The Taste of Watermelon

What is the title of the short story?

• Tasty Watermelon

• The Taste of Watermelon

• Watermelon Spoiling on the Vine

• Seedless Watermelons

What point of view is the story told from?

• View point

• In the first-person point of view, the person telling the story is a character. It uses the pronouns “I”, “me” or “myself” to tell the events of the story.

• A second person point of view allows you, the reader, to experience the story through a "you" perspective.

• A third-person narrator tells a story that is happening to other people. It uses the pronouns “he”, “she” or “they”.

• None of the above

A character is a person, or sometimes even an animal, who takes part in the action of a short story or other literary work. Who are the TWO main characters in the story?

• Wilma

• Watermelon

• Narrator

• Mr. Willis

• Fredrick

The setting of a short story is the time and place in which it happens. Name the THREE main settings of the story.

• Park

• Creek

• Beach

• Watermelon field

• Mr Willis's house

In what season does the story take place?

• Winter

• Autumn

• Summer

• Fall

• Spring

What is the moral or lesson you learned from the story?

• Stealing leads to guilt

• Friends can be loyal

• The importance of honesty

• Girlfriends get you in trouble

The narrator uses what literary device when he says, “It took about a hundred years to push that melon out of the field”? What device is used?

• Metaphor

• Smile

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The narrator uses a literary device when he says, “It took about a hundred years to push that melon out of the field.” What purpose does the literary device serve?

Did the narrator enjoy the taste of the watermelon? Explain your answer.