Out of the Dust

What type of figurative language is used in the following passage: I glare at Ma's back with a scowl foul as maggoty stew.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

What type of figurative language is used in the following passage: The smoke choked everything in its path.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What type of figurative language is used in the following passage: Ma was a column of fire.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

Where does the story take place?

• Kansas

• Oklahoma

• Texas

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

In which era does the story take place?

• The Great Depression

• World War II

• Prohibition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What are the two things Billie Jo likes most?

• Violin and pie

• Piano and pudding

• Piano and apples

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What ailment plagued the people living in the Dust Bowl?

• dust pneumonia

• consumption

• cancer

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What caused the Dust Bowl?

• excessive plowing and cultivation

• drought and erosion

• Both answers are correct

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why did they place the glasses and plates upside down on the table before dinner?

• They liked the way they looked

• To keep them from getting dusty

• They didn't have any food or water

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

What started the fire?

• a pail of kerosene

• an old stove

• a lightning storm

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1