Long Way Down - Reading Check #1 (1-70)

William's name to those who "know him" is ____________.

• Willy

• Will

• Shawn

• William

One characterization for William is ____________.

• Will is 14 years old.

• Will is 15 years old.

• Will is 16 years old.

• Will is 17 years old.

What are the three rules that most characters in LWD follow?

Select all that apply.

• no crying

• no laughing

• no gymnastics

• no snitching

• take revenge

What type of figurative language is the following sentence?

“Beef gets passed down like name-brand T-shirts around here. Always too big. Never ironed out. Gets inherited like a trunk of fool’s gold or a treasure map leading to nowhere”

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

Fill in the blank. Explain the following figurative language.

“Beef gets passed down like name-brand T-shirts around here. Always too big. Never ironed out. Gets inherited like a trunk of fool’s gold or a treasure map leading to nowhere”

Beef are problems. Beef is being compared with _____________.

What type of figurative language is the following sentence?

“Shawn’s face a candle, melted wax, flame flickering out”.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

Fill in the blank. Explain the following figurative language.

“Shawn’s face a candle, melted wax, flame flickering out.”

Shawn's face is being compared to a ___________. (One word)

Reorder the following into chronological order.

• Will's brother was killed in the streets.

• Will is feeling pain and guilt

• Shawn teaches Will how to do a Penny drop

• Will plans to take revenge.

• Shawn goes to the store to get soap

"My stomach jumped into my chest"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Assonance

"The ground opened up and ate me."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification