Suddenly, there was a scream. A woman lunged forward and pulled the parked stroller farther onto the sidewalk. From the right, Gabby heard a car horn. Then she saw a red flash zoom past her, the woman, and the stroller. As it sped by them, a sports car grazed the spot on the sidewalk where the stroller had just stood. The woman was shaking. The baby in the stroller smiled, blissfully unaware of the danger.
The details of this excerpt are best described as
A. fast-paced events that are described in long sentences.
B. fast-paced events that are more about the action than the description.
C. slow-paced events that are more about descriptions than actions.
D. slow-paced events that are told in many short sentences.
There he checked, for he heard the yell of the Pack hunting, heard the bellow of a hunted Sambhur, and the snort as the buck turned at bay. Then there were wicked, bitter howls from the young wolves: “Akela! Akela! Let the Lone Wolf show his strength. Room for the leader of our Pack! Spring, Akela!”
Which detail in this excerpt helps create the pace and mood?
A. “he checked”
B. “turned at bay”
C. “leader of our Pack!”
D. “Spring, Akela!”
Plot is a sequence of events that begins with
A. a climax and ends with a falling action.
B. exposition and ends with a resolution.
C. a rising action and ends with a climax.
D. exposition and ends with a rising action.
Which event from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling can be described as part of the exposition?
A. Ten or eleven years have gone by, and Mowgli has had a wonderful life in the jungle.
B. Mowgli learns that his life is in danger when Akela becomes too old for the hunt.
C. Bagheera tells Mowgli that he needs to go to the village to get the Red Flower.
D. Mowgli happily goes to the Council Rock after Tabaqui summons him.
And he grew and grew strong as a boy must grow who does not know that he is learning any lessons, and who has nothing in the world to think of except things to eat.
Mother Wolf told him once or twice that Shere Khan was not a creature to be trusted, and that some day he must kill Shere Khan; but though a young wolf would have remembered that advice every hour, Mowgli forgot it because he was only a boy—though he would have called himself a wolf if he had been able to speak in any human tongue.
Which detail adds tension to the rising action of the story?
A. Mowgli grows stronger and learns life lessons without knowing it.
B. Mother Wolf tells Mowgli that some day he will have to kill Shere Khan.
C. Mowgli forgets his mother’s advice because he is a young boy.
D. Mowgli would call himself a wolf if he had the ability to speak like a human.
The rising action of a story may describe
A. only one event at the beginning.
B. one event at the beginning and one at the end.
C. many events throughout the story.
D. many events at the very end.
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