Out of the Dust Winter 1934

Billie Jo physically resembles her ______ but plays piano like her ________.

• daddy, ma

• ma, daddy

• daddy, Arley Wanderdale

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.W.5.9B

"...Great Uncle Floyd, old as ancient Indian bones, and mean as a rattler..." is an example of

• similes

• metaphors

• personification

Because Billie Jo does not buy sheet music with the extra change, the reader can infer that she is

• rebellious

• sneaky

• trustworthy

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

"...lightning danced on spindly legs..." is an example of

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

The two things that Billie Jo most loves are

• apples and playing piano

• apples and driving the tractor

• driving the tractor and playing the piano

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

Billie Jo's family will soon change due to

• Livie moving in with them

• Ma expecting a baby

• Great Uncle Floyd passing away

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

The restless children were hopping about like kernels in a corn popper.
What figure of speech is this an example of?

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The book was a spaceship that transported him to strange new worlds.
What figure of speech is this?

• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The thunder roared and the lightning cracked during the storm.
What type of figurative language is this?

• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things
• Words that sound like sounds
• Comparing two things using like or as
• Exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4