RL.6.4 Review

What is the meaning of the word "contrariness" in paragraph 1?

• contentment

• happiness

• intelligence

• stubbornness

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the sentences below from paragraph 5.

"Thick as the ivy hung, it nearly all was a loose and swinging curtain, though some had crept over wood and iron. Mary's heart began to thump, and her hands began to shake a little in her delight and excitement."

Select two ways the author uses figurative language to convey meaning in these sentences.

• The author uses a simile to emphasize that Mary is very nervous.

• The author uses an idiom to depict the familiarity of contact with nature.

• The author uses onomatopoeia to communicate the emotion Mary feels.  

• The author uses hyperbole to exaggerate how overgrown the plants are.

• The author uses personification to describe the mysterious nature of the ivy.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the sentence for paragraph 4.

"Mary had stepped close to the robin, and suddenly the gust of wind swung aside some loose ivy trails, and more suddenly still she jumped toward it and caught it in her hand."

Which tone is conveyed through the author’s use of the words suddenly and more suddenly still?

• amusement

• excitement

• light-heartedness

• seriousness

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CCSS.RL.6.4

Which tone is conveyed on paragraph 8?

• amazement

• skepticism

• suspicion

• terror

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CCSS.RL.6.4

Which detail from paragraph 8 supports the tone?

• "slipped through"

• "shut it behind her"

• 
  "with her back against it"

• "breathing quite fast"

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

In paragraph 5 the word twittering means the same as

• alerting

• chirping

• whining

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Select two phrases from paragraph 7 that contribute to a tone of isolation.

• "And then she took a long breath"

• "No one was coming"

• "No one ever did come, it seemed"

• "because she could not help it"

• "held back the swinging curtain of ivy"

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which word could replace the word obliged as it is used in paragraph 2?

• compromised

• encouraged

• forced

• told

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the sentence below from paragraph 4.

The robin flew from his swinging spray of ivy on to the top of the wall, and he opened his beak and sang a loud, lovely trill, merely to show off.

What does spray mean as it is used in this passage?

• a decorative, flat, flower arrangement

• an arrangement of brightly-colored gems

• a thick branch or shoot with its leaves

• a jet of fine water particles blown into the air

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read paragraph 5 below.

She put her hands under the leaves and began to pull and push them aside. Thick as the ivy hung, it nearly all was a loose and swinging curtain, though some had crept over wood and iron. Mary's heart began to thump, and her hands began to shake a little in her delight and excitement. The robin kept singing and twittering away and tilting his head on one side, as if he were as excited as she was. What was this under her hands which was square and made of iron and which her fingers found a hole in?

Which two phrases from the paragraph help you understand the meaning of swinging curtain?

• "put her hands under the leaves"

• "pull and push them aside"

• "thick as the ivy hung"

• "crept over wood and iron"

• "singing and twittering away"

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4