Telling Stories Grade 7 ELA Summit k12

Which evidence from "Charles" supports the inference that Laurie's stories about Charles are really about himself?

Select the two correct answers.

• "'Ask her what happened to Charles,' my husband said. 'I'd like to know

• "'Charles?' she said. 'We don't have any Charles in the kindergarten.'"

• "'I've been so anxious to meet you,' I said. 'I'm Laurie's mother.'"

• “'We had a little trouble adjusting, the first week or so,' she said primly, 'but now he’s a fine little helper. With occasional lapse

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

Read this sentence from “ R.M.S.

Titanic.”

Iceberg! Right ahead!

Which part of the plot does this sentence represent?

• rising action

• complicating incident

• conflict

• exposition

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CCSS.RL.7.3

Part A

In "Charles," how do Laurie’s parents feel about Charles's mother?

• They dislike her because they blame her for Charles’s behavior.

• They doubt whether she really exists.

• They are curious about her, and they wonder how she deals with Charles’s behavior.

• They are afraid of her because they think she must be just as bad a person as Charles.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.6

Read the excerpt from "The Necklace."

She was one of those pretty and charming young girls who sometimes are born, as if by a mistake of destiny, into a family of clerks.

What does the phrase "a mistake of destiny" imply about Mathilde?

• Those who believed Mathilde to be pretty and charming were mistaken.

• Mathilde comes to believe it was a mistake to borrow the necklace.

• She was born to a family and financial circumstances to which she does not seem to fit.

• She was mistakenly adopted into the wrong family.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which scene differs between the text and film version of "Charles"?

• In the film version, the viewer sees "Charles" sitting on a stool in the corner of the classroom.

• In the text version, readers understand that Laurie's parents laugh at Laurie's stories about "Charles."

• In the text version, readers understand that Laurie speaks insolently toward his father.

• In the film version, viewers hear "Charles" speaking freshly to the PE teacher.

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CCSS.RL.7.7

Which statement best analyzes how this conflict develops the plot?

In "The Necklace," Mathilde does not have any appropriate jewels to wear to the ball.

• It resolves the main conflict of the story by showing that Mathilde is vain.

• It serves as a complicating incident because it leads Mathilde to borrow the infamous necklace.

• It serves as the falling action of the story because it shows that Mathilde will have to get used to her place in life

• It is the climax of the story since the reader is most excited at this point.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the relationship between pamper and spoil?

• They are synonyms.

• They are homophones.

• They are antonyms.

• They are analogous.

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CCSS.L.7.5C

Which statement explains how the word agitate contributes to the meaning of the sentence?

Daphne had the ability to agitate her sister to the point that fists would fly.

• It means "irritate"; it shows that Daphne's behavior causes her sister's reaction.

• It means "tickle"; it shows that Daphne's sister is extremely ticklish.

• It means "help"; it shows that Daphne's sister has anger-management issues.

• It means "delight"; it shows that the author is using a very sarcastic tone.

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5D

Which sentence uses the word denouement correctly?

• The climax occurred in the denouement of the story.

• The conflict was introduced in the denouement of the story.

• The conflict was resolved in the denouement of the story.

• The mood was stated in the denouement of the story.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?

• The teacher shared the poems that her students wrote.

• My brother ate the candy that I had hidden in my dresser.

• The children are in the art class that is held at the recreation center.

• The dogs know several commands that take the obedience class.

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CCSS.L.7.1C