English Test 3 Section

Which sentence includes personification? Studies show that owning a pet can improve a person's health. Dogs and cats are known to learn behaviors by watching their owners. Children at the petting zoo enjoyed brushing the goats' soft fur. The chickens' voices were loud and shrill as they demanded their supper.

The chickens' voices were loud and shrill as they demanded their supper.

Who is a minor character in "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"? Rikki-tikki-tavi Chuchundra Nag Nagaina

Chuchundra

Which character is the protagonist in "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"? Darzee Teddy Nag Rikki-tikki

Rikki-tikki

How does Darzee's wife move the plot forward in "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"? She tells Rikki-tikki where Nagaina's eggs are hidden. She kills Nag after Rikki-tikki corners him in a water jar. She tells Rikki-tikki that she overheard the cobras' plan. She distracts Nagaina while Rikki-tikki destroys Nagaina's eggs.

She distracts Nagaina while Rikki-tikki destroys Nagaina's eggs.

Which words spoken by the muskrat Chuchundra best show the author's use of personification? "Don't kill me," said Chuchundra, almost weeping. "Those who kill snakes get killed by snakes," said Chuchundra. "I am a very poor man," he sobbed. "I never had spirit enough to run out into the middle of the room." "H'sh! Nag is everywhere, Rikki-tikki. You should have talked to Chua in the garden."

"I am a very poor man," he sobbed. "I never had spirit enough to run out into the middle of the room."

Which sentence from "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is an example of personification? "The house was as still as still, but he thought he could just catch the faintest scratch-scratch in the world." "Rikki-tikki was just going to eat him up from the tail, after the custom of his family at dinner." "Teddy's mother picked him up from the dust and hugged him." "Teddy's eyes were fixed on his father, and all his father could do was to whisper."

"Rikki-tikki was just going to eat him up from the tail, after the custom of his family at dinner."

Read this excerpt from "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." "But are you sure that there is anything to be gained by killing the people?" said Nag. "Everything. When there were no people in the bungalow, did we have any mongoose in the garden? So long as the bungalow is empty, we are king and queen of the garden; and remember that as soon as our eggs in the melon-bed hatch (as they may to-morrow), our children will need room and quiet." "I had not thought of that," said Nag. "I will go, but there is no need that we should hunt for Rikki-tikki afterward. I will kill the big man and his wife, and the child if I can, and come away quietly." How does the author use personification to characterize the snakes? He explains the snakes' cruel behavior by writing that they want to be "king and queen of the garden." He explains how the snakes will care for their children by writing that they have "eggs in the melon-bed." He explains the snakes' evil plan by writing that they will "kill the big man and his wife." He explains the snakes' desire for power by saying that they will "hunt for Rikki-tikki."

He explains the snakes' cruel behavior by writing that they want to be "king and queen of the garden."

How does Teddy's father move the plot forward in "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"? He shows Rikki-tikki how to fight Nag and Nagaina. He kills Nag after Rikki-tikki corners him in a water jar. He tells Rikki-tikki that he overheard the cobras' plan. He comforts Teddy and offers Rikki-tikki some food.

He kills Nag after Rikki-tikki corners him in a water jar.

Read this excerpt from "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." "I was not a day too soon," he said; for he could see the baby cobras curled up inside the skin, and he knew that the minute they were hatched they could each kill a man or a mongoose. He bit off the tops of the eggs as fast as he could, taking care to crush the young cobras, and turned over the litter from time to time to see whether he had missed any. At last there were only three eggs left, and Rikki-tikki began to chuckle to himself, when he heard Darzee's wife screaming. How does the author use personification in this excerpt? He explains that Rikki-tikki is just in time. He writes that Rikki-tikki begins to laugh to himself. He writes that Rikki-tikki takes extra care not to miss any eggs. He says that Rikki-tikki hears Darzee's wife.

He writes that Rikki-tikki begins to laugh to himself.

Read this excerpt from "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." "He saved our lives and Teddy's life," she said to her husband. "Just think, he saved all our lives!" Rikki-tikki woke up with a jump, for all the mongooses are light sleepers. "Oh, it's you," said he. "What are you bothering for? All the cobras are dead; and if they weren't, I'm here." Rikki-tikki had a right to be proud of himself; but he did not grow too proud, and he kept that garden as a mongoose should keep it, with tooth and jump and spring and bite, till never a cobra dared show its head inside the walls. How does the author use personification in this excerpt? He explains that Teddy's mother is pleased. He explains that Rikki-tikki has saved the family. He writes that the mongoose wakes quickly. He writes that Rikki-tikki feels pride and responsibility.

