"Dark They Were, And Golden-Eyed"

"The wind blew, whining."

This is an example of...

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"At any moment the Martian air might draw his soul from him, as marrow comes from a white bone."

What is being compared?

• A soul being taken from a body is being compared to marrow being taken from a bone

• Martians are being compared to bones

• Air is being compared to bones

• Souls are being compared to the color white

"their yellow hair hollered"

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"There was no answer but the racing hiss of wind."

The underlined word is an example of onomatopoeia because it...

• imitates a sound.

• compares two things.

• exaggerates.

• Makes the wind do a snake's action.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"They built a small white cottage and ate good breakfast there, but the fear was never gone. It lay with Mr. Bittering and Mrs. Bittering, a third unbidden partner at every midnight talk, at every dawn awakening."

Who/what is being compared to a third partner? What is laying in bed with the Bitterings?

• breakfast

• fear

• white cottage

• a scary person

"A river of wind submerged the house."

What image does this paint for readers?

• Wind is circling the entire house (like water would)

• Water is circling the entire house

• The house is flooded.

• The house is quiet.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

"When the windows ceased rattling, Mr. Bittering swallowed and looked at the children."

Type the onomatopoeia word.

(a)  

"the cinnamon dusts" - This line creates a pretty vivid picture for readings (dust is spread all over like cinnamon powder).

What is this an example of?

• imagery

• alliteration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

"Earth people left to the strangeness of Mars... to be baked like gingerbread shapes in Martian summers, put into harvested storage by Martian winters."

What is being compared to what?

• Humans (Earth) to cookies

• Martians (aliens) to cookies

• Mars to cookies

• Strangeness to cookies

"Earth people left to the strangeness of Mars... to be baked like gingerbread shapes in Martian summers, put into harvested storage by Martian winters."

Based on the word being used to compare, this must be a...

• simile

• metaphor

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