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Q13 - An Unexpected Gift (poem)

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6.7C - The student is expected to analyze plot elements, including rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and non-linear elements such as flashback.

  • A story's plot provides its organizational structure. Although a story can be told in different ways, the plot of any story generally includes the same basic elements revealed in the a forward-progressing order: rising action (where the suspense/tension/conflict required in all stories appears), the climax (the decisive point at which the reader knows how the conflict will be resolved), the falling action (where the consequences of how the conflict was addressed play out), and the resolution (how the story ends). Once you understand that each of these structural elements plays a role in developing a story, you can begin examining how these parts were constructed and eventually draw conclusions about why those elements were constructed in that manner. This analysis of plot elements can confirm comprehension of the text or establish the need to review these parts more carefully.

6.7C - The student is expected to analyze plot elements, including rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and non-linear elements such as flashback.

  • A story's plot provides its organizational structure. Although a story can be told in different ways, the plot of any story generally includes the same basic elements revealed in the a forward-progressing order: rising action (where the suspense/tension/conflict required in all stories appears), the climax (the decisive point at which the reader knows how the conflict will be resolved), the falling action (where the consequences of how the conflict was addressed play out), and the resolution (how the story ends). Once you understand that each of these structural elements plays a role in developing a story, you can begin examining how these parts were constructed and eventually draw conclusions about why those elements were constructed in that manner. This analysis of plot elements can confirm comprehension of the text or establish the need to review these parts more carefully.
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Which answer did you pick for question 13?

13. Lines 13 through 16 are important to the plot of the poem "An Unexpected Gift" because that is when —

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Why did you chose that answer?

Test Taking Tips

In order to answer this question, you need to understand the some poems tell a story, and therefore you will need to use your knowledge of plot to answer.

Review your "translation" of the poem. Think about where on the plot diagram each stanza would fall. What is the conflict?

Answering the question:
  • Read the question carefully.
  • Look up any words in the question and answer choices that you do not understand. (It's difficult to answer the question correctly if you do not know what you are being asked.) Write them down on a scratch piece of paper or on the sticky note tool.
  • Review your "translation" of the poem.
  • Re-read stanza IV (lines 13-16). What element of plot is involved?
  • Use the process of elimination when analyzing the answer choices. Try to come up with a reason why the answer choice is wrong. If you can give a reason, use the answer eliminator tool to cross it out.
  • Remember, if any part of the answer choice is incorrect, the entire answer choice will be incorrect.

Lines 13-16

Once done, I marveled at my work,
then took a peek around the room—
Oh no! My dad, my mom, and sister
all had boats ready to zoom!
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Which answer should you have chosen for question 13?

13. Lines 13 through 16 are important to the plot of the poem "An Unexpected Gift" because that is when —

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What will you do differently next time?