Name: _____________________________
The Oxcart | 8th Grade Reading Assignment
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1.  Mode of Writing:	  	     Narrative	                        Expository	                  Persuasive
What is the mode of writing?
2.  Genre: ________________________________	Subgenre: _________________________________
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama, or Folklore			Legend, Myth, Tall Tale, Fable, Folk Tale, Fairy Tale

3.  How do you know the genre and subgenre of the story? What details reveal it?

		                                  
4 & 5  Summary:  Five sentences about five important events from the beginning middle and end of the story.

If you run out of space, you may use the back of this sheet.	

6.  Narrator’s Perspective: ______________________________________________________________
First-Person, Second-Person, Third-Person Omniscient, Third-Person Objective, or Third-Person Limited

Write a sentence of narration from the text showing the point-of-view.  

7.  Theme or Author’s Message:  
What is a main idea or life lesson  of the story?

8.  Describe the problem in the story.  How do the samurais attempt to solve this problem?  __________

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9.  Why does the samurais’ plan fail? _____________________________________________________

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10.  What is ironic about the samurais’ trip to the festival?  Explain your answer.  _____________

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