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DIRECTIONS: Read the short passage and answer the questions that follow. Grade & Section:
Encircle the correct answer.
DIRECTIONS: Read the short passage and answer the questions that follow.
Passage: Encircle the correct answer.
Sara had always been afraid of heights. One day, her friends convinced her to Passage:
join them on a hot air balloon ride. As the balloon ascended, Sara's anxiety
Sara had always been afraid of heights. One day, her friends convinced her to
grew. However, when she saw the breathtaking view from above, her fear
join them on a hot air balloon ride. As the balloon ascended, Sara's anxiety
turned into awe.
grew. However, when she saw the breathtaking view from above, her fear
1. Identify the exposition in the passage. turned into awe.
a. Sara's fear of heights.
1. Identify the exposition in the passage.
b. The breathtaking view from the balloon.
a. Sara's fear of heights.
c. Sara's friends convinced her to go on a hot air balloon ride.
b. The breathtaking view from the balloon.
2. What is the climax of the passage?
c. Sara's friends convinced her to go on a hot air balloon ride.
a. Sara's anxiety growing.
2. What is the climax of the passage?
b. Sara overcoming her fear and experiencing awe.
a. Sara's anxiety growing.
c. Sara decides to join her friends on the balloon ride.
b. Sara overcoming her fear and experiencing awe.
Read the following descriptions and encircle the correct plot element. c. Sara decides to join her friends on the balloon ride.
3. What part of the plot involves the events that follow the climax and Read the following descriptions and encircle the correct plot element.
lead to the resolution?
3. What part of the plot involves the events that follow the climax and
a. Climax
lead to the resolution?
b. Resolution
a. Climax
c. Falling Action
b. Resolution
4. In this part of the story, the main characters and setting are
c. Falling Action
introduced.
4. In this part of the story, the main characters and setting are
a. Rising Action
introduced.
b. Exposition
a. Rising Action
c. Climax
b. Exposition
5. What part of the plot involves the events leading up to the climax?
c. Climax
a. Resolution
5. What part of the plot involves the events leading up to the climax?
b. Falling Action
a. Resolution
c. Rising Action
b. Falling Action
c. Rising Action