Analogy
Dancer is to ballet as violinist is to:
a. trombone b. auditorium c. symphony
What is a symphony?
Miracle: a.fortune b. wonder c. symbol
What is a wonder?
Opera refers to a dramatic art form, originating in Europe, in which the emotional content is conveyed to the audience as much through music, both vocal and instrumental.
Define Opera
What is a form of music that uses the voice and an orchestra to emit emotions?
In poem, usually there are 1 or more paragraph-like texts
What is a stanza?
Mattress is to bed as cushion is to:
a. car b. couch c. floor
What is a couch?
What is productive?
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by he sister on the bank. and of having nothing to do. Once or twice she peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations."
What best describes Alice's situation?What is, she wishes to read her sister's book?
Come, hear the woodland linnet,/ How sweet his music! on my life,/ There's more of wisdom in it.
From reading the passage, "linnet," is a type ofWhat is a bird?
Rooster is to hen as:
a. trout is to bass b. bull is to cow
What is bull is to cow?
Fatigue: a. relief b. exhaustion c. excitement
What is exhaustion?
"Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it."
What best describes the tone of the passage?
a. doubtful b. courage c. fearful
What is courage?
Today, it is a cherished regional event, with people dressing in the vibrant colours of traditional flamenco garb, and celebrating until the wee hours of morning.
It can be inferred that "flamenco garb," is
What is an old-fashioned style of dress, suitable for dancing?
hypothesize is to verify as:
a. estimate is to presume b. guess is to fear
c. predict is to ascertain
Converge: a. unite b. align c. scatter
What is unite?
Mme. Curie purposes to use this gift, which is valued at $100,000, in her attempts to discover new methods for making radium more useful in the treatment of cancer.
What is the substance Mms. Curie is talking about?
What is a chemical called radium?
Bell adopted carbon transmitters similar to Edison's transmitters and adapted telephone exchanges and switching plug boards developed for sending telegraphs.
The tone of this passage can described as
a. amused b. informative c. biased
What is informative?
Scrutinize is to examine as:
a. analyze is to consider b. melody is to harmony c. detain is to demote
What is analyze to consider?
Illuminate: a. brighten b. distort c. flicker
What is brighten?
Parents have no more right to starve a child's mind than have his body. A child needs tools for his brain as much as for his hands. all these things are found, and found only, in books.
The tone of this passage:
a. persuasive b. bitter c. unbiased
What is persuasive?
Books! 'tis a dull and endless strife: /Come, hear the woodland linnet,/ How sweet his music! on my life,/ There's more of wisdom in it.
The speaker wants his friend to do...
What is take a break from reading to go outside?