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

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

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

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which TWO words are synonyms for "phosphorescent" ?

• shiny

• bubbly

• light-filled

• artificial

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What caused the big wave?

• Kino's father

• angry ocean gods

• an iceberg

• an earthquake

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5