Milestone ELA

Setting is defined as the _______ and _______ of the story.

• tone and place
• time and place
• tone and plot
• time and plot

Which word accurately describes the son's tone in the following dialogue? 
Father: We are going to Disney World! 
Son: Yay!!!! 

• irritated
• annoyed
• uninterested
• ecstatic

What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

• Humorous
• Persuasive
• Anxious
• Cheerful

What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

• Ironic
• Informational
• Joyful
• Dramatic

What type of figurative language is shown?
Pansy pranced playfully around the playground.

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• oxymoron

What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.

• personification
• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile

What is an onomatopoeia?

• a word that resembles the sound it makes
• comparing two things using "like" or "as"
• a dramatic exaggeration
• comparing two things by saying one is the other

What is theme?

• A summary of the story

• repeating the same inital sound in neighboring words

• The authors attitude towards the topic

• The lesson / moral learned from the character or events

What is tone?

• simile

• The authors attitude towards the topic, the sound of the text

• what the text is all about

• the lesson / moral of the text

What is the theme of this story? 

• Don't be greedy.
• Work together.
• Respect your elders. 
• Don't steal.