How to Read Literature Like a Professor

Foster says that a trip is always just a trip.

• True

• False

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Foster says that "eating together means"

• the people you eat with are in your family

• you like the people you are breaking bread with

• something good is about to happen

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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What is the purpose of the quest?

• To find out the end of the story

• Self-knowledge

• To learn about others

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If a meal goes madly in a story it means

• that something weird is going to happen

• something bad is going to happen

• something good is going to happen

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Spring is usually associated with death.

• True

• False

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Winter is usually associated with death.

• True

• False

According to Chapter 15, survival of a flight crash most likely symbolizes

• Re-birth

• The crucifixion

• The afterlife

• Forgiveness

• Isolation

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According to Chapter 15, which of the following does flight not symbolize?

• Magic

• Freedom

• Forgiveness

• Escape

• True Love

What is the value of including allusions to other writers or texts?

• It provides depth and timeless reasonance

• It helps the reader understand the meaning

• They provide common threads between texts

• To create context with struggles between characters

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According to Foster, why do writers choose to reference fairy tales in their work?

• It is a part of the multiple story argument he writes about.

• He doesn't state why in the book.

• Readers are likely able to recognize these stories and plots.

• False, writers never reference fair tales in their writing.

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