Unit 3 Short Story/Poetry Summative

"Maple Street was bedlam. It was an outdoor asylum for the insane" this is an example of what kind of figurative language?

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which mood best applies to "Click-Clack the Rattlebag?"

• horror

• fearful

• suspenseful

• lighthearted

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of the following quotes is an example of foreshadowing?

• "I can't believe you kids make up stuff like that."

• "The boy looked up at me from the shadows by the door, where he was waiting."

• "But you do write scary stories?"

• "We walked out of the warm and cozy kitchen into the hallway of the big house, where it was chilly and draughty and dark"

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

"We walked out of the warm and cozy kitchen into the hallway of the big house, where it was chilly and draughty and dark" This is an example of what kind of figurative language

• imagery

• idiom

• simile

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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When Charlie sees all of Maple Street lit by candles, he says, "Why it's like goin' back into the dark ages or somethin'." Considering what happens in the play, what second meaning would this statement have?

• The creatures causing the power failure are from the Dark Ages.

• The residents have let their fear, rather than their reason, take over.

  
  

• People used candles during the Dark Ages.

• The space creatures may take the townspeople to a different time period.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

At the end of the play, it turns out that the real monster is...

Tommy's mind

the fear and prejudice of human minds

Charlie's behavior

Steve's mind

• Steve's mind

• The fear and prejudice of human minds

• Tommy's mind

• Charlie's behavior

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

What does idiosyncrasy mean when Steve says in this speech from Act II. "Go ahead, what's my wife said? Let's get it all out. Let's pick out every idiosyncrasy of every single man, woman, and child on the street. And then we might as well set up some kind of kangaroo court. How about a firing squad at dawn, Charlie, so we can get rid of all the suspects?"

A. disgust

amusement

odd mannerism

love

• amusement

• love

• disgust

• odd mannerism

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which statement best summarizes the theme of the play?

• Neighborhoods should be prepared for an invasion from outer space.

• When neighbors suspect one another, they can destroy their community.

• If everyone is suspected of being dangerous, then no one is dangerous.

• Good neighbors should not object to being observed by the police.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

The neighbors turned on each other and starting raising cain. What kind of figurative language is this an example of?

• simile

• imagery

• personification

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

At the end of the story, Click Clack, the reader is able to best to infer which of the following?

• The sister will also meet Click Clack

• The narrator is telling the story as a rattlebag

• The boy had a legitimate reason to be afraid of the dark.

• The sister will come home and wonder where her boyfriend went because they didn't leave a note.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6