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Selected Response Item for Grade 8
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Standard 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text |
Topic A. Comprehension of Literary Text
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Indicator 3. Analyze and evaluate elements of narrative texts to facilitate understanding and interpretation |
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Objective b. Analyze the events of the plot
Assessment limit: Exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution
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Read the story 'Arachne' and 'Damon and Pythias' and answer the following question.
Which of these lines from the myth of Arachne best signals that the climax of the myth is about to occur?
- "Let me counsel you to withdraw your words."
- "Let her appear and put me to the test."
- "... Arachne began to feel doom stealing closer and closer."
- "... and immediately began weaving a web of shimmering threads."
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| Correct Answer |
| C. "... Arachne began to feel doom stealing closer and closer." |
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