FAST Review

Which figurative device is found in the sentence below?

The child bounced the ball at the backyard barbeque all afternoon.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Analogy

• Alliteration

Answer explanation

Notice the closely connected words all start with the same letter/sound. B

bounced the ball at the backyard

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following is an example of a Metaphor?

• Sleep like a bear tonight.

• Her eyes were diamonds.

• I can run as fast as a cheetah.

• Music sounds nice during dinnertime.

Answer explanation

Eyes = Diamonds

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What comes first in a story according to the plot diagram?

• Resolution

• Falling Action

• Dialogue

• Exposition

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What does connotative meaning mean?

• The suggested meaning

• The dictionary meaning

• How the reader interprets a word

• There's no such thing as connotative meaning

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which pronouns are First Person

• You

• She, He, Them

• I, Me, We, Us

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

What is character development?

• The way a character's actions, attitude, and ideas change throughout a story

• The name that is given to a character

• The way a character is viewed by the reader

• How a character visually looks in a story

Answer explanation

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the author's intention for his/her writing: to persuade, inform, explain, or entertain.

• Compare and Contrast

• Author's Purpose

• Cause and Effect

• Objective Summary

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

the main argument made by an author; supported by reasons and evidence.

• Sound

• Denotation

• Claim

• Connotation

TONE is the writer's ...

• topic

• central idea

• subject

• attitude

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the lesson, universal concept, or underlying meaning of a literary passage

• Plot

• Theme

• Summary

• Central Idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3