Theme | Central Idea | Plot | Summative Assessment 1 - Cinco Delgado | Laabri

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Read the passage by clicking on the image. Then, answer this question: Which statement below best states the theme or central idea of the text?

Do not trust others to do the job

It is hard to keep something a secret

Hiding something is wrong

Safety for the country is important

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Everything satisfied me about the security measures to ensure secrecy.

Some idiot in Washington was actually going to list Project Hush in the military budget by name!

But we stuck with Project Hush and we had to take extra measures to ensure secrecy.

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It’s obvious the world will be taken over by cockroaches.

Cockroaches are genetically resilient insects with beneficial qualities.

Cockroaches are vile, disgusting insects with no redeeming qualities.

Cockroaches are easy to breed and thrive under almost any conditions.

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Enjoy the small pleasures in life.

Greed for small things might destroy you.

Do not trust something that seems so sweet.

Overindulgence can have consequences

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And so they met their end, giving their lives for the sake of a taste of sweetness.

The sweet smell of the honey soon brought a large number of Flies buzzing around.

The Flies were quickly smeared from head to foot with honey.

A jar of honey was turned over and the sticky sweetness flowed out on the table.

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La Llorona is just an urban legend created to make children behave.

La Llorona is a Hispanic legend about a woman looking for her children.

La Llorona means "The Weeping Woman."

La Llorona was a horrible, mean mother who learned her lesson.

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Resolution/Dénouement		The description or explanation of background information within a work of literature. This can cover characters and their relationship to one another, the setting or time and place of events, as well as any relevant ideas, details, or historical context.
Exposition		The section of the plot leading up to the climax, in which the tension stemming from the story's central conflict grows through successive plot developments.
Internal Conflict		The event that launches the main action and/or conflict.
External Conflict		The story's central turning point—the moment of peak tension or conflict—which all the preceding plot developments have been leading up to.
Climax		The section of the plot following the climax, in which the tension stemming from the story's central conflict decreases and the story moves toward its conclusion.
Inciting incident		The part of the plot which ties up loose ends and reveals the final consequences of the events of the story.
Rising Action		A problem, antagonism, or struggle that takes place between a character and an outside force.
Falling Action		The psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character