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- 1. Multiple Choice
The author wrote this selection to —
A encourage people to start telling their own stories
present the ways storytelling impacts the world
explain the educational qualities of stories
explain the educational qualities of stories on adults
- 2. Multiple Choice
Is this a Main Idea / Controlling Idea or a Supporting Detail? Stories are told all around the world.
Main / Controlling Idea
Supporting Detail
- 3. Multiple Choice
Is this a Main Idea / Controlling Idea or a Supporting Detail? Storytelling is an important part of being human.
Main / Controlling Idea
Supporting Detail
- 4. Multiple Choice
Is this a Main Idea / Controlling Idea or a Supporting Detail? Stories serve people and communities in positive ways.
Main / Controlling Idea
Supporting Detail
- 5. Multiple Choice
Is this a Main Idea / Controlling Idea or a Supporting Detail? Storytelling is a way to teach good listening skills.
Main / Controlling Idea
Supporting Detail
- 6. Multiple Choice
Based on the information in this text, which is an introduction to a longer book, with which statement would the author most likely agree?
Storytelling is an artistic event.
The best stories come from books.
Reading a story is the same as telling it aloud.
Storytellers need training to tell a good story.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which phrase from paragraph 2 helps readers understand the meaning of universal?
story has begun
something deep within
no known culture without
the craving to know
- 8. Multiple Choice
Paragraph 3 is important to the selection because it —
explains where in the world storytelling can be encountered
lists examples of the type of people who tell stories
suggests that stories may have hidden meanings
gives an idea of how storytelling can be defined
- 9. Multiple Choice
What feature of paragraph 6 helps the author support her idea?
The point of view of the spider story
The description of the storyteller
The specific example of how a story can teach leaders
The suggestion that being greedy is a negative behavior
- 10. Multiple Choice
The author organizes the information in paragraphs 7 and 8 to —
explain the ways in which storytelling delivers information
suggest that groups that rely on storytelling are rare
demonstrate the various historical uses of storytelling
contrast how different groups of people use storytelling
- 11. Multiple Choice
The author of the selection plans to add the following ideas to the end of paragraph 9. • Many folktales include moral advice. • The folktale genre is a good way to get to know about other cultures. How can she combine the ideas into one complete sentence that correctly represents how the ideas are related?
Even though many folktales include moral advice, the genre is a good way to get to know about other cultures.
While many folktales include moral advice, the genre is a good way to get to know about other cultures.
Because many folktales include moral advice, the genre is a good way to get to know about other cultures.
Until many folktales include moral advice, the genre is a good way to get to know about other cultures.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which two words in paragraph 11 help the reader understand the meaning of adversity in paragraph 11?
growth
anger
battling
show
demons
- 13. Multiple Choice
Read this student response to the selection.
I really liked the part in this introduction about how stories are a part of family history. My family doesn’t like to play pranks. Instead, we like to go either hiking and fishing. We tell stories about these events all the time. My family has great memories about our experiences together.
What revision should be made to the response?
Change this to that
Change and to or
Change tell to told
Change has to have
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which ideas from the selection best emphasize the author’s belief that the most wonderful gift of story is the bonding of a group? Which specific examples support your answer?
The author suggests that when people listen to a story together, they all fall into a “story trance.” This trance brings warmth and togetherness.
These qualities help people become communities. In communities, the author explains, stories are used to pass along values and morals.
Stories also capture shared stories that help people bond.
The author explains, “A moment in time can be preserved by creating a story and telling it a few times.”
- 15. Multiple Choice
How does this selection, an introduction, prepare readers for what they’re about to read in the rest of the book? Which details from the selection support your answer?
This introduction gives a lot of information about how storytelling is used by different cultures, communities, and families. It also shares information about how stories can give educational and emotional support to readers.
It doesn’t give away any of the stories in the book; instead it helps readers understand how what they’re about to read has been shared and used by others throughout history.
It also lets the readers know what to expect to gain from the stories they are about to read. The author shows this by writing, “Perhaps best of all, stories stretch the imagination.
The teller takes the listener to distant places where remarkable things happen. And once stretched, an imagination stays stretched.”
- 16. Multiple Choice
What genre of writing was this piece of literature?
realistic fiction
fantasy
a book introduction
historical fiction
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