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What is an allegory?

• A story about a presidential election

• A story or poem that reflects on mistakes of the past

• A poem or story with a hidden meaning, often intended to teach a lesson.

• A poem or story with a theme connected to the future.

What type of figurative language is present in the section below (from paragraph 18)?

"But the hole just calmly swallowed up the sound"

• alliteration

• allusion

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

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How does the use of figurative language in paragraph 18 contribute to the overall plot?

• It creates humor and amusing imagery

• It creates suspense as people try to figure out what caused the hole.

• It creates anger over why the hole cannot be filled.

• It reinforces the notion that nature is more powerful than people.

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The word CONSENTED in used in paragraph 33. What clues could a reader use to figure out that this word meant "to give"?

• The people had consistently trusting of the government, and therefore never questioned their actions.

• The people had at first been worried, but allowed the power plant contracts after explanations were offered.

• The people took everything they had and gave the money to the power plants.

• The people liked money and holes in the ground, so they favored the power plant.

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What is foreshadowing?

• A reference to a famous person, place or literary work.

• A clue to help you understand history.

• A clue that will help you to make a prediction.

• A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

what is a literary allusion?

• In direct reference to another work of literature within a text.

• a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.

• A clue that helps you to make a prediction.

• A structure in which the same or similar events occur over and over again. The events in the story will be repeated.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

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What is a circular plot?

• An indirect reference to another literary work within a text.

• A structure in which the same or similar events occur over and over again. The events in the story will be repeated.

• using "like" or "as" to compare two seemingly different items that still share a common bond.

• clues that help you to make a prediction about what may happen to a character.

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Which line from paragraph 38 provides the best example of foreshadowing?

• The hole gave peace of mind to the city dwellers

• They concentrated solely on producing one thing after the other.

• Everyone disliked thinking about the eventual consequences

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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What can you infer occurred at the end of the story?

• The people realized that they had been greedy with their money.

• The workman from the village was actually inside of the same type of hole his village had worked to fill.

• The workman was creating new holes

• The vowed to make better choices about how they threw away old diaries.

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Yesterday, you were given 7 questions for this passage. You will need to enter the answers to canvas by ____

• 3pm on Monday

• 4pm today

• 11pm tonight

• 8am on monday

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