Out of the Dust final test

What two things are being compared in the following simile?

"On Sunday/winds came/bringing a red dust/like prairie fire"

• dust and fire

• fire and winds

• winds and dust

• prairie and fire

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the meaning of the following simile?

"It wasn't until the dust turned toward the house/like a fired locomotive/and I fled/barefoot and breathless, back inside"

• It means the dust came toward the house very forcefully

• It means the dust blew gently toward the house

• It means the dust was in the shape of a train as it blew toward the house

• It means the train conductor blew his horn as a warning the dust was coming

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

"It wasn't until the dust/hissed against the windows"

• personification

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Match the following

• Personification

• Gives human qualities to non-human things or animals

• Metaphor

• Uses the 5 senses to paint a picture in the readers mind

• Imagery

• Compares two unlike things but does use like or as

• Simile

• Compares two unlike things but does not use like or as

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

How does the poet use personification in the following lines?

"The night sky kept flashing/lightening danced down on its spindly legs"

• The poet gives lightening human qualities to show how the lightening was striking all around her

• The poet gives the night human qualities to show how dark the sky looked

• The poet gives the legs human qualities to show how they were dancing

• The poet gives the sky human qualities to show how beautiful the night sky looked

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the meaning of the following metaphor?

"That is heaven/How supremely/heaven/playing piano/can be"

• Playing piano makes Billie Jo feel dead

• Billie Jo truly loves playing piano

• Playing piano makes Billie Jo want to go to heaven

• Billie Jo hears angels playing the piano from heaven

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which piece of evidence from the novel is the best use of imagery?

• She isn't much to look at/so long and skinny/her teeth poor/her dark hair always needing a wash

• I'm not half so good with my crazy playing/as she is with her fine tunes

• The stove clanked in the corner/ as Mr. Hardly filled Ma's order

• We haven't had a good crop in three years/not since the bounty '31

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is the setting of Out of the Dust?

• New York City

• Oklahoma Panhandle

• Texas Panhandle

• Arizona

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does Billie Jo love to do?

• Play piano

• Farming with dad

• Eating oranges

• Playing the violin

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

How did Billie Jo burn her hands?

• A campfire

• a pail of burning kerosene

• A pal of burning gasoline

• On the stove

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1