Motif, Symbol & Theme

(Passage 1) Look at sentences 7–13. Which word is repeated and forms a motif in this passage?

• dogs

• carrying

• joy

• ran

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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

(Passage 1) What does the motif you identified in question 1 most likely symbolize?

• freedom and happiness

• anxiety and desire to escape

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

(Passage 1) Which of the following best describes a theme of the passage?

• Animals understand the world more deeply than humans do.

• Experiencing freedom makes one feel alive and joyful.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

(Passage 2) Which word is repeated in each of the sentences, forming a motif?

• light

• dew

• grass

• flowers

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

(Passage 2) Which two things does summer most likely symbolize in the passage? Choose two answers.

• decay

• growth

• old age

• youth

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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

(Passage 3) Which two words are repeated in sentences 1–4 and form the central motif in this passage? Choose two.

• Should

• Now

• Once

• Weeds

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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

(Passage 3) Which of the following describes the effect of the motif you identified in question 1?

• It emphasizes that all cities have some problems.

• It emphasizes a contrast between the past and the present.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

(Passage 3) What does the community garden most likely symbolize?

• a city that was once thriving but has fallen on hard times

• a natural world that once existed but will never return

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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

(Passage 3) Which of the following describes a theme of the passage?

• You can never truly re-create the natural world in a city.

• Cities must be cared for by citizens or they may decline.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

(Passage 3) Which of the following is part of a universal theme expressed in the passage?

• the importance of participating in a community

• the importance of growing one’s own food

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2