9th Grade English Review Final

Setting is ________________.

• the organization of the events in a story

• the highest point of the story

• the time and place where a story takes place

• the description of a story's characters

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which question about the story will the setting answer?

• What is the author's attitude toward the characters?

• Who are the people the story is about?

• How and why did the author write the story?

• Where and when does the story take place?

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following might describe the setting of a story?

• a high school in 1956

• a frog and a witch

• love is stronger than fear

• happy and loving

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why is the setting important in a story?

• It tells us the end.

• It always tells us about the conflict.

• It tells us what the resolution will be.

• It helps us be a part of the story.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the following passage:

As Maribelle hurried down the street, the wind swept the snow along the sidewalk and hid her footsteps, so that it looked as if no one had passed. Above her, the cold, silent skyscrapers of the city loomed. The whole block was eerily silent in the snowstorm, and she pulled her coat tightly around her. Maribelle had only moved here a few months before. She came because she wanted to be a singer. But right now, she was frightened.

Which detail from the passage best indicates the setting?

• “Above her, the cold, silent skyscrapers of the city loomed.”

• “She came because she wanted to be a singer.”

• “Maribelle had only moved here a few months before.”

• “But right now, she was frightened.”

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the setting of the passage below?

One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

• winter in a train station of a busy city

• a hospital in the future

• a summer morning in a castle

• a grocery store in the 1980s

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the setting of the story below?

After they bought popcorn and soda, Jacob and Lauren found seats near the front. Lauren was excited, but Jacob was a little nervous. He had heard that this one was really

scary.

• at the movies

• in the living the room

• at school

• at a basketball game

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following correctly shows the elements of plot in order?

• climax, rising action, exposition, falling action, resolution

• exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

• exposition, climax, rising action, falling action, resolution

• resolution, rising action, climax, falling action, exposition

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What happens in the falling action?

• The conflict is introduced.

• The setting and characters are introduced.

• Events begin to calm down after the climax.

• The most action and most excitement happen in the story.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Where does the drama and suspense begin to build in a plot?

• The resolution

• The rising action

• The falling action

• The climax

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3