Show not Tell Homework Quiz
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English
7th - 9th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
"I went to the grocery store."
Which of the following sentences best shows your meaning instead of just telling it?
I went to the grocery store.
Ingredient list in hand, I went to the grocery store, excited at all the dinner possibilities.
Today, I went shopping.
I needed some groceries, so I went to pick up some.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
"I like ice cream."
Which of the following sentences best shows your meaning instead of just telling it?
The thought of eating ice cream makes me drool.
I eat ice cream every day.
I really, really love ice cream.
Ice cream is my favorite food.
Tags
CCSS.W.7.3D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
"Everyone knows that the house is haunted."
Which of the following sentences best shows your meaning instead of just telling it?
My friends and I have never entered the haunted house because we are scared.
My neighbors said the house was haunted.
No one dares to enter the old, abandoned house for fear of what may lurk inside.
I heard there might be ghosts inside that old house.
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
When a writer uses descriptive language, how does it affect the reader?
The reader can memorize the text.
The reader feels the text come to life.
The reader gets bored and stops reading.
The reader gets confused and has to reread.
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CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
How can we SHOW a character's feelings?
use words like angry, sad. happy
describe what goes on INSIDE the character
describe what we can see OUTSIDE
the character
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
How can we describe what we can see on the OUTSIDE of a character?
thoughts
actions
facial expression
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Which phrases can you use to show "afraid"
legs were weak
frozen with fear
bursting with excitement
heart sank
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
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