Summer of the Mariposas Chapter 1

Read the following sentence:

"His thick tresses floated loosely around his head like the black tentacles of a sea monster."

What type of figurative language is this an example of?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Whose perspective is this story told from?

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What is the definition of chastised?

• scolded

• cried

• lifted

• ran away

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the following sentence:

"I was sure the rumors were grossly exaggerated, but we had no way to know one way or the other."

What type of a sentence is this?

• complex sentence

• run-on sentence

• compound sentence

• sentence fragment

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Reorder the sisters from youngest to oldest

• Juanita

• Odilia

• Pita

• Velia & Delia

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3