Stranded

If I become desperate I can always resort to eating the freeze dried rations, but that defeats my purpose for being here to begin with. Besides, they are about as edible as the tough, dry bark in a long dead tree.

What is being compared in these sentences?

• A)death and a tree

• B)the island and the city

• C)the speaker and the rations

• D)the freeze dried rations and the bark of a tree

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What two things are compared using a simile in this sentence?

• A)time and water

• B)a pot and water

• C)city and country

• D)boiling water and freezing water

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The author's description of Fred Johnson shows her use of

• A)dialogue.

• B)personification.

• C)sarcasm.

• D)understatement.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is the MOST LIKELY relationship between the narrator and Fred Johnson?

• A)They are co-workers.

• B)Fred is the narrator's boss.

• C)The narrator is Fred's boss.

• D)Fred exists only in the mind of the narrator.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

By not catching breakfast last night, the author implies that fish is a food that

• A)he can put on dry ice and save.

• B)should not be eaten before lunch.

• C)can be stored overnight when is it cool.

• D)should be eaten soon after it is caught.

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2