The Leap

How would you describe Anna based on the details from paragraph 1?

• Clumsy and careless

• Graceful and careful

• Reckless and daring

• Nervous and anxious

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The narrator implies that the main reason she moved back to her childhood home to care for her mother was due to her feeling of —

• Obligation

• Resentment

• Indifference

• Excitement

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The narrator describes events in the present and uses flashback to describe events in the past. Mark the correct box to indicate whether each event happens in the present timeline of the story or in a flashback. Anna loses her sight.

• Present Timeline

• Flashback

• Both

• Neither

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What does the word "extricate" mean?

• To entangle

• To free from a constraint

• To complicate

• To confuse

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What is a theme commonly conveyed in literature?

• The setting of the story

• The main character's name

• The underlying message or lesson

• The number of pages

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How do flashbacks benefit an author in storytelling?

• They make the story longer

• They provide background information

• They confuse the reader

• They change the genre

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What makes it difficult to identify the climax in a story?

• The story has no characters

• The climax is at the beginning

• The story has multiple climaxes

• The climax is not clearly defined

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a relative clause?

• A clause that describes a noun

• A clause that stands alone

• A clause that is unrelated

• A clause that is a question

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which of the following is a relative pronoun?

• And

• Which

• But

• Or

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

What is the purpose of using flashbacks in a narrative?

• To confuse the reader

• To provide future events

• To give context to past events

• To introduce new characters

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.W.9-10.3B