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The Jack Prelutsky Poem  " The New Kid on the Block" was probably written to?

• Entertain the reader with a funny poem
• Express his feelings about "New Kids"
• Inform readers about "New Kids"
• Persuade readers to move

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The frog sat on the side of the pond.  He was very still.  His green color made him hard to see.  A bug flew near him.  His tongue zipped out, and he gobbled it up.  Then the frog was still again.  He waited for the next bug.
What is the main idea?

• Frogs are green .
• Frogs eat bugs.
• Frogs do not move.
• Frogs live in ponds.

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The confusing nature of love and the absence of free will are examples of what literary term? 

• conflict
• plot
• rising action
• theme 

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The poem's theme concerns feelings of - 

• delight
• love and loss
• pity
• regret

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Which of these things is not related to the "theme" in a story?

• how a character is feeling
• a "life lesson" the main character learns
• a big idea that people from any culture or any place can understand
• the moral of the story

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The first book Chris read in fifth grade was about a lost kitten. Then he read a book about a family of bears, and then he read about a wild kangaroo in Australia. It seems every book Chris reads is about animals. Last week he found a good book about snakes and reptiles, and another book about elephants. Today Chris went to the library, and he checked out a book about dolphins, whales and other animals that live in the sea.
The Summary of this passage is:

• Chris likes kangaroos.
• Chris is in the fifth grade.
• Chris reads a lot of books about animals.
• Dolphins and whales live in the sea.

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What is the story's main idea or message? 

• theme 
• mood 
• conflict 
• static character 

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One way you could figure out the theme is to...

• Skim through the story
• Just read the beginning of the story
• Think about what the character has learned
• Read the ending of the story

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What does Esperanza decide about growing up? (Beautiful & Cruel)

• She wants to be just like her mother.

• She says she will not grow up tame.

• She wants to get married right after high school.

• She says she wants to wear lipstick and drive men crazy.

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Which of the following is an example of THEME?

• Carry your laptops with two hands at all times.
• Cereal is the healthiest food you can eat.
• How much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
• Life is short; make the most of it.

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