Prepositions/Personification
What is being personified in the sentence below:
The flowers begged for water.
Flowers
Identify if the following is a fragment or a sentence;
A fine idea.
Write the correct MLA citation for the sentence below;
“There are so many ways to be brave in this world” from Allegiant page 108 by Veronica Roth
(Roth 108).
Luis’s father gets a teaching job in Reseda, which seems like a turning point for the family. The situation doesn’t go as expected, what happens to Luis’s father and why?
He gets fired because his accent is to heavy and the other students can't understand him
Why doesn't Licha (the girl Luis went to jail for defending) want a relationship with him?
He is too young
What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below;
I found the answers to the test on the internet.
On the internet
Identify if the following is a sentence or fragment;
Don’t ever talk to me again.
Sentence
What type of figurative language is shown in the sentences below;
The teacher was as cold as ice.
Simile
Describe Luis’s treatment of his teachers during his time at Garvey Middle School.
They cut off the shop teacher's finger and kept it in their locker, they threw books and materials out the window, they would verbally harass their teachers
Why didn't the relationship work out between Roberta and Luis?
She was a prostitute
What is being personified in the sentence below;
My computer hates me.
The computer
Does the sentence show indirect or direct characterization;
He was the nicest boy in the school.
Direct
What type of figurative language is shown in the sentence below;
I let out a silent scream as the cat walked through the door with a dead bird.
Oxymoron
What happens to Luis when he intervenes with a woman being beaten near the end of the novel?
He gets arrested and put in jail
What is the name of the role model that Luis turns to at the community center?
Chente
Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence below;
I put my purse under my jacket.
Under my jacket
Does the sentence show direct or indirect characterization;
Her clothes were ripped, she hadn’t showered in three days, and a foul smell followed her wherever she went.
Indirect
What type of figurative language is shown in the sentence below;
If I can’t get a smartphone I will die.
Hyperbole
Luis was very proud of how well he did at his first job. What was his first job?
Selling newspapers
Now that Luis has been expelled he spends his time in a very unhealthy and unsafe way. What does Luis start doing?
He starts sniffing
Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence below;
She put the notebook in her backpack
In her backpack
He exhaled and cried as he tried to fit into his jeans, but the button would not close.
Indirect
Write the correct MLA citation for the following;
On page 55 of Green and Levithan’s novel, Will Grayson, Will Grayson, “Some people have lives; some people have music”
(Green and Levithan 55).
In the novel, who is Mr. Madison?
The principal
What happens to Wilo and Payasa after they move away?
Wilo gets killed and stuffed in a trash can and Payasa gets married and has a baby