HMH: This is Your Life Cycle

Who is the host for the show This is Your Life Cycle?

• Dahlia

• Fly Guy

• Bob Beetle

• Box Turtle

Dahlia has had encounters with all of these predators EXCEPT:

• turtles

• fish

• ducks

• sharks

Dahlia's mother deposited 800 eggs and she says afterwards, she just sat down and died. What type of figurative language is used in that statement?

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Simile

What adaptation allowed Dahlia to escape predators and to be a predator herself?

• Sharp teeth

• long antennaes

• poisonous bite

• water jet

What is the author's purpose of this story?

• To persuade

• To inform

• To entertain

When Dahlia's exoskeleton was splitting, what stage is this in her life cycle?

• Molting

• Larvae

• Egg

• Pupa

What is True about Dahlia? Check all that apply.

• She can fly over 75mph.

• She can fly forward and backward.

• Dahlia has 4 wings.

• Dahlia is one of the fastest insects on Earth.

• Dahlia's diet does not include insects.

What graphic feature does the author use to show Dahlia's life as a nymph?

• Maps

• Timeline

• Photographs

• Charts

What point of view is this story told?

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person

• 4th Person

At the end, the audience begins to gulp and gasp. These are examples of what figurative language?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia