Wednesday- Wind Storm

Read these sentence from paragraph 7.

"From the west, cool air blew in from the mountains. We hugged towels around our shoulders and raced to the house."

What can you infer about the story based on the imagery?

• The family is terrified of storm.

• The boys are worried about losing their towels.

• The boys like compete in races against one another.

• The change in weather caught the boys by surprise.

Which detail from the passage uses figurative language?

• We all jumped off the raft and started swimming.

• We all huddled in front of the fire- my father, my brothers, and I.

• Trees, like shipwrecks, lay abandoned along the shore.

• We all dove off the dock into clear, still water and swam to the raft.

Which description appeals to the reader's sense of hearing?

• Clouds hung low in the sky.

• It fed the flames and made them roar.

• Only its fallen trunk remained.

• We all dove off the dock into clear, still water...

Read this sentence from paragraph 8.

"That night, the skies howled."

Which type of figurative language does the sentence include?

• simimle

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Which example of imagery is the best clue for the reader that the trees surround the house?

• From the west, cool air blew in from the mountains.

• Branches sharpened their tips against the glass.

• Huge gusts ripped branches off trees with cracks like lightening.

• Trees, like shipwrecks, lay abandoned along the shore.

Read the sentence from paragraph 3.

"Waves splashed against my face, and water got up my nose."

The details in the sentence appeal mostly to the sense of-

• taste

• touch

• sound

• smell

Read the sentence from paragraph 10.

"Huge gusts ripped branches off trees with cracks like lightning."

Why does the author compare the sound of the tree branches breaking with the sound of lightning?

• She wants to use a literal description of the sound.

• The tree branches are broken off by bolts of lightning?

• She wants to show readers that the main character had been in storms before.

• She wants readers to be able to imagine what the storm sounds like.

Which phrase uses alliteration?

• yelled across the water

• the windows rattled

• Faster than riding on the train

• chased a chipmunk

Which of the following images from the passage best supports the message that even though scary things happen, things will get better?

• Clouds hung low in the sky. Tree-tops- whipped back and forth in the wind.

• I kept my eye on my swimming tree, the tall pine I always kept in sight...

• The house shook, and the windows rattled. Branches sharpened their tips against the glass.

• There, in a spotlight of sun, a small pine, just a puffball of green needles, shook softly in the breeze.

What is sound device is Mrs. Ross's favorite?

• Alliteration

• onomatopeia