He writes that Rikki-tikki feels pride and responsibility.

Which sentence contains personification? Trees need to be trimmed regularly to grow correctly. Jameson and his father built a huge tree house. Leaves whispered and laughed in the spring breeze. Mesquite and palm trees grow well in desert climates.

Leaves whispered and laughed in the spring breeze.

Read this excerpt from "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." Nagaina gathered herself together, and flung out at him. Rikki-tikki jumped up and backward. Again and again and again she struck, and each time her head came with a whack on the matting of the verandah, and she gathered herself together like a watch-spring. Then Rikki-tikki danced in a circle to get behind her, and Nagaina spun round to keep her head to his head, so that the rustle of her tail on the matting sounded like dry leaves blown along by the wind. He had forgotten the egg. It still lay on the verandah, and Nagaina came nearer and nearer to it, till at last, while Rikki-tikki was drawing breath, she caught it in her mouth, turned to the verandah steps, and flew like an arrow down the path, with Rikki-tikki behind her. When the cobra runs for her life, she goes like a whip-lash flicked across a horse's neck. How does the antagonist move the plot forward in this excerpt? Nagaina moves the plot forward by running to the rat-hole, where Rikki-tikki will destroy her. Nagaina moves the plot forward by rustling her tail and turning her head round and round. Rikki-tikki moves the plot forward by jumping up and down to confuse Nagaina in their fight. Rikki-tikki moves the plot forward by giving the egg to Nagaina, thereby forcing her to run away.

Nagaina moves the plot forward by running to the rat-hole, where Rikki-tikki will destroy her.

Read this excerpt from "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." Teddy's eyes were fixed on his father, and all his father could do was to whisper, "Sit still, Teddy. You mustn't move. Teddy, keep still." Then Rikki-tikki came up and cried: "Turn round, Nagaina; turn and fight!" "All in good time," said she, without moving her eyes. "I will settle my account with you presently. Look at your friends, Rikki-tikki. They are still and white; they are afraid. They dare not move, and if you come a step nearer I strike." Who is the antagonist in this excerpt? Teddy, because he is in trouble Nagaina, because she threatens the others Rikki-tikki, because he fights Nagaina Teddy's father, because he whispers to Teddy

Nagaina, because she threatens the others

Read this excerpt from "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." Nag coiled himself down, coil by coil, round the bulge at the bottom of the water-jar, and Rikki-tikki stayed still as death. After an hour he began to move, muscle by muscle, toward the jar. Nag was asleep, and Rikki-tikki looked at his big back, wondering which would be the best place for a good hold. "If I don't break his back at the first jump," said Rikki, "he can still fight; and if he fights—Oh, Rikki!" He looked at the thickness of the neck below the hood, but that was too much for him; and a bite near the tail would only make Nag savage. "It must be the head," he said at last; 'the head above the hood; and when I am once there, I must not let go." Then he jumped. The head was lying a little clear of the water-jar, under the curve of it; and, as his teeth met, Rikki braced his back against the bulge of the red earthenware to hold down the head. How does the protagonist move the plot forward in this excerpt? Nag moves the plot forward by establishing a conflict. Nag moves the plot forward by planning to reach a goal. Rikki-tikki moves the plot forward by raising a question. Rikki-tikki moves the plot forward by trapping Nag in the jar.

Rikki-tikki moves the plot forward by trapping Nag in the jar.

Which is an example of personification? The flames whistled and danced in the fireplace. The heat of the fire filled the room with warmth. Gathering around a fire makes a cozy evening. Hot dogs roasted over a flickering flame.

The flames whistled and danced in the fireplace.

A protagonist is an opposing character who creates problems in a story. the main character who tries to solve a problem in a story. a minor character who adds some interest to a story. a less important character who plays a small roll in a story.

the main character who tries to solve a problem in a story.

An antagonist is an opposing character who creates problems in a story. the main character who tries to solve a problem in a story. a minor character who adds some interest to a story. a less important character who provides humor in a story.

an opposing character who creates problems in a story.