Comparing Literary Texts"The Ugly Duckling" and "The Ugly L

In the first two paragraphs of “The Ugly Duckling,” which fact is most important to the story?

• Mother Duck hears a cracking sound.

• Mother Duck has to wait.

• A tiny duckling comes out of the first egg that hatches.

• The last egg to hatch does not have a cute duckling in it.

In “The Ugly Duckling,” how does Mother Duck feel about the ugly duckling and how do the other birds feel?

• She wants him to stay, while the other birds are glad he ran away.

• She laughs at him, while the other birds are mean to him.

• She is sorry for him, while the other birds tease him.

• She thinks he looks like a turkey, while the other birds think he looks like a hen.

What happens at the end of “The Ugly Duckling” that changes the way the duckling feels?

• He leaves the farm behind.

• He finds out that he is a swan, not a duck.

• He gets a chance to swim on the pond.

• He learns how to make friends.

Read these lines of “The Ugly Little Duck.”

And then came a sound— / Like a tiny crack, / As three ducklings hatched with a quack-quack-quack.

How does the rhyme help readers understand the poem?

• It tells what the mother thinks about the ducklings.

• It shows what the ducklings look like.

• It sounds like a group of ducklings.

• It shows how the last duckling is different from the others.

What is the SAME in the story and the poem?

• The mother duck loves the ugly baby.

• The ugly duckling’s egg is bigger than the other eggs.

• There are seven swans on the pond.

• The duckling uses the water like a mirror.