Romeo and Juliet
Writing
Lexile Testing
At Dusk
Figurative Language
100

In a Prologue, the purpose of the Chorus is this.

What is to introduce the story line.

100

The five steps of the writing process are these (in order).

What are prewrite, rough draft, revise, edit, and publish?

100

This is the Lexile range for 9th graders. You can get to it with daily practice!

What is 1050 - 1260?

100

In the poem At Dusk, the fireflies are described as this type of planetary phenomenon.

What is a constellation?

100

This is how the author feels about the text.

What is tone?

200

Juliet thinks she and Romeo are falling in love too....

What is quickly?

200

This kind of organizer can help arrange your thoughts before beginning the rough draft step.

What is graphic?

200

This is the number of minutes per day you should spend reading in order to increase your comprehension and Lexile score.

What is 20 minutes per day?

200

The word "constellation" was used because the fireflies twinkled like these celestial beings.

What are stars?

200

This is how the author wants the reader to feel about the text.

What is mood?

300

The Prince does this to punish Romeo.

What is banishment?

300
Updating punctuation, fonts, and paper style happens during this step of the process.

What is editing?

300
True or False:  you have to love reading and writing to become good at either one.

What is false?

300

The theme of the poem At Dusk is this.

What is "Our words connect us to each other."?

300

A recipe has this kind of tone.

What is instructional?

400

She find Juliet on the morning of her wedding. Everyone thinks Juliet is dead!

Who is Nurse?

400

This is the final step of the process, and cannot be undone once it happens.

What is publishing?

400

Lexile test are taken during these three seasons.

What are Fall, Winter, and Spring?

400

This Poet Laureate wrote the poem At Dusk.

Who is Natasha Tretheway?
400

This is a comparison using like or as.

What is a simile?

500

Juliet kisses Romeo in the tomb so that she can do this.

Drink the poison and die with Romeo.

500

These two paragraphs are at the beginning and the end of the essay.

What are the introduction and the conclusion?

500

This is the amount of growth we expected during each school year.

What is at least one year's growth?

500

When an introduction gives information about an author's awards, it should make the reader do this?

What is understand that the author is a decorated writer?

500

"The wind scratched at the window," is an example of this type of literary device.

What is personification?