Questions/Statements and Literary Terms

America's early explorers valued:

• Gold and riches

• Farming techniques

• Modern technology

• Peaceful negotiations

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The first European settlers faced which kind of environment?

• A harsh and challenging environment

• A well-developed and friendly environment

• A technologically advanced environment

• A peaceful and uninhabited environment

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The first settlers were considered strangers in a strange land because:

• they were unfamiliar with the land and its people

• they had lived there for generations

• they were welcomed as natives

• they spoke the same language as the locals

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The original settlers who separated from the Church of New England were known as:

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

• Quakers

• Catholics

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

William Bradford helped to organize which voyage?

• The voyage of the Mayflower

• The voyage of the Santa Maria

• The voyage of the Beagle

• The voyage of the Titanic

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The term used to refer to Native Americans is:

• Indigenous Peoples

• Africans

• Europeans

• Asians

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

A particular kind of myth that describes how the universe or life began or explains the workings of the natural world is called ____________.

• creation myth

• heroic myth

• trickster tale

• fable

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A universal recurring pattern, symbol, theme, or character type that occurs across cultures is called what in literature?

• Motif

• Archetype

• Allegory

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

In the beginning there was no world, no land, no creatures of the kind that are around us now, and there were no men. The opening words in this statement suggest that this is a story of ____________.

• creation

• war

• harvest

• celebration

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

In the beginning there was no world, no land, no creatures of the kind that are around us now, and there were no men. The same grammatical structure in this statement creates a balanced effect that emphasizes a relationship between ideas. This same grammatical structure is called ____________.

• parallelism

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4