How does the simile in question 1 help the reader understand the text?
Question 3
3.
Choose a sentence that shows hyperbole.
Question 4
4.
What is the meaning of unearthing as it is used in paragraph 9?
Question 5
5.
What lesson does Maddox learn in Part 3 of "Digging In"?
Question 6
6.
Read the sentence.
"Chase smiled briefly, but than it faded like a dying light." (paragraph 2)
What does the simile like a dying light mean?
Question 7
7.
Which word from the sentence is a clue to the answer in question 6?
Question 8
8.
Read this sentence from the passage.
"But the minute Bailey saw his brother with his shoulders slumped in defeat, his heart broke." (paragraph 1)
How does this sentence foreshadow what is going to happen next?
Question 9
9.
Question 10
10.
How is the conflict in the passage resolved?
Question 11
11.
Which two phrases from the passage show that Bailey is "the best little brother anyone could ever ask for"?
And this morning, I even got up before Dad.
Right now we are eating breakfast and everyone's talking about some of the things they found, but my mind refuses to let go of that tooth.
The light showed how he felt.
It develops the tension between Bailey and Chase's relationship.
Read this sentence from the passage.
"His brother moved like a jackrabbit - sprinting across the yard, turning on one foot as Bailey passed him the soccer ball, and then quickly firing the ball into the back of the net." (paragraph 4)
Which two phrases from the sentence are clues to the meaning of the simile "like a jackrabbit"?
quicky firing the ball
into the back of the net
"That's when Bailey knew for sure." (paragraph 3)
"Despite the injury, Bailey was convinced the soccer tryouts were going to be a breeze." (paragraph 4)
"Now, Bailey has never seen his brother so dejected, so he spent the next hour trying to come up with an idea for a way to cheer him up." (paragraph 5)
"Um', said Bailey, 'I just wanted you to know that I'm sorry you didn't make the team.'" (paragraph 7)
