Literary Elements Assessment Review

What is the purpose of descriptive language?

• To represent objects in a way that shows thier literal meaning.

• To use sensory details to help paint a picture.in the reader's mind.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which passage below describes what Brian is seeing?

• An endless green northern wilderness

• His clothes were wet and clammy.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Based on the following passage, which of the five senses is best represented? "Dust and dirt blew off this floor into his face so hard he thought there must have been some kind of explosion."

• touch

• smell

• taste

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which answer best represents a simplified translation of the following passage? "Then a wild crashing sound, ripping of metal, and the plane rolled to the right and blew through the trees, out over the water and down, down to slam into the lake....He ripped at it until it released and somehow...felt his windbreaker tear and he was free.

• The pilot showed Brian how to steer.

• The plane crash and Brian freed himself.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which answer best represents a simplified translation of the following passage? "Someone screamed tight animal screams of fear and pain and he did not know that it was his sound, that he roared against the water that took him and the plane still deeper, down in the water."

• Brian screamed as the plane hit the water.

• Brian felt his way arround the [plane for supplies.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"The lake water had filled his stomach but left it hungry, and now it demanded food, screamed for food."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"I have a friend, he thought- I have a friend now. A hungry friend, but a good one. I have a friend named fire."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The hatchet cut through the aluminum as if it were soft cheese."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"It was mid afternoon...and his face was on fire, would blister, would peel."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"The memory was like a knife cutting into him."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D