The Flight of Icarus Review

What is the plot of a story?

• The important details in a story

• The time and place of a story

• The series of events in a story

• The author's message or moral

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the theme of a story?

• The reason an author writes a story

• The author's message or moral of a story

• The topic of the story

• The time and place of a story

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the climax of a story?

• The beginning details of a story that include complications

• Introduces the characters, setting, and conflict

• Final details of a story that reveal the outcome

• The point of greatest interest or suspense in a story; the turning point

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which best describe the climax of "The Flight of Icarus?"

• Daedalus builds a temple, hangs up his wings, and mourns

• Daedalus thinks of a plan to escape the island by flying

• Icarus ignores his father's warnings and flies too high

• Father and son are trapped on the Island of Crete

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the resolution of a story?

• The final details of a story that bring it to an end

• Introduces the main characters, setting, and conflict

• The beginning details leading to the climax

• The point of greatest interest or suspense

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of the following best describes the resolution of the story, "The Flight of Icarus?"

• Father and son are trapped on the Island of Crete

• Daedalus thinks of a plan to escape by flying off the island

• Daedalus builds a temple, hangs up his wings, and mourns

• Icarus ignores his father's warnings and flies too high

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which is a possible theme of "The Flight of Icarus?"

• a. Practice moderation.

• b. Know your place; Don't push the limits.

• Neither a or b

• Both a or b

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A myth is a traditional story that...

• Answers basic questions about human nature or the world

• Tells about a real person or people

• Lies to its reader

• Is passed from generation to generation by word of mouth

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

All of the following are characteristics of a myth, EXCEPT:

• Contain characters with unusual abilities

• Based on events that cannot happen in real life

• Contain at least one character that is an animal

• Reveal values about the culture from which they told

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Daedalus made wings for himself and his son in order to:

• Teach his son to fly

• Be more like the gods

• Escape from the island of Crete

• Show that he was an ingenious artist

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9