The Jacket- By Gary Soto

How does the author describe the color of the jacket?

• Pink bubblegum

• Ripe guacamole

• Day old guacamole

• yellow

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The Jacket is a personal narrative told in first person point of view.

• true

• false

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"The girls blew away like flowers to follow the boys in neat jackets." This is an example of a

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.5

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The faces of clouds were piled up high, hurting.

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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Based on the text, "I kicked a ball against the fence, and then climbed it to sit looking in the alley," the reader can infer that the narrator lives

• in a school

• in the country

• in the city

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The narrator blames his jacket on all EXCEPT

• not having a girlfriend

• cursing at his brother

• getting bad grades

• getting picked on by the playground terrorist

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"I wanted to cry because it was so ugly and so big that I knew I'd have to wear it for a long time." This sentence supports the idea that

• the narrator is in sixth grade

• the narrator hates his mom

• the narrator's family does not have a lot of money

• the narrator's mother didn't care

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CCSS.RI.6.1

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CCSS.RL.7.2

An example of a vivid verb is

• swooped

• eat

• said

• met

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What is a simile?

• Giving human characteristics to a non-living thing

• Comparing two unlike things not using like/as

• Comparing two unlike things using like/as

• Extreme exaggeration

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

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CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of jacket did Gary Soto tell his mother he wanted?

• green vinyl

• brown leather

• day old guacamole colored vinyl

• black leather

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3