Eng II STAAR Narrative

The generic structure of narrative text are...

• Complication, Resolution, and Orientation.

• Resolution, Orientation, and Complication.

• Orientation, Resolution, and Complication.

• Orientation, Complication, and Resolution.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the orientation of narrative text?

• The end paragraph of the story.

• The opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.

• The middle paragraph of the story.

• The social function of the text.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is resolution of the text?

• Where the problems in the story developed.

• Where the problems in the story is solved.

• Where the story is began.

• Where the story is ended.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is included in the type of narrative text?

• Poem

• Biography

• Novel

• Legend

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

One of the paragraph in narrative text introduces the characters, the place and time the story takes place, and sets the scene, which is called ....

• Re-orientation

• Complication

• Orientation

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Read this quotation from paragraph 1 of the excerpt from The Piano Shop on the Left Bank. I was nervous, almost spellbound; suddenly this great impractical hulk was the gateway to a territory from which I had been absent for too long. Something said “Yes!” before I even touched the keyboard. What is the narrator’s purpose for including this description?

• To explain where he is shopping for a piano

• To highlight his doubts about wanting a piano

• To show how he exaggerates when describing events

• To reveal the strength of his desire to play the piano again

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read this quotation from paragraph 10.

What could happen if you allowed yourself to step outside the cages and breathe in the fresh air of your freedom?

Based on the quotation, the author views her high-school years as a source of —

• transition

• confinement

• order

• discipline

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which sentence from paragraph 5 best illustrates the author’s feeling that her life experiences have made her more confident?

• During our visit we commented to each other how the colors, unlike the desert’s browns and dull greens, were an elegant mix of reds, pinks, and yellows.

• In high school, I was standing on top of the rocks, but no incisions had been made—no canyon had been formed.

• There was a river and it was flowing, but I did not see the layers beneath.

• I have faith that in the end that process will reveal magnificent layers that inspire rather than repress and remain buried.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read paragraph 15.

His old scaly hand crawls over to touch my knee. His fingers are white, the nails cracking and dull, like old silver.

In this paragraph, the author uses imagery to —

• show the son’s fear of being touched by his father

• imply that the father may not really be dying after all

• emphasize how aged and decrepit the father appears to his son

• suggest that the son has little respect for his father

Tags

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 primary purpose of a narrative text?

• To inform the reader about factual information

• To persuade the reader to take action

• To entertain the reader with a story

• To provide instructions on a process

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10