Reading Fiction

What is number 6 on the plot diagram?

• exposition

• resolution

• falling action

Conversation between two or more characters in a story.

• dialogue

• setting

• exposition

The use of clues or hints to suggest something is going to happen in the future is called ....

• foreshadow

• flashback

The ice sculptor’s hands fluttered like hummingbird wings.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

Which figurative language is this an example of: When Sally looked outside she saw a blanket of snow.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor 

Thunder grumbled and raindrops reported for duty.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.

• She talks really loudly.

• She gets really angry. 

• She spits when she talks. 

What is the meaning of this metaphor?

Ms. Watson is really a bear in the morning before her coffee!

• Ms. Watson pretends to be a bear every morning.

• Ms. Watson dresses like a bear.

• Secretly, Ms. Watson really IS a bear!

• Ms. Watson is really grouchy, like a bear, before she has her coffee.

The baby was like an octopus, pulling all the socks off the rack at the store.
What is the meaning of the simile above?

• The baby had 8 legs.

• The baby lives in the sea.

• The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs.

• The baby was sleeping. 

What is the theme of this story? 

• Don't be greedy.

• Work together.

• Respect your elders. 

• Don't steal.