Read the excerpt from "Revolution 2137." This excerpt is part of the story's
Lena and Meg spent about ten minutes searching for
information, and then agreed to meet on every rainy
day until they had worked out a perfect plan. Months
went by. Then, one day, when they had finally worked
out all of the details, Meg asked, "But how will we
survive without power?"
o exposition.
o rising action.
o climax.
o falling action.
"I guess we'll have to look that up, too," Lena
answered. "Maybe we can find some books about life
in the 1800s."
Meg grabbed a book about pioneers and exclaimed,
"Look at this, they cooked over a real fire!"
"I've never even seen a real fire," Lena said. "I wonder
how you make one."
"I guess we need to do some more planning," said
Meg.

it might be b but i might be wrong

question 1

one of the main differences between central idea and theme is

a) theme is found when you have one main character, central idea is limited to stories with multiple characters.

b) themes are explicitly stated and central ideas are not.

c) central ideas can only be found in narrative writing, while themes can be found in multiple types of literature.

d) central idea can be found in both fiction and nonfiction texts.

question 4

when reading "nameless, tennessee", we know that we are looking for a central idea and not a theme because

a) its a short story. short stories only have a central idea.

b) its a non-fiction text. non-fiction does not have a theme, only central idea.

c) themes are directly stated and there isn't one directly stated in "nameless, tennessee".

d) all of the above.

question 6

read the excerpt.

"we had a doctor on the ridge in them days. as good as any doctor alivin'. he'd cut a crooked toenail or deliver a woman. dead these last years."

how do the details in this excerpt to develop the central idea?

a) they give insight into the doctor's motivation for people.

b) they depict the poverty and lifelessness of the town.

c) they explain why people wanted to get away from the town.

d) they reveal some of the meaningful human history of the unnamed town.