members attending. We look forward to seeing you there. Which of the following is the best summary of the invitation?

The teachers at school are having a dinner to which you are invited. It will be at 7 P.M. on June 17 and will cost $7.50 a person.

Students need to decide if they want to go to the Honors Dinner with their teachers and family at Newtown Elementary School.

Newtown Elementary School is going to have an Honors Dinner. The teachers hold this dinner once a year for all of the honors students.

The dinner costs $7.50 a person. You need to let the teachers know by June 5 how many people you are bringing to the dinner.

The faculty at Newtown Elementary School invites you to attend our annual Honors Dinner on Thursday, June 17, 2005, in the school cafeteria. A meal will be served at 7:00 P.M. The cost of the meal is $7.50 per person. Please respond by June 5th with the number of family members attending. We look forward to seeing you there. Which of the following is the best summary of the invitation?

The teachers at school are having a dinner to which you are invited. It will be at 7 P.M. on June 17 and will cost $7.50 a person.

Students need to decide if they want to go to the Honors Dinner with their teachers and family at Newtown Elementary School.

Newtown Elementary School is going to have an Honors Dinner. The teachers hold this dinner once a year for all of the honors students.

The dinner costs $7.50 a person. You need to let the teachers know by June 5 how many people you are bringing to the dinner.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The story's time and place is its ___.

tone

plot

setting

voice

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which part of the plot is
the most intense? This is usually a turning point for the main character.

falling action

exposition

climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A problem faced by the main character.

climax

conflict

exposition

symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Is the following situation an example of an internal or external conflict?
Joe can't decide whether to live with his mom or his dad.

internal conflict

external conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Is the following situation an example of an internal or external conflict?
Alice can't find her phone because her brother stole it from her room.

internal conflict

external conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

All the events that lead to the climax of a story are called the ___.

conflict

exposition

falling action

rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The exposition...

Introduces the reader to the characters and setting

Is the part of the story where a character changes

Is the part of the story when the conflict is resolved

Is the part of the story where the events help the reader understand what the conflict is

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

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The story's time and place is its ___.

Which part of the plot is the most intense? This is usually a turning point for the main character.

A problem faced by the main character.

Is the following situation an example of an internal or external conflict?Joe can't decide whether to live with his mom or his dad.

Is the following situation an example of an internal or external conflict?Alice can't find her phone because her brother stole it from her room.

All the events that lead to the climax of a story are called the ___.

The exposition...

The ending of a story usually contains the ___.

What happens in the falling action?

Which list shows the correct order for most stories?

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Which part of the plot is
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Joe can't decide whether to live with his mom or his dad.

Is the following situation an example of an internal or external conflict?
Alice can't find her phone because her brother stole it from her room.