I Survived The Great Chicago Fire: Ch 5 and 6

A good title for Chapter 5 would be ____.

• Money for Food

• Racing into a Fire

• Jennie and Bruno's House

• Brave Like Papa

The author of I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871, Lauren Tarshis, most likely wrote the book _______________.

• to appeal to fantasy and imagination

• to encourage children not to play with fire

• to criticize the actions of others

• to arouse strong emotions in the reader

Which sentence does not belong?

• Oscar's face burned.

• When he looked up to see what was caused the stinging on his face, he saw sparks flying through the air.

• Oscar thought the sparks looked like red snowflakes.

• Then Oscar's clothes caught fire.

• He had to lie on the ground and roll to put them out.

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CCSS.RL.3.5

Which statements from I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 are opinions?

• "Bruno," she called out as she went inside. "I'm back! Bruno."

• Must be one of the thugs, Oscar thought.

• He saw a piece of jagged wood lying on the ground. He grabbed it.

• It would make a decent weapon, just in case.

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CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

Both Chapter 5 and 6 end with ______.

• sound devices (alliteration, rhyme, onomatopoeia)

• cliffhangers (situations that are very exciting because what is going to happen next is not known)

• figurative language (metaphors, similes, personification)

• sensory details (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell)

What is the last event to occur?

• Oscar learns the girl's name is Jennie and that she is an orphan.

• Sparks catch Oscar's clothes on fire.

• Oscar sees the girl in the yellow cap and follows her.

• Oscar throws down his stick weapon.

• Wood smashes into Jennie's house.