_____ refers to any written works that communicate human experiences, feelings, insights, beliefs, ideas in excellent form and structure.

_____ is one of the ways to identify the theme of a literary text.

The words spoken by a character in a play is called ____________.

What do you call the process by which the character is revealed through his actions, utterances, and direct description?

It is a brief fictional work that can be read in one sitting with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood.

It refers to the time and place the story happens.

This refers to the person or sometimes animal that takes part in the action of short story or other literary work.

It is the sequence of events or incidents that happen in a play or story. Under Freytag’s Pyramid, it consists of five parts.

It is the central idea of a story, or the lesson or message the author wants to convey to the reader. It is usually an abstract, universal idea about human condition, society, or life.

This refers to the words spoken by the characters which helps move the action of the story or play. The words used, the accent, the pronunciation, pauses, and tone say something about the character not just his traits but also his status in life.

“The Road Not Taken”

1Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

2And sorry I could not travel both

3And be one traveler, long I stood

4And looked down one as far as I could

5To where it bent in the undergrowth;

The word “diverged” in line 1 most likely mean ______

“The Road Not Taken”

1Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

2And sorry I could not travel both

3And be one traveler, long I stood

4And looked down one as far as I could

5To where it bent in the undergrowth;

What is the setting of the poem?

“The Road Not Taken”

1Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

2And sorry I could not travel both

3And be one traveler, long I stood

4And looked down one as far as I could

5To where it bent in the undergrowth;

What decision does the speaker face in line 1?

“The Road Not Taken”

1Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

2And sorry I could not travel both

3And be one traveler, long I stood

4And looked down one as far as I could

5To where it bent in the undergrowth;

What does line 1 and 2 mean?

6Then took the other, as just as fair,

7And having perhaps the better claim,

8Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

9Though as for that the passing there

10Had worn them really about the same,

11And both that morning equally lay

12In leaves no step had trodden black.

13Oh, I kept the first for another day!

14Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

15I doubted if I should ever come back.

How does the two roads differ according to the poem?

6Then took the other, as just as fair,

7And having perhaps the better claim,

8Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

9Though as for that the passing there

10Had worn them really about the same,

11And both that morning equally lay

12In leaves no step had trodden black.

13Oh, I kept the first for another day!

14Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

15I doubted if I should ever come back.

Which lines of the poem tells that the speaker will not return to go down the other road after choosing the first road?

6Then took the other, as just as fair,

7And having perhaps the better claim,

8Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

9Though as for that the passing there

10Had worn them really about the same,

11And both that morning equally lay

12In leaves no step had trodden black.

13Oh, I kept the first for another day!

14Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

15I doubted if I should ever come back.

What best describes the speaker in the poem?

16I shall be telling this with a sigh

17Somewhere ages and ages hence:

18Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

19I took the one less traveled by,

20And that has made all the difference.

What attitude is revealed of the speaker in line 19?

16I shall be telling this with a sigh

17Somewhere ages and ages hence:

18Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

19I took the one less traveled by,

20And that has made all the difference.

What do the “two roads” symbolize in the poem?

What is the poem, “The Road Not Taken” about?