Journey's Lesson 5: "Stormalong"

Read this sentence from the passage:

But all the time Stormy was watering, hoeing, picking, and planting, he knew he still had not found a home.

What does the sentence above reveal about the passage?

• It is a scene from a play.

• It is a tall tale from New England.

• It is told in first person point of view.

• It is told in third-person point of view.

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

Read this sentence from the passage:

A giant baby three fathoms tall----or eighteen feet!----was crawling across the sand, crying in a voice as loud as a foghorn.

Why is the sentence above an example of hyperbole?

• because is contains a comparison

• because it contains a wild exaggeration

• because it introduces the main character

• because it uses third-person point of view

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

How does Stormy feel as a child growing up on Cape Cod?

• He wishes he had his own ship.

• He wishes he could grow taller.

• He wishes he would get more attention.

• He wishes he could be like everyone else.

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which text from the passage shows that Stormy loves the ocean?

• "...folks used to say he had salt water in his veins."

• "...all the Yankee clipper news wanted to sail with them."

• "...no ship, not even The Lady of the Sea, was big enough for him.

• "...foldks always guessed he wa a sailor and asked him questions about the sea."

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Why is Stormy disappointed when he arrives in Boston?

• It is not far enough away from the sea.

• The only job he can find is being a cabin boy.

• People recognize him and ask him for favors.

• The building are the same size as the ones in Cape Cod.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

When do the sailors on The Lady of the Sea begin to accept Stormy?

• when they find him sleeping in a rowboat

• when he teaches the sailors new sea songs

• when the captain first hires him as a cabin boy

• when he fights a giant octopus for the ship's anchor

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4