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Common Core Standard RL.8.9 Questions

Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.

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Grade 8 Compare and Contrast CCSS: CCRA.R.9, RL.8.9

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Which of these best describes the similarities between the two passages?
  1. Both passages discuss Mao's influence in China.
  2. Both passages describe the Chinese Civil War.
  3. Both passages portray Mao as a literary figure.
  4. Both passages show China's foreign relations.
Grade 8 Compare and Contrast CCSS: CCRA.R.9, RL.8.9

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How are the archetypal settings in the poem and the story alike?
  1. They both take place in the underground from which the hero emerges.
  2. They both take place in the wilderness where the hero faces disillusionment.
  3. They both take place in the desert where the hero goes on a spiritual quest.
  4. They both take place in the city where the hero delves into the subconscious.
Grade 8 Reading Strategies CCSS: CCRA.R.9, RL.8.9

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What biblical concept is discussed in the two texts?
Grade 8 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.9, CCRA.W.9, RL.8.9, W.8.9, W.8.9a

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One characteristic of a ballad is that it rarely moralizes. Does this particular ballad moralize? Explain.
Grade 8 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.9, RL.8.9

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Which genre of music do you think this poem would best fit in? Why?

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