05.05 The Turning Point Part 1: The Climax Of The Story

Describe the climax of your novel or short story in a three- to five-sentence paragraph.

Provide two examples of dialogue from characters in the story that support the climax you identified.

Provide two examples of text evidence (other than dialogue) to support the climax you identified.

In a paragraph of six to eight sentences, explain how the dialogue and text evidence support the climax you identified.

Part 2: Falling Action

In a paragraph of three to five sentences, explain at least two falling action events from your novel or short story and how they relate to the climax.

The Golden Touch.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme