ELA 8.1 Skills Check
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- Q1In the following excerpt, what type of conflict is displayed? "Darry wheeled around and slapped me [Ponyboy] so hard that it knocked me against the door" (50)man vs. societyman vs. natureman vs. manman vs. self60s
- Q2In the following passage, what type of conflict is displayed? "One morning I woke up earlier than usual. Johnny and I slept huddled together for warmth--Dally had been right when he said it would get cold where we were going" (76).man vs. societyman vs. selfman. vs. natureman vs. man60s
- Q3In the following excerpt, what type of conflict is displayed? "'I don't want to die now. It ain't long enough. Sixteen years ain't long enough. I wouldn't mind it so much if there wasn't so much stuff I ain't done yet and so many things I ain't seen. It's not fair'" (121).man vs. manman vs. societyman vs. selfman vs. nature60s
- Q4In the following passage, what type of conflict is displayed? "'Do you [Cherry] think your spying for us makes up for the fact that you're sitting their in a Corvette while my brother drops out of school to get a job?'" (139).man vs. societyman vs. natureman vs. manman vs. self60s
- Q5Which of the following lines is an example of foreshadowing?"I [Pony] ran home, trembling at the thought of facing Darry" (49)."'I couldn't use this,' I said, dropping the pop bottle. 'I couldn't ever cut anyone...'" (45)."She [Cherry] was trying to hide a smile--'that's probably why we take turns getting our names in the paper'" (38)."He would kill the next person who jumped him. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body..." (34).60s
- Q6Identify the literary device being used in the following line. "I turned my head to look at him and in the moonlight he looked like some Greek god come to earth."MetaphorHyperboleSimilePersonification60s
- Q7Identify the figurative language device being used in the following line. "'Oh, my, my'--Dally looked bored--'you've got me scared to death. You ought to see my record sometime, baby.'"PersonificationMetaphorSimileHyperbole60s
- Q8Identify the figurative language device being used in the following line. "He was as white as a ghost and his eyes were wild-looking, like the eyes of an animal in a trap."PersonificationSimileMetaphorAlliteration60s
- Q9Identify the figurative language device being used in the following line. "I was still groggy with sleep and wanted to sleep forever right there in the dew and the dawn."PersonificationHyperboleMetaphorSimile60s
- Q10Identify the figurative language device being used in the following line. " We could see for miles...the small dots that were houses and cars."PersonificationHyperboleMetahporSimile60s
- Q11Identify the figurative language device being used in the following line. " it's (the fire) a red hell"HyperbolePersonificationSimileMetaphor60s