from Mississippi Solo Reading Check

What element reveals that this selection is a memoir?

• figurative language

• sequence of events

• first-person pronouns

• sentence fragments

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What evidence in the text supports inferences about the author's past?

• “Too many marvelous days in a row and you begin to get used to it.”

• “I guess I'd had enough hard days to last me for a while.”

• “Each change had something to say, and I listened to the river.”

• “Nothing else mattered then. Going someplace or not.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The author regards the river as

• a friend.

• an obstacle.

• an inspiration.

• a threat.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

How did the author first know that a storm was approaching?

• The river was changing colors.

• The river whispered to him, “Get ready.”

• He felt the river dip down and up.

• He passed through a pocket of thin dry air.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following is an example of the author's use of simile?

• “The river kept me company and kept me satisfied. Nothing else mattered.”

• “I passed through the far curtain of the insulated air.”

• “The tips of the trees bent way over . . . like fishing rods hooked on a big one.”

• “The trees swooshed loudly as the leaves and branches brushed hard together.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

As the storm approached, the author intended to head for shore. Why did he turn into the trees instead?

• He thought that the trees would provide better shelter.

• He was afraid there would not be time to reach the shore.

• The river “spoke” to him and grabbed the end of his canoe.

• The shoreline had been pushed back through the trees.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

An avalanche moves

• slowly.

• haltingly.

• smoothly.

• rapidly.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When you insulate something, you

• move it to another location.

• keep heat from passing through it.

• fill it with water.

• make it more important.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

To splinter means to

• break up.

• join together.

• bend over.

• make a loud noise.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Something that is ethereal is

• heavy and solid.

• cold and wet.

• light and airy.

• loud and noisy.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4