Week 6 Quiz!

What is the definition of theme?

• A universal truth, moral, message or lesson the author wants to express.

• Events that occur within the story

• Author's reason for writing the story

• Location of the stories

Select all that apply:

The character's ____________ tell us about their characters personality traits.

• thoughts

• looks

• words

• actions

• Feelings

 As Fardos played basketball,  Ahmed looked at her with pride. For so long, Fardos played badly and would mess up dribbling the ball, but now she played very well. Getting to this point wasn't easy for Ahmed either. He sighed, trying to erase the memories of all the screaming tantrums Fardos had thrown. Once, she nearly threw the ball at Ahmed's face. But now when Fardos smiled while she was dribbling the ball, Ahmed smiled too. It had been worth it.  What is the theme of this story?

Identify the theme

• Playing a musical instrument is too much work.

• Friends shouldn't try to teach each other new things. 

• Hard work can bring great rewards

• It's OK to give up on yourself.

Every story has some kind of conflict -- without it there would be no story. Read the following passage.

Sarah pulled the last of the weeds from the garden bed and stood, putting her hand to her back. She was not done weeding, but she could see, at the very far edge of the sky, the fist of an angry storm cloud forming. She had a few more rows to work, but she wasn't sure if she would get to them before the rain began. Last week, there'd been a rainstorm, but it had been quiet and gentle, a welcome shower that encouraged the tomato plants and the eggplant blossoms to open. Maybe, her plants wouldn't survive.

Which statement best describes the CONFLICT of this passage?

• A gardener is working in her garden

• Spring rain makes crops grow.

• A storm destroyed the crops of a farmer last week.

• A coming storm could destroy a gardener's vegetables.

Which word best describes Adam?

• clumsy

• embarrassed

• funny

Which word best describes Jackie?

• cruel

• bossy

• impolite

It was dark and a little eerie by the campfire where Jonas and his friends were huddled. They were telling ghost stories, and each boy tried to make his story scarier than the last. Jonas looked around to see if his dad was anywhere nearby. Suddenly, they heard a loud crack and rustling in the nearby woods. "What's that?" whispered Jonas to the boy next to him. He didn't want to admit it, but he was downright scared now. His heart was racing. He could see a large shadowy figure approaching, holding something that looked like a knife. "Thought you might want to toast some marshmallows," said Jonas's father as he stepped into the light of the fire. He held up a bag of marshmallows in one hand and metal skewers--not a knife--in the other. Jonas and his friends breathed sighs of relief. His father taught the group a secret trick for making toasted marshmallows, and they each ate about fifteen

• 1st person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

Point of view is...

• What the story is about
• The author's favorite book
• Who is telling the story
• The main idea 

We lived on the main residential street in town—Atticus, Jem and I, plus Calpurnia our cook. Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us, read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment… Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence. She was a Graham from Montgomery; Atticus met her when he was first elected to the state legislature.

• 1st person point of view
• 2nd person point of view
• 3rd person omniscient
• 3rd person limited

The Scarecrow found a tree full of nuts and filled Dorothy’s basket with them, so that she would not be hungry for a long time. She thought this was very kind and thoughtful of the Scarecrow, but she laughed heartily at the awkward way in which the poor creature picked up the nuts. His padded hands were so clumsy that he dropped almost as many as he put in the basket. But the Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the basket, for it enabled him to keep away from the fire, as he feared a spark might get into his straw and burn him up.

• 1st person point of view 
• 2nd person point view
• 3rd person omniscient
• 3rd person limited