Analyzing Theme development in Literary Text

Select the best answer for what narrative elements authors use to develop the theme.

• Foreshadowing, alliteration, irony, and hyperbole

• Setting, conflict, characters, repetition, word choice, title.

• Main character, minor character, irony, and flashback

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

The problem in a story is the...

• theme
• resolution
• climax
• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the Time and Place of the Story?

• Rising Action
• Plot
• Conflict
• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The resolution of a story is when...

• the character gets angry.
• the character bribes other characters.
• the conflict of the story is resolved

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Identify possible ways an author presents theme in a literary work.

• Through feelings of the main character
• Through conversations of the characters
• Actions and events in the story
• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

The theme in a story is called...

• the way you decorate your house for a birthday party.

• the plot elements.

• the message or lesson (the author wants the reader to get).

• The conflict between the characters.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

The reason a character thinks, feels, or acts in a specific way is called...

• character determination

• character motivation

• rising action

• details from the text

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The resolution of a story is when...

• the character gets angry.
• the character bribes other characters.
• the conflict of the story is resolved

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Decide whether each detail develops the theme that relationships come with obligations. Select ONE correct answer in each row.

Tags

E1.R.6.A