The Flowers by Alice Walker

The way the reader feels while reading a story is called:

• attitude

• tone

• style

• mood

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Frayed, rotted, bleached, and frazzled--barely there--but spinning restlessly in the breeze."

This sentence is an example of imagery.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the setting for "The Flowers"?

• New York City, 1930

• Rural South on a farm

• not on Planet Earth

• present day Kansas

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Who is the protagonist of "The Flowers"?

• Myop
• Myop's parents
• the farm animals
• the dead body

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of the following is a theme of the story?

• As we grow up, we lose our innocence.

• flowers

• Don't walk alone in the woods.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the point of view of "The Flowers"?

• 1st person

• 3rd person

• 2nd person

• None of these

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"...an armful of strange blue flowers with velvety ridges and a sweet suds bush full of the brown, fragrant buds." This is an example of

• scenery

• theme

• imagery

• characterization

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the climax of the story?

• Myop stumbling upon a dead body.

• Myop laying flowers down for the dead body.

• Myop having an odd feeling before walking home.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

"She had often been as far before, but the strangeness of the land made it not as pleasant as her usual haunts. It seemed gloomy in the little cove in which she found herself." The following is an example of

• metaphor
• foreshadowing
• setting
• conflict

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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

"It seemed gloomy in the little cove in which she found herself. The air was damp, the silence close and deep." This sentence is part of the:

• exposition/introduction

• rising action

• climax

• resolution/end

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4