The Iron Man Chapter 4

"The moon peered fearfully from low on the skyline..."

What figurative technique is used in this sentence?

• personification

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"It would be like an express train hitting a bowl of goldfish"

What type of figurative language is this?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What country did the space-bat-angel-dragon land on?

• Australia

• Austria

• Italy

• Russia

What did the space-bat-angel-dragon want?

• to collect treasure

• to eat living things

• human servants

• to eat animals

How does Hogarth know the Iron Man understands him?

• The Iron Man talks

• The Iron Man's eyes change colour

• Hogarth and the Iron Man can read each other's minds

• Hogarth does not know whether the Iron Man can hear him

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

"In the middle of the giant star, a tiny black speck appeared."

In the middle of the giant star is an adverbial phrase of...

• time

• place

• manner

• frequency

True or false?

Human weapons have no effect on the space-bat-angel-dragon

• True

• False

space-bat-angel-dragon

What is the name of the punctuation mark used?

• hyphen

• dash

• ellipsis

• semicolon

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

"But all of a sudden — a strange thing!"

What is the purpose of the dash in this sentence?

• signal a dramatic pause before a climax

• provide additional information

• an aside or comment

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The shock of its landing rolled round the earth like an earthquake, ... jolting pictures off walls in California"

What is the meaning of the word jolt as it is used in this sentence?

• shake something abruptly and roughly

• to surprise and shock someone in order to make them do something

• a sudden burst of electricity

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4