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9.6 Symbolism and Motif Worksheet

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This Intro to Lit English worksheet provides structured practice on 9.6 Symbolism and Motif. Students are guided through targeted exercises that build foundational understanding, computational accuracy, and critical thinking skills.

Symbolism and Motif - Interpret symbols and recurring motifs and explain how they reinforce character arcs and thematic ideas over the course of a text. (CCSS RL.9–10.4; TEKS §110.36(c)(8)(F); FL ELA.9.R.3.1; VA 9.RL.2A–C; GA ELAGSE9–10RL4; TN 9–10.RL.CS.4)

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Intro to Lit

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English

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English Curriculum

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Several scenes include a hymn hummed under someone's breath. It is hummed by the grandmother while packing, by the bus driver at the checkpoint, and by the narrator after the family's new address is written on the door.

What does the recurring hymn most likely convey?

AIt is included only to establish the time of day and has no larger pattern.

BIt shows that the passage's conflict has a simple solution that the characters recognize immediately.

CIt functions as a literal instruction for how the characters should behave next.

DIt carries continuity across displacement, connecting separate moments of fear, guidance, and arrival.

Solution & Explanation:The repeated detail appears in more than one context and links those contexts thematically; the strongest reading is that it carries continuity across displacement, connecting separate moments of fear, guidance, and arrival.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

The narrator mentions the smell of wet concrete after each failed attempt to rebuild the playground. In the final paragraph, the concrete is still wet, but children's names are pressed carefully into the edge.

Why is the wet concrete motif important?

AIt is included only to establish the time of day and has no larger pattern.

BIt shows that the passage's conflict has a simple solution that the characters recognize immediately.

CIt suggests that the community's future is still unsettled but already being shaped by the children who will inherit it.

DIt functions as a literal instruction for how the characters should behave next.

Solution & Explanation:The repeated detail appears in more than one context and links those contexts thematically; the strongest reading is that it suggests that the community's future is still unsettled but already being shaped by the children who will inherit it.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

A yellow scarf travels from one character to another: first worn by a missing sister, then used to tie a broken gate, and later wrapped around a child's shoulders at the vigil.

What is the effect of the yellow scarf's movement through the passage?

AIt is included only to establish the time of day and has no larger pattern.

BIts changing use connects memory, repair, and care without reducing the scarf to one fixed meaning.

CIt shows that the passage's conflict has a simple solution that the characters recognize immediately.

DIt functions as a literal instruction for how the characters should behave next.

Solution & Explanation:The repeated detail appears in more than one context and links those contexts thematically; the strongest reading is that its changing use connects memory, repair, and care without reducing the scarf to one fixed meaning.

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QWhat grade level and standards does this worksheet align with?

This worksheet is designed specifically for Intro to Lit English students. It aligns with educational standard ELA.9.6 (Grade 9 ELA skill practice focused on Symbolism and Motif.).