The Veldt Comprehension Check

"a wind sucked them like brown leaves" is an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"...the walls began to purr..." is an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"‘Children are carpets, they should be stepped on occasionally" is an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The Veldt is written in which person?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

Finding the wallet with blood on it is an example of

• simile

• foreshadowing

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which of these animals foreshadow death?

• vultures

• zebras

• giraffes

• lions

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of these describes the theme of a story?

• the main idea

• the last paragraph

• a universal lesson or moral

• the conflict

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which word means an African grassland?

• paranoia

• jaunt

• awry

• veldt

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A sense that others are "out to get you" is called

• persecuted

• paranoia

• engrossed

• thatched

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

New Word: If a question is VAGUE, it is

• a brief trip

• covered with straw

• unclear or uncertain

• no longer necessary or useful

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4