Little Red Figurative Language Formative

The Little Red by Roald Dahl poem is a parody or humorous and mocking imitation of the original fairy tale because the author had...

• A lumberjack kill the Wolf with an ax

• Granny kill the Wolf with a knife

• Little Red shoot the Wolf with a pistol

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

The author used allusion or alluded to the original fairy tale when he had Little Red....

• comment on Grandma's eyes and ears

• comment on Grandma's teeth

• comment on Grandma's fur coat

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

She whips a pistol from her knickers is an example of...(hint: it is an unexpected twist)

• foreshadowing

• irony

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

At the end of the poem, what does the author have symbolize or represent the idea that Little Red is strong, brave, smart, and capable of great things (like killing the big bad Wolf)?

• The red hooded cloak

• The knickers (British word for old fashioned underpants)

• The wolfskin coat

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

But Grandma, what a lovely great big furry coat you have on is an example of...(hint: it gives readers a clue about what will happen later)

• irony

• foreshadowing

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

tough/enough/feel/meal is an example of...(hint: the writer is repeating the same ending sound in two or more words)

• alliteration

• rhyme scheme

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

What is the rhyme scheme if the last words in each line are: feel/meal/yelping/helping?

• AABB

• ABAB

• AAAA

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

No silly hood upon her head is an example of...(hint: the writer repeats the beginning "h" sound in two or more words)

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• rhyme scheme

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead is an example of...(hint: the writer is using words to imitate or mimic sounds)

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The sharp white teeth, the horrid grin is an example of...(hint: it is using descriptive adjectives to create word pictures and show instead of tell)

• imagery

• hyperbole

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5