Week 4: Four Skinny Trees

What is the point of view of the narrator?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

• I still don't understand what 'point of view' means.

The author’s choice of this point of view helps the author

• focus only on quotes by other people

• distract the reader

• describe only the setting better

• share his or her thoughts, feelings, and ideas directly with the reader

How does the author describe her relationship with the four skinny trees?

• They both are very popular

• They do not understand each other

• They understand each other

• They both love rain

Read the following excerpts from the selection:

“Four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows …”

“...they grow down and grab the earth between their hairy toes and bite the sky with violent teeth”

What type of figurative language is used?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

The author uses the figurative language in the previous question to

• compare two things

• convey how something sounds using words

• exaggerate something for effect

• give human qualities to nonhuman things

The four skinny trees most likely symbolize…

• loneliness

• hope

• forgiveness

• All of the above

Read the following excerpt from the selection:

“they'd all droop like tulips in a glass”

What type of figurative language is used?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

The author uses the figurative language in the previous question to

• compare two things

• convey how something sounds using words

• exaggerate something for effect

• give human qualities to nonhuman things

What does the line "four skinny trees who grew despite concrete" mean and why is it important to the message of the chapter?

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How well did you understand the text, "Four Skinny Trees?"

• I didn't understand the text at all.

• I only understood the text a little bit.

• I understood the text pretty well.

• I completely understood the text for the most part.