The Veldt

"a wind sucked them like brown leaves" is an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"...the walls began to purr..." is an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"‘Children are carpets, they should be stepped on occasionally" is an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The Veldt is written in which person?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

Finding the wallet with blood on it is an example of

• simile

• foreshadowing

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of these animals foreshadow death?

• vultures

• zebras

• giraffes

• lions

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of these describes the theme of a story?

• the main idea

• the last paragraph

• a universal lesson or moral

• the conflict

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which word means an African grassland?

• paranoia

• jaunt

• awry

• veldt

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A sense that others are "out to get you" is called

• persecuted

• paranoia

• engrossed

• thatched

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A short trip is called a

• jaunt

• veldt

• conjure

• awry

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4