Extreme and/or absolute language

Multiple Choice

What are nonfiction signposts?

• Posts that an author accidentally leaves in a text.

• Signs that are around the school

• Noticeable points in a text that stand out as significant.

• Parts of a text that may confuse the reader.

Multiple Choice

In the sentence below, which word shows extreme language?

"None of the flowers smell good."

• smell

• good

• none

• the

Draw

Highlight an example of extreme/absolute language.

Multiple Choice

What does the author mean if they write, " that was the funniest movie ever," ?

• The movie was proven to be the funniest movie ever made.

• The movie was boring.

• The movie was really funny in their opinion.

• The movie was funny to everyone in the world.

Multiple Choice

What does the author most likely mean in the following sentence? "I can't wait for lunch, I'm starving?"

• The person is really hungry.

• The person has not eaten for days.

• The person needs to eat more.

• The person likes lunch a lot.

Multiple Choice

In the sentence below, which word shows extreme language?

" I'm so hungry, I could eat all the pizza in the world."

• so

• all

• world

• the

Multiple Choice

In the sentence below, which word shows extreme language?

"We never get to do fun stuff."

• fun

• to

• stuff

• never

Multiple Choice

What does the sentence below most likely mean?

"You always chew gum."

• The person is not able to stop chewing gum.

• The person chews gum every minute of the day.

• The person chews gum often.

• Both a and b

Multiple Choice

What does the sentence below most likely mean?

"Everyone wants to watch the new Star Wars movie!"

• All people in the world want to watch the movie.

• The movie was not popular. (Popular means liked by many people)

• The movie was popular. (Popular means liked by many people)

• The movie was voted the best movie in the world.

Multiple Choice

"Astronauts' vision becomes entirely blurry after too much time in space." This is:

• Contrasts & Contradictions

• Numbers & Statistics

• Quoted Words

• Extreme & Absolute Language

Multiple Choice

The Nightmare Before Christmas is the BEST movie EVER made! This is an example of:

• Contrasts & Contradictions

• Absolute / Extreme Language

• Numbers & Stats

• Quoted Words

• Word Gaps

Multiple Choice

EVERY teacher arrives at school at 7:30 AM. This is an example of:

• Contrasts & Contradictions

• Absolute / Extreme Language

• Numbers & Stats

• Quoted Words

• Word Gaps

Multiple Choice

The author uses language that leaves no doubt, exaggerates, or pushes the limit.

• Numbers & Statistics

• Quoted Words

• Word Gaps

• Extreme & Absolute Language

Multiple Choice

Why might an author use extreme or absolute language?

• The author wants to trick you.

• The author wants you to have better understanding of the passage.

• The author doesn't understand language.

• The author wants you to find the difference.

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