Plot and Character Practice Test

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"Two Kinds" Mother & Daughter Conflict Paragraph

In the conflict between Jing-mei and her mother, Jing-mei is the person I would support. Her mother is trying to make her a prodigy at things she can’t do because she isn’t interested. For example when her mother saw a little girl on TV she made Jing-mei learn to play the piano even though she didn’t want to. This also shows that the Jing-mei’s mother is egoistical because she wants her daughter to do what she wants and doesn’t give an opportunity for her to choose what she wants. In addition, she made Jing-mei dislike her because she pushed her to much. Jing-mei’s actions show that she is strong and will not let people boss her around.

"Two Kinds" Summary Poem

My name is “Jing-mei” and I have a “mother” who always tries to make me “prodigy”. She is a very “strong-willed” woman who was born in “China”. Two of her “daughters” “died” when they were “babies”. My mother wants me to go to college but I tell her I don’t even know the “capitals”. One day she took me to a “beauty college” to get a haircut so that I could look like “Shirley Temple” but I ended up looking like Peter Pan because it was done wrong. My mother believed that I could be anything I wanted to be if I “tried”. Since she cleaned houses she always found “magazines” and made me try new things that I had never done before. She made me take “piano lessons” that she “scheduled” with “Mr.Chong”. I had to “practice” a song called “Pleading Child” for a “talent show’ I was going to perform at. The day of the talent show I sat on the “bench” and started playing the song but I realized the “keys” I was pressing were the wrong ones. All the “notes” I played were wrong and I had made so many “mistakes” I couldn’t even keep track. I started “shaking” and when it was over the “audience didn’t even “clap”. I could see “disappointment” in my mothers face but she wasn’t shedding “tears”. After my mother passed away I “realized” I was a “rebel” and my mother only wanted what was best for me. I was very “sentimental” and a bit of “misery” because I felt I had “betrayed” her and she only wanted what was best for me. Many “memories” came back to me of how she thought I could be a “genius” at everything.

“Favorite Character Interview.”

What is your name? Kivon


What is your favorite character in a movie or book?
Her favorite character is Tinker bell in “A Lost Fairy”.


Describe your character in one word.
Outgoing

What is the character’s motivation?
She wants to help other people in life.


Describe the character’s appearance.
Kiki is tall and African American,


Name a few actions the character performs.
Hilarious and energetic,

What does the character think about?
Kiki thinks about school and her friends and family.

What does the character say?
She says “squirrels”.

Why do you like this character?
I like that Kiki is very outgoing and always makes people in a good mood when they are upset.

What is the character's name?
Jing -me

Describe the characters apperances
Jing-me has short hair that looks like peter pan's and is Chinese.

What type of character is this character? *
Jing-me is dynamic because she changes in the story.

What is the characters conflict? *
Her conflict is that she doesn't want to do what her mom wants her to do.

What are some of the emotions that the character feels as the plot unfolds? *
She feels like she can't make her own decisions and has no say in what she wants.

What are the character thoughts as the story goes on? *
She feels like she should have tried harder to please her mother before she died.

What is your definition of character? *
A character is a person in a story or poem.

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“Two Kinds” In the Shoes of a Prodigy

If I was born a prodigy I would be blessed because I would be good at a lot of things and wouldn't have to become good at other things. If I weren’t a prodigy then I would act the same as Jing-me because I would not want anyone to push me to do something I did not want to do. I would not be pushed to do anything that I wouldn’t want to do because I’m a type of person that doesn’t need anyone to push them. I wouldn’t have acted like Jing-me and disrespected my mother the way she did because she saw so much in her and if a person saw I could be someone then I would be grateful and let them help me.

Character Graphic Organizer

Character Graphic Organizer Form

“Two Kinds” Conflict Experience

A recent experience I had is when my sister and I were in a fight because she wanted me to break up with my ex boyfriend. I didn’t want to break up with him because I thought that I really liked him. I felt like my sister was trying to manipulate me and choose who I could and couldn’t date. She wanted me to go out with a really close friend of mine but I didn’t want to. My sister and I stopped talking and it wasn’t long after we stopped talking that my ex boyfriend and I broke up. I was upset at myself because I was in a fight with my own family member over some guy. My sister and I apologized to each other and we talked about our experience and she understands that I have to make my own decisions.

Adventurous
My life has been full of adventures and I love to take adventures.

Mysterious
I am always doing random things and people don’t know what I’m going to do next.

ScrappY
I have always argued back because at time I feel like I need to make a point.

“Character Acrostic Poem for Maggie

Mature
She wants to help her sister know that the world doesn’t revolve around her.

Affected
Maggie is affected because of the scars on her body.

Grateful
She is grateful that she didn’t die in the fire.

Gentle
She is gentle because of her scars that she has because of the fire.

Innocent
Maggie is innocent and only cares about her family.

Embarassed
Maggie is embarassed of her scars and tries to hide all the time.

Character Analysis of Kiki

My roommate Kiki as many people know her, has a very outgoing personality. Kiki is always making people laugh and telling jokes. Kiki doesn’t care what people think or say about her because she likes to have fun and enjoy herself. At school dances she is always one of the first people to start dancing and makes the dances fun. A lot of the staff and many of the students and people who know her are always telling her she has a great sense of humor and is always smiling. Kiki’s always smiling and even though she has bad days she turns them around and has a great time because of her outgoing attitude.

“Everyday Use" Character to Person Comparison Paragraph”

In the story “Everyday Use” Dee’s and Maggie’s mother reminds me of my sister. She is a very outspoken, straight forward person in the story and that is how my sister acts. My sister is a type of person that will tell someone if they are wrong about something. She also makes people realize they are no better than anyone else and they shouldn’t be ashamed of who they are and where they came from. In the story Dee is very ashamed of how her house looked and even of her own family. She thinks that the world revolves around her and takes everything for granted. My sister is a great example and a person that I can look up to.

