Where the Red Fern Grows Figurative Language

“By the time I had reached the river, every nerve in my body was drawn up as tight as a fiddlestring." Identify the figurative language.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

In "Where the Red Fern Grows" the story starts in present day and then went back in time. What literary device is that called?

• foreward

• Prequel

• flashback

• epilogue

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Before the echo had died away the deep "Ou-u-u-u" of Old Dan rolled out of the river bottoms. Identify the figurative language.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Identify the figurative language in the sentence: 'The wind whispered secrets through the trees.'

• A) metaphor

• B) personification

• C) simile

• D) hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

In 'Where the Red Fern Grows', Billy's determination is often compared to a steel trap. What type of figurative language is this?

• A) simile

• B) metaphor

• C) hyperbole

• D) personification

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What literary device is used when the author gives human characteristics to non-human objects, as seen in 'The leaves danced in the wind'?

• A) metaphor

• B) simile

• C) personification

• D) hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

In 'Where the Red Fern Grows', the phrase 'as brave as a lion' is an example of which figurative language?

• A) metaphor

• B) simile

• C) personification

• D) onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which figurative language is used in the sentence: 'The thunder grumbled like an old man'?

• A) simile

• B) metaphor

• C) personification

• D) onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

In 'Where the Red Fern Grows', the phrase 'the night was a blanket of darkness' is an example of what figurative language?

• A) simile

• B) metaphor

• C) personification

• D) hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What type of figurative language is used in 'The river was a mirror reflecting the sky'?

• A) simile

• B) metaphor

• C) personification

• D) hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3