DOL 1/10 LOVALL

Read the text. "When he snored, the neighbors ran out of their houses hollering, 'Earthquake! Earthquake!'" The author includes this sentence to –

• show Paul snored

• exaggerate Paul’s size

• tell the actions of the neighbors

• exaggerate the house’s strength

Read the text.

" It was called the Winter of the Big Blue Snow because it was so cold that everyone shivered and turned blue. Even the snow shivered and turned blue."

The author includes this sentence to ________________________.

• show how cold it was
• exaggerate the snowfall
• tell the actions of Paul
• show how deep the snow was

Read the text.

"big, blue, furry ears on a blue ox"

Of which type of language is this an example?

• literal

• descriptive

• figurative

Read the text. Lars and Pete would grease up the pan by tying slabs of bacon to their feet and skating back and forth across the sizzling pan. Of which type of language is this an example?

a. Literal

b. Descriptive

c. Figurative

• a. Literal

• b. Descriptive

• c. Figurative

• blind

• blend

• bind

• bend

This is a _____.