The Lorax

What are two characteristics to describe the Once-ler?

• greedy

• optimistic

• arrogant

• winsome

Read the quote in the image. What is this an example of? Select ALL the correct answers.

• theme

• moral

• lesson

• main idea

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

What is the author's purpose for writing the story?

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to describe

• to inform

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.2

What are two words to describe the Lorax?

• determined

• advocate

• imaginative

• inventive

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CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.4

"And with great skillfull skill and with great speedy speed, I took the soft tuft. And I knitted a Thneed!" Is an example of what figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"He was shortish. And oldish. And brownish. An mossy. And he spoke with a voice that was sharpish and bossy." This is an example of what type of organizational pattern (if this was non-fiction...)

• cause & effect

• description

• problem & solution

• sequence

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CCSS.RL.6.5

"ga-ZUMP!" is an example of...

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"They'll walk on their fins and get woefully weary in search of some water that isn't so smeary." What two examples of figurative language is employed here?

• simile & metaphor

• metaphor & personification

• personification & alliteration

• alliteration & onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is a correct summary of the plot?

• The Lorax is about an advocate for the trees who tries to stop the Once-ler from destroying the forest and wrecking the environment.

• The Lorax is about an evil creature who tries to stop the Once-ler from being a successful businessman.

• The Lorax is about a type of laundry detergent that doesn't work when Tremel tries to wash his clothes.

• The Lorax is about Jonah the Lorax who pops out of trees to terrorize the creatures who live among the Truffula Trees.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

What does the author most likely want the reader to do? Select all answers.

• Don't chop down trees

• Make a business without using raw materials

• Have more respect for the environment

• Consider what destroying the environment will do to the ecosystem.

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CCSS.RI.6.6