"Pancakes". Imagery & Literal & Figurative

What does Jill's mother tape to her bathroom mirror?

• A grocery list

• A list describing an overachiever

• A list describing a perfectionist

• A chore list

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

To show she is well-organized, what does Jill put in alphabetical order at the restaurant?

• The Condiments

• The Dishes

• The Menus

• The Waitresses

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

How does Jill react when more and more people show up at the restaurant.

• She calmly calls her friends and asks for help

• She has a meltdown before realizing she can't do it all

• She cries in the corner

• She asks Hugo to be a waiter

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A good theme statement for this short story would be

• You can do anything you set your mind to

• Trying to be perfect doesn't mean you will always succeed

• People who love you will always help you when you're in trouble

• What goes around comes around

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which phrase best describes the word rabid?

• out of control
• without thought
• in danger
• under fire

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does benign mean?

• quiet
• perfect
• good
• strange

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What issue caused Allen Feinman to break up with Jill?

• She was a perfectionist

• She was a slob

• She cheated on Allen

• Allen was moving off to college

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In "Pancakes," the conflict would primarily be...

• Jill against the World

• Jill against herself

• Jill against Ye Old Pancake House

• Jill against Allen

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

At the end of the story, Jill has...

• learned nothing from her experience and yells at Hugo for spilling syrup.

• learned a great deal about having reasonable expectations and is able to let things go.

• burned down Ye Olde Pancake House in a fit of rage and is arrested.

• planned to win Allen Feinman back by organizing his CD collection.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In this story the speaker is also the main character; this is an example of...

• Third Person Limited

• Second Person

• Third Person Omniscient

• First Person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6