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The Chaser by John Collier

Authored by Kerry Coffman

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 23+ times

The Chaser by John Collier
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The phrase "as nervous as a kitten" is and example of what type of figurate language?

hyperbole

simile

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The phrase "dark and creaky" stairs is an example of what type of literary device?

Imagery

foreshadowing

flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The sentences, a tiny room, which

contained no furniture but a plain kitchen table, a rocking-chair, and an ordinary chair. On

one of the dirty buff-colored walls were a couple of shelves, containing in all perhaps a

dozen bottles and jars" describe the

conflict

setting

characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The word article has multiple meanings. What does it mean in the following sentence?


"Please a customer with one article, and he will

come back when he needs another.

a text in a magazine

a text in Newsela

a thing

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Indifference means "not caring about". What does the word devotion mean?

"For indifference," said the old man, they substitute devotion."

caring about sometimes

caring about all the time

not caring about

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the word dear mean in the sentence below?


"And how much," said Alan, "is this wonderful mixture?"

"It is not as dear," said the old man,

to say hello

an animal with four legs

expensive

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the prefix -im mean?

"...almost tasteless, quite imperceptible in coffee"

always

not

before

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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