Intro to Author's Craft- Too Much Glue

Intro to Author's Craft- Too Much Glue

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the selection appeals to the reader's sense of hearing?

• "Glue squishes from the orange tips and slops all over."

• "He holds me up for everyone to admire."

• "But I'm still stuck, and now I hear footsteps..."

• "Is that a tow truck?' I ask as they wheel the contraption over and stick a plastic hook into my suit of glue."

Multiple Choice

"Too much glue never dries," is an example of...

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"Ploooooop," is an example of...

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

Multiple Choice

"Plooooop" has a different font and comes down from the rest of line of text because...

• It fell down.

• The author's arm fell asleep.

• It looks like glue pouring.

• Onomatopoeia has to be in special print.

Multiple Choice

Calling the spilled out glue a "gluey lake" is an example of...

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

The author calls the spilled glue a lake because...

• It's a lot of glue.

• Water and glue are both sticky.

• There are fish swimming in the glue.

Multiple Choice

"Geronimo!" is an example of...

• Onomatopoeia

• Dialogue

Multiple Choice

"Boing! Right back down," tells the reader that Matty is...

• bouncing

• falling

• hyper

• stuck

Multiple Choice

Matty's dialogue: "Can somebody help me?' I call," is off the lines to show that he is

• Panicking

• Talking

• A comic book character

• Falling asleep

Multiple Choice

The use of dialogue makes the story...

• more exciting.

• more boring.

• seem serious.

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?

• snap

• shouts

• kaboom

• creak click creak click

Multiple Choice

"Soon I'm roped from all sides like a rodeo pony," is an example of...

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Select

"The lassoes break, leaving colorful octopus tentacles everywhere," is a metaphor comparing...

• the glue to octopus ink

• the yarn to tentacles

• the glue to the ocean

• Matty to an octopus

Multiple Choice

"The tow truck explodes and plastic bricks rain all over me," helps the reader...

• create a mental picture

• understand the main character

• learn to drive a tow truck

• understand the lego cycle

Multiple Choice

Which vivid verb did the author use to desribe how the nurse enters the room?

"The school nurse _____ in and checks my temperature."

• creeps

• cartwheels

• skips

• bursts

Multiple Choice

The simile, "She dabs and pats me like I'm spilled juice," shows that the nurse was...

• annoyed with Matty

• trying to clean up the mess

• using quick, forceful movements

• born before glue was invented

Multiple Select

The teacher was "huffing and puffing like a train," is a....

• metaphor that shows she has asthma

• hyperbole that describes her loud, deep breathing

• idiom that means she does not exercise often

• simile that compares her breathing to the sounds of a train

Multiple Choice

"He gently grips the dried glue in front of my neck and behind my collar - and peels me open like a banana," contains a...

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the text appeals to the reader's sense of sound/hearing?

• "Glue squishes from the orange tips and slops all over."

• "He holds me up for everyone to admire."

• "But I'm still stuck, and now I hear footsteps..."

• "Is that a tow truck?' I ask as they wheel the contraption over and stick a plastic hook into my suit of glue."

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the text does not show that the point of view is first person?

• "Glue squishes from the orange tips and slops all over."

• "He holds me up for everyone to admire."

• "But I'm still stuck, and now I hear footsteps..."

• "Is that a tow truck?' I ask as they wheel the contraption over and stick a plastic hook into my suit of glue."