"The Flight of Icarus" Reading Test

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Which period do you have English?

• Period 1
• Period 2
• Period 3
• Period 4

What is the plot of a story?

• The series of events in a story
• The important details in a story
• The author’s message or moral in a story
• The time and place of a story

What is the plot of the myth The Flight of Icarus?

• Daedalus is trying to teach Icarus to fly so he can become a Greek God.
• Icarus and Daedalus create and fly the first airplane in Greece.
• Trapped on the Island, Crete, Daedalus comes up with a plan to make wings so him and his son can can escape.
• Seeking revenge, Daedalus and his son Icarus, plan to fly out of the tower in which they are prisoners.

Define the exposition of a story.

• The final details of the story which reveal the final outcome of the conflict
• Where the story presents complications that intensify
• The point of greatest interest or suspense in the story
• Found at the beginning of the story which introduces main characters, setting, & the conflict

What is the exposition of the story The Flight of Icarus?

• Daedalus thinks of a plan to escape: make wings for him and Icarus to fly off the island.
• After arriving in Sicily, Daedalus builds a temple, hangs up his wings, and mourns the death of his son.
• Father and son, Daedalus and Icarus, are trapped on the Island of Crete and are looking for a way to escape.
• Bewitched by the sense of freedom, Icarus ignores his father’s warning about flying too close to the sun and the wax on his wings melts, and he plunges to his death.

What is the rising action of a story?

• Where the story presents complications that intensify
• The point of greatest interest or suspense in the story
• Found at the beginning of the story which introduces main characters, setting, & the conflict
• The final details of the story which reveal the final outcome of the conflict

What is the rising action of the myth The Flight of Icarus?

• Bewitched by the sense of freedom, Icarus ignores his father’s warning about flying too close to the sun and the wax on his wings melts, and he plunges to his death.
• Father and son, Daedalus and Icarus, are trapped on the Island of Crete and are looking for a way to escape.
• After arriving in Sicily, Daedalus builds a temple, hangs up his wings, and mourns the death of his son.
• Daedalus thinks of a plan to escape: make wings for him and Icarus to fly off the island.

What is the climax of a story?

• Where the story presents complications that intensify
• The point of greatest interest or suspense in the story
• Found at the beginning of the story which introduces main characters, setting, & the conflict
• The final details of the story which reveal the final outcome of the conflict