Focus on Tall Tales : “Paul Bunyan, the Mightiest Logger of Them All”

Reading Comprehension Questions

After reading the Tall Tale; “Paul Bunyan, the Mightiest Logger of Them All”,(page 110) circle the
answer that correctly answers each comprehension question.

1.Paul was so big that his parents ....
 a. made him live in a cave far from civilization.
 b. rode on his shoulders everywhere he went.
 c. slept in his beard on cold nights.
 d. fed him with a spoon made from a tree trunk.

2.Paul created the Grand Canyon by ...
 a. dragging his pickaxe behind him.
 b. tripping over the rocky Mountains.
 c. lying down for a nap.
 d. writing his name in the sand.

3.What was one requirement of Paul Bunyan’s loggers?
 a. They had to be over ten feet tall.
 b. They had to be sider that white pine logs.
 c. Their hands had to be two feet wide.
 d. They had to swing an axe in the blink of an eye.

4.The Great Lakes were formed when Paul ...
 a. scooped through the dirt to find worms for fishing.
 b. left footprints in the mud when walking from Maine to Minnesota.
 c. dug a few ponds for his loggers to drink from.
 d. mined for gold so he could buy clothes for the crew.

5.During the year of the Hard Winter, it was so cold that ...
 a. snowmen went south for the winter.
 b. words froze in the air.
 c. loggers froze in their bunkbeds.
 d. Paul’s whiskers broke off like icicles.

6. In your own words, describe the features of a tall tale.

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Houghton Mifflin Reading - 5th Grade - Expeditions - Focus on Tall Tales

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Point of View & Narrator's Perspective Lesson | Teaching Common Core Rea...

The Narrator

or WHO ARE YOU? AND WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME THIS?

A crucial element of any work of fiction is the NARRATOR, the person who is telling the story (note that this isn't the same as the AUTHOR, the person who actually wrote the story).

What types of narrators are there? The first major distinction critics make about narrators is by person:

a FIRST PERSON narrator is an "I" (occasionally a "we") who speaks from her/his subject position. That narrator is usually a character in the story, who interacts with other characters; we see those interactions through the narrator's eyes, and we can't know anything the narrator doesn't know.

a SECOND PERSON narrator speaks in "you." This is an extremely rare case in American literature, although we will read a few examples.

a THIRD PERSON narrator is not a figure in the story, but an "observer" who is outside the action being described. A third-person narrator might be omniscient (ie, able to tell what all the characters are thinking), but that is not always the case. Third-person narration may also be focalized through a particular character, meaning that the narrator tells us how that character sees the world, but can't, or at least doesn't, read the mind of all the characters this way.

         

http://academic.reed.edu/english/courses/analyzinglit/narrator.html


https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/pointofview/

      1.      What is point of view?
a)       The position from which a narrator tells a story
b)       The moral of a story
c)       The genre to which a story belongs
d)       The personality of the main character in a story

 2.       If Tim wrote a story describing his interactions with Cassie and Rita, what point of view would he most likely use?
a)       Second person
b)       Third person omniscient
c)       First person
d)       Third person limited

 3.       Which point of view would you most likely find in a newspaper article about an artist or athlete?
a)       First person
b)       Third person omniscient
c)       Second person
d)       Third person limited

 4.       What point of view would you most likely find in a novel that explores the deepst thoughts and feelings of a number of characters?
a)       First person
b)       Third person omniscient
c)       Second person
d)       Third person limited

 5.       What is unreliable narrator?
a)       A narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters in a story
b)       A narrator who addresses the reader as “you”
c)       A narrator who may not know everything about all the characters and events in a story
d)       A character in a story who deliberately lies to another character

 6.       What effect might a second-person point of view have on a story?
a)       It would allow the reader to know everything about all the characters
b)       It would allow the reader to get to know the narrator’s thoughts and feelings
c)       It would give the reader a broad picture about what’s going on
d)       It would place the reader directly into the story

 7.       If you described your school principal as “omniscient,” what would you probably mean?
a)       That she can read her students’ minds
b)       That she sees and knows everything that goes on at school
c)       That she is able to relate to students on a personal level
d)       That she is cruel and mean

 8.       “As you take the quiz, you feel your confidence growing, and a smile creeps across your face.” What type of narration is this?
a)       First person
b)       Second person
c)       Third person limited
d)       Third person omniscient

 9.       “I couldn’t wait to meet my friend Rita, so I rode my bicycle to her house as fast as I could.” What type of narration id this?
a)       First person
b)       Second person
c)       Third person limited
d)       Third person omniscient

 10.    Which of the following statements is true?
a)       Switching points of view can be confusing
b)       An omniscient narrator is usually  a character in the story
c)       Most novels and short stories are written in the second person
d)       Most newspaper articles are written in the first person
 

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 last october, my family and i visited the albuquerque international balloon fiesta. it was very exciting seeing the balloons fly through the new mexico sky every day. the fiesta began on a saturday morning and lasted for two weeks. the autumn air was crisp each morning as balloons shaped like darth vader, clocks, and sleeping beauty sailed by. 

my dad worked at the fiesta helping matt park campers in the lot. people would come from as far as canada to see these great balloons. the best part about the whole trip was that my whole family got a ride in a hot air balloon. tim was our pilot and he flew us over albuquerque 600 feet in the air. we could see places like mcdonalds and hobby lobby! 

we plan to head back to new mexico next october.maybe we will see you there!