Figurative Language
What is a simile?
a. A type of poem
b. A comparison using "like" or "as"
c. A sound word
d. An exaggerationa comparison using "like" or "as"
Which genre is made-up or imaginary?
a. Biography
b. Fiction
c. News article
d. Autobiography
Fiction
Which structure shows how things are alike and different?
a. Problem and solution
b. Sequence
c. Compare and contrast
d. Cause and effect
Compare and contrast
Which word is a noun?
a. Run
b. Happy
c. Car
d. Loudly
Car
What punctuation ends a question?
a. !
b. .
c. ?
d. ,
?
Which sentence is an example of personification?
a. The sun smiled down at us.
b. He ran like a cheetah.
c. The sky was blue.
d. She is a shining star.
The sun smiled down at us.
A story that includes talking animals and magical events is:
a. Realistic fiction
b. Fantasy
c. Mystery
d. Science Fiction
Fantasy
What text structure lists steps in order?
a. Sequence
b. Description
c. Compare and contrast
d. Cause and effect
Sequence
Which word is an adjective?
a. Quickly
b. Red
c. Run
d. He
Red
Which sentence needs a comma?
a. I like pizza and ice cream
b. I have a red blue and green backpack.
c. We ran fast.
d. The sun is shining.
I have a red blue and green backpack.
What type of figurative langue is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Hyperbole
d. Idiom
Hyperbole
Which of the following is a nonfiction text?
a. A poem about dragons
b. A science textbook
c. A fairy tale
d. A superhero comic
A science textbook
If an author explains why something happened and what happened next, they are using:
a. Sequence
b. Description
c. Cause and effect
d. Problem and solution
Cause and effect
What part of speech tells what someone or something does?
a. Noun
b. Verb
c. Adjective
d. Preposition
Verb
Where does the comma go in "After school I went to the park".
a. After "school"
b. After "I"
c. After "park"
d. No comma needed
After "school"
Which phrase is a metaphor?
a. Her eyes were like diamonds.
b. He was a walking dictionary.
c. It was as cold as ice.
d. The leaved danced in the wind.
He was a walking dictionary.
What genre tells about someone's real life, written by another person?
a. Autobiography
b. Historical Fiction
c. Biography
d. Fantasy
Biography
What signal word might show compare and contrast?
a. First
b. However
c. Because
d. Next
However
In the sentence "The small puppy barked", which word is an adjective?
a. Puppy
b. Small
c. Barked
d. The
small
Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly?
a. "Let's go", she said.
b. "Let's go she said".
c. She said, "Let's go".
d. "Let's go, she said."
"Let's go", she said.
What is the main purpose of using figurative language in writing?
a. To confuse the reader
b. To give exact facts
c. To make writing more vivid and interesting
d. To summarize the story
To make writing more vivid and interesting
Which genre uses facts and often includes diagrams or graphs?
a. Informational
b. Myth
c. Adventure
d. Fable
Informational
Which passage would most likely use problem and solution structure?
a. How bees make honey
b. Why polar bears are endangered and what we can do
c. Comparing cats and dogs
d. A story about a lost dog
Why polar bears are endangered and what we can do
What is the adverb in this sentence: "She ran quickly to the door"?
a. She
b. Ran
c. Quickly
d. Door
Quickly
Which sentence uses both a comma and quotation marks correctly?
a. "I love ice cream" she said.
b. "I love ice cream," she said.
c. I love "ice cream," she said.
d. "I love, ice cream" she said.
"I love ice cream," she said.