San Pasqual from the Water towers

Everyday Use from Dee's Point of View

My name is Dee and I am very intimidated by the way my house looks. I have a sister named Maggie who lives with my mother. My sister has scares running down her arms and legs from the time our house got burned and so did she. I was invited to come back home and visit my family so I bring a friend with me. I presented my sister Maggie to my friend Asalamalakim but she was very scared when she meet him and hid. From my point of view everything revolves around me and everything has to be good. I am extremely embarrassed to introduce my family or even take pictures with them because the way their house looks isn’t good enough for me.

Everyday Use

One of the traditions I would like to pass down my generation of my family are some of my beliefs. I am Catholic but I believe mostly in the Native American ways. I believe that everything on Earth is god and it should be cherish and respected as much as god is. I do not have any special items that I could pass down to my generation but if I did it would be gold necklaces and rosaries. When I was younger my mother gave me a necklace that was my grandmas that she gave to her before she came to the U.S. I would like to have my grandchildren and their children wear something that I wore when I was younger.

"Character Prior Knowledge Paragraph about Tom Benecke

In the story “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” the character Tom Benecke has different traits and they change as his emotions change during the story. For example I would consider him a hard working person because when he was suppose to go with his wife to the theatre he decided to stay and work. He is also a very courageous and is willing to take risks because in the story he went outside to try and retrieve his paper and risked his life and not seeing his wife again. At the end of the story he is very careless at the fact that the paper flew out the window again and all he did was chuckle and went to go find his wife.

A Rainy Day Storybird

A Rainy Day on Storybird

9/11

The day of 9/11 I was five years old and I was at home, grounded standing on the corner. I remember that my mom had grounded me because I had clogged the toilet with paper on purpose. She started watching the news and I heard the news reporters talking about the twin towers. My mom and I were in shock when we were watching the video they were showing on TV. They started talking about people dying and my mom told me “See that’s why you have to be good because you never know what can happen to me tomorrow”. I started thinking about all the people who had lost their lives and how their families were going to suffer. I was young and didn’t understand much but my moms words did make me think.

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Tick and Tock Adventures

There were two aliens named Tick and Tock who lived in outer space but always wanted to come to Earth because they didn’t fit with others of their kind. They always talked about going to Earth and meeting people but they always revoked their ideas because they thought that they wouldn’t fit with people on Earth. So one day they decided they were going to leave and start a new life and left to planet Earth. They drove their space shuttle for days until they reached Earth and that when they first saw a human. They saw a little girl named Lulu and she was petrified by the ballyhoo of their space shuttle. Lulu was so scared because she thought she was going to be abducted that she ran away as fast as she could and hid. Tick and Tock were so sad because they didn’t feel welcome and were about to leave but Lulu came out and talked to them. She asked them so many questions and she thought that Tick was the zany one and Tock was the stickler. They started to feel comfortable and they started to make friends. They were having so much fun with their new lives that they forgot about their past and outer space.

Mouse in the Cafe

There was a mouse named Howard that lived in the cafeteria and had so many places in there where he slept. One day as Howard was out, trying to find food so he can eat he found a pack of hamsters trying to invade his property. There were so many hamsters that Howard didn’t know what he was going to do. They started getting into his houses and in a heart beat he had now where to stay. They ate all his food and when he was hungry they wouldn’t share with him. They were very mean to him and treated him like he didn’t exist and was worthless. One day when he couldn’t take it anymore he decided he was going to leave and find a new place to live. Just as he was packing his belonging, a baby hamster named Lulu came to him and gave him his food to eat. Howard didn’t want to take it but he was so hungry he ate it. Lulu started to help him out and soon Howard had a place to live again. He started to get along with all the hamsters and over a period of time they all became a family and treated each other fairly.

Center for Regressive Tendencies

In hand cuffs and very confused, the officer took me into a building that was small and had letters outside that spelled Center for Regressive Tendencies. As I was escorted inside I noticed that there were only two other patients their and weird looking robots taking care of them. The robots, dressed in all white were very calm but serious and treated the patients unfairly. I was escorted by a robot to my cell room that was all white and had a lot of cameras in it. I was being watched by not only the cameras but also the robots were watching me carefully to see what I was doing. I felt the hair on my back stand up from all the technology that surrounded me and watched every step I took.

Purpose of "The Pedestrian"

Ray Bradbury wrote the story “The Pedestrian” so people can realize what advance technology will do in the future and how it will affect humans. Ray explained in his story how everyone in the city stays in their house and all they do is watch television instead of socializing or interacting. The person that did go outside was seen as unusual and taken to a mental hospital to be examined because he was walking around getting fresh air. It also talked about how almost everything was advanced and there was no need for cops because there was no crime. Something that is common is seen as rare and weird in the story because everything is advanced and people don’t have social lives and are into just using technology.

Life in 2053!

Life in 2053 will be very advance but at the same time very fatal and dangerous. One of the things that will be believe will be advanced is technology. Technology is used everyday and many people such as big businesses and companies are using technology such as robots instead of people. Technology will be so advanced that people will be able to take vacations to outerspace. Medicine is another thing that will also be advanced in my opinion. Scientist will be able to find cures for people who are blind and cures for cancer. It will be very fatal and dangerous because if things are advanced in the future the world will start to get over populated and their will be fewer resources. Even though technology will be advanced in the future the fewer resources we have the fewer things we humans will be able to receive or make. The world as we know today is suffering with loss of water resource and natural disasters. Waters are being contaminated and polluted and natural disasters are unplanned.