A Monster Calls Week 5

Stories are important. They can be more important than anything. If they carry the

• information

• lies

• ending

• truth

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Symbolism is

• a metaphor

• a literary technique where symbols have only one meaning

• a literary technique that uses symbols e.g., objects, words, people, places, or ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning

• a simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

If your mother can be healed the monster said, then the ____________ will do it

• yew tree

• treatment

• chemotherapy

• medicine

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A theme is

• a symbol

• the only possible meaning of a text

• a central, deeper meaning of a text

• a metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Conor felt suddenly light, like he was somehow starting to float in the air

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Simile

• Sense word

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Conor is in a state of _______________ over his mother's terminal illness

• denial

• acceptance

• peace

• certainty

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Conor's anger distances him from his friend

• Anton

• Lily

• Harry

• Sullivan

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

His classmates kept their distance from him too, like he was giving off a bad smell

• repetition

• simile

• metaphor

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

There he'd been again, with the horror and the falling, with the terrible, terrible thing that happened at the end.

• simile

• repetition

• sense word

• metaphor

The theme of Pinocchio is

• Lies are acceptable sometimes

• Dishonesty leads to trouble

• Love conquers all

• Never grow old

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2