Big Wave review

What is the setting of the Big Wave?

• A mountain in China

• in the middle of the ocean

• a farm and a fishing village in Japan

• Old Gentleman's silver-gray robe

Why were there terraces on the mountain?

• Kino's ancestors built them to hold the fields

• They are Japanese art

• They made the mountains hard to run up.

• The fishermen put them there.

The phosphorescent water gleamed like lamps lighted deep beneath the surface. This sentence is an example of:

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which TWO words are synonyms for "phosphorescent" ?

• shiny

• bubbly

• light-filled

• artificial

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

What caused the big wave?

• Kino's father

• angry ocean gods

• an iceberg

• an earthquake

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

What type of conflict is the biggest in the Big Wave?

• person vs. person

• person vs. nature

• person vs. supernatural

• person vs. technology

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

Kino is the protagonist because . . .

• the narrator tells us mostly about how Kino feels

• Kino is the older of the two boys

• The setting is at Kino's farm

• Jiya is a minor character

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.9A

What caused Jiya to fall unconscious?

• losing his house to the ocean

• seeing his family wiped away by the big wave

• seeing the volcano erupt

• being with Kino's family

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A

"The earth groaned and split open and water fell onto boiling rocks." This is an example of ___________

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

According to the article in your packet, Pearl S. Buck was especially interested in:

• natural disasters

• castles and islands

• helping orphans

• Japan and its culture