Parallel Plot Line

A parallel plot line is when there are two or more separate but related story lines that merge in the end.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

In the movie, Findiing Nemo, there is a parallel plot line

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A linear plot is a story that has only one story line.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

A flashback can be part of a parallel plot line because it can create a different story line .

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

A parallel plot line creates which of the following?

• builds tension and suspense

• makes the reader want to read more

• can help unravel or solve a mystery

• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

When authors tell a story from two different characters' perspectives, they are creating a parallel plot line.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The two different story lines created in a parallel plot line usually merge or come together when?

• during the rising action

• during the falling action

• never

• throughout the entire plot

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Parallel plot lines can have different settings and conflicts.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

In the video above this quiz, the teacher used Nemo's adventure and Marlin's pursuit of Nemo as examples of two separate plots in the movie, Finding Nemo.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

In the video you watched, the teacher explains that when an author uses parallel plot lines, the two stories usually share____________ at the end.

• the same resolution

• a common lesson or theme

• the same setting

• the same problems or conflicts

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CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.7.7