Reading
The moral or lesson of the story is the...
a. character traits
b. theme
c. plot
b. theme
What are these: " "
Quotation marks
"Casey crazily consumed his cupcake".
a. hyperbole
b. alliteration
c. idiom
b. alliteration
What does the prefixes uni mean?
one
Her shirt was as bright as the sun.
a. simile
b. metaphor
a. simile
What is the effect in this sentence: I wore my raincoat because it was raining outside.
I wore my raincoat.
Is "I think green beans taste terrible" an example of a fact or an opinion?
Opinion
"I am so hungry I am going to starve to death!"
a. hyperbole
b. alliteration
c. onomatopoeia
a. hyperbole
Which of the following prefixes does not mean "NOT"?
A. im (impolite)
B. il (illegal)
C. tri (tricycle)
D. un (unfed)
C. tri
My brother and I fight like cats and dogs.
a. simile
b. metaphor
a. simile
Which one is generally the authors purpose in nonfiction writing:
a. to persuade
b. to entertain
c. to inform
c. to inform
What do we call words that connects paragraphs, sentences and thoughts?
Transition words.
"I could hear the wind screaming in my ear."
a. hyperbole
b. alliteration
c. personification
c.personification
What does the prefix "re" mean?
again or back
He is a couch potato and never gets his chores done.
a. simile
b. metaphor
b. metaphor
Which of the following is unique to poems?
a. stanzas
b. paragraphs
c. characters
a. stanzas
What is the verb in this sentence?
She quickly ran around the bases.
ran
"boom" "bam" "crash"
a. idiom
b. alliteration
c. onomatopoeia
c. onomatopoeia
What does the root word "act" mean? Examples: react, interact, counteract, or transact.
act= to do
My friend and I are like two peas in a pod.
simile or metaphor
simile
Hints or clues found within a passage that can help the reader to understand the meaning(s) of new words are:
a. details
b. context clues
c. subtle hints
b. context clues
What is the name for the most exciting part of a story?
Climax
Those shoes cost an arm and a leg!
a. onomatopoeia
b. idiom
c. alliteration
b. idiom
What does the latin root mean?
aqua?
aqua - water
"My after school schedule makes me as busy as a bee" is an example of a __________________.
Simile
A guess using evidence from the text and your background knowledge (schema) is:
a. synonym
b. main idea
c. inference
c. inference
Is the sentence
exclamatory, interrogative, declartive, or imperative?
Watch out for the car!
exclamatory
"My homework was a piece of cake."
a. idiom
b. personification
c. hyperbole
a. idiom
What does the root work "loc" mean?
place
"The classroom was a zoo" is an example of ___________________
Metaphor