Which literary device is found below?

"They're like bugs," my father says. "They're not too smart, but there's lots of them and they keep at it."

• Simile

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What literary device is found below?

"Most of the inside walls are gone, and you can see where the center beam was chewed by the fire."

• simile

• imagery

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What did Loretta use the boiler for when she was in the basement?

• to heat up the room

• to free Max from the rope

• to increase the hot water in order to take a shower

• to bang on it to make noise and alert the police

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

What did Max reveal when his father was hurting Loretta?

• that he wanted to go home

• that he saw his father hurt his mother

• that he thought Iggy was involved in his kidnapping

• that he really wanted to go on a trip with his father

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

How did Max get out of the basement?

• Loretta pulled him through an open window.

• Freak hit Max's father with a baseball bat.

• Loretta screamed loudly and the police found them.

• Freak shot Max's father with a liquid mixture and they ran.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What literary device is found below?

"I'm sitting there in the snow squinting up at Iggy and all these cops, there must be a million cops..."

• Simile

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What literary device is found below?

"It all goes to show, like Grim says, that you can't always judge a book by the cover."

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which element of plot is going on below?

"But you've got a brain of your own, haven't you dear?" Yeah, right.

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Answer explanation

Since Max still thinks that he is dumb, which is the conflict, the climax hasn’t happened yet. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

If the novel were written from Loretta’s point of view, what would the reader probably learn? 

• Why Max’s father came to her house. 

• Why Iggy loves her so much. 

• Why Max’s father dislikes her. 

• Why she drinks so much. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why didn’t Max go to court? 

• His father got away from the police. 

• His father plead guilty to the crimes. 

• He was excused because he got hurt. 

• He didn’t want to testify against his father. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2