Author's Craft

 “Remember, Cinderella,” warned her fairy godmother, “you must leave the ball at midnight. If you stay later, everything will turn back as it was. Your coach will become a pumpkin again. Your gown will become rags. Promise me you will remember.”
“Of course, I’ll remember,” said Cinderella, but as her coach carried her toward the ball, the warning was replaced in her mind with images of dancing and music.

• Flashback
• Foreshadowing
• theme
• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Lightening streaked across the greenish-black sky yet, the air was oddly still. When the warning siren shrieked, the family knew that they should head for the storm cellar.

• Foreshadow
• Flashback

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

“Meg knelt at her mother’s feet. The warmth and light of the kitchen had relaxed her so that her attic fears were gone. The cocoa steamed fragrantly in the saucepan; geraniums bloomed on the window sills and there was a bouquet of tiny yellow chrysanthemums in the center of the table. The curtains, red, with a blue and green geometrical pattern were drawn and seemed to reflect their cheerfulness throughout the room. The furnace purred like a great, sleepy animal; the lights glowed with steady radiance…” (16)

Which words create the mood?

• Warmth

• Light

• Relaxed

• Saucepan

• Purred; Sleepy

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the tone of the following sentence?
Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F.

• angry
• witty
• suspicious

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Dear Grandma,
Thank you for the new outfit and shoes. Now I am excited about the first day of school.  I can't wait to wear my new outfit.  I really wanted that shirt, but I didn't have enough money for it.  Thanks again! I love you!
- Mollie
Which word best describes the tone of this note?

• embarrassed
• appreciative
• calm
• light

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

In a well-known folktale, Chicken Little is accidentally hit by something and jumps to the conclusion that the sky is falling and that she must spread the news of imminent disaster.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
The weather forecast called for clear skies, making my grandfather look like Chicken Little.

• A person who spreads alarming news of imminent disaster
• A person who greets trouble with a cheery disposition

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

In the fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," a shepherd boy repeatedly tricks people in his village by falsely claiming that a wolf is coming to eat his flock. When a wolf actually comes and the boy cries for help, nobody believes him or comes to his aid.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Lucy warned her youngest son not to cry wolf while wrestling with his older brother.

• to raise a false alarm
• to make howling sounds

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5B

"Just what I have always wanted: a broken leg!"

• Dramatic

• Verbal

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

The audience knows the house isn't really haunted, but a terrified visitor takes desperate measures to get away.

• Dramatic

• Verbal

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Don't you just hate it when you get all A's?"

• Dramatic

• Verbal