Practice Literary Analysis!

Which of the following is NOT one of the five sections of Plot Structure?

• Climax

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Rising Action

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Setting is....

• The main character's favorite spot.

• Where and when the story takes place.

• Only where the story takes place.

• Only when the story takes place.

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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

Which is not something that setting can include?

• Era or period

• Social conditions

• Character's names.

• Immediate surroundings of a character.

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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

What is the setting of To Kill A Mockingbird?

• Lexington, Kentucky 1950s.

• Maycomb, Alabama 1930s.

• Brick, New Jersey 1960s.

• Monroeville, Alabama 1920s.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Read the excerpt below from Of Mice and Men and determine if it is Direct or Indirect Characterization:

Lennie is big and dumb. His childlike innocence allows him to take an active role in George's dream of owning farm. Lennie loves soft things and animals, which he accidentally kills because of his strength. His size combined with his mental handicap frequently put him and George in difficult situations.

• Direct

• Indirect

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How do you get to know a character in a story?

• By their actions.

• By what they say.

• By what they think.

• All of the above.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Irony usually involves something that is....

• False

• Silly

• Unexpected

• Unimportant

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

When a person says something that is the opposite of what he/she means, the person is using....

• Ironic speech

• Verbal Irony

• Trickery

• Verbal disagreement

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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

When the audience or reader knows something important that a character in the story does not know, this is called..

• Situational Irony

• Intelligence

• Dramatic Irony

• Rising Action

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the "tone" of a story?

• The feeling the passage evokes from the reader.

• The time and place of the story.

• The summary of events in the story.

• The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject.

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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