All Summer In A Day

1. In which line does the author use a simile?

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

2.In which line does the author not use figurative language?

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

3.“The silence was so immense and unbelievable that you felt your ears had been stuffed or that you had lost your hearing altogether. The children put their hands to their ears. They stood apart.”

The author uses sensory images in this quotation to show that... (2 ANSWERS)

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.“But then they always awoke to the tatting drum, the endless shaking down of clear bead necklaces upon the roof, the walk, the gardens, the forests, and their dreams were gone.”

The author uses figurative language in order to emphasize

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

5.In which line does the author not use hyperbole?

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

6.In these lines, the author compares the rain stopping to a film suddenly being cut off to

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7. What is the effect of alliteration in the excerpt?

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

8.What is the effect of repetition in the excerpt?

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

9. “They stood as if someone had driven them, like so many stakes, into the floor. They looked at each other and then looked away.”

This simile suggests that the children are feeling

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

10.The tone can best be described as...(USE YOUR DICTIONARY)

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4