ELA Random
The plot of a story begins with.....
however the story begins
Jimmy is crazy about his chocolate bar calculator.
What is the figurative language being used?
hyperbole
Manabozho looked at the child for some time and wondered at its extraordinary posture. “I have never seen a child before lie like that,” said he to himself, “but I could lie like it.”
In paragraph 3, the word lie means
To be in a position of rest.
The suffix -ful means....
Full of
How do you spell the name of this school?
Bennett
A reader can tell a story is nonfiction because...
it has real events, true people, facts
Mrs. Crenshaw is as old as time.
Which figurative language is being used?
hyperbole
Bill has been playing with his dog after baseball practice.
What type of sentence is this?
Simple
The prefix sub- means
Go under
What should you do when you finish taking the state test?
You check your answers until time is up.
Which graphic features would be used to draw attention to a word?
italics
What figurative language is being used?
simile
The flowers began to bloom, and the butterflies began to enjoy the garden.
What type of sentence is this?
Compound
The prefix dis- means?
opposite of
How many times should you read the passages on the state test?
At least three.
Which source would be most reliable when researching information about a person?
Biography
Love is a battlefield.
What figurative language is being used?
Metaphor
Next year, my class had established new rules
regarding cell phone usage.
What change, if any, should be made to had established in the above sentence?
A has established B had establish
C will establish D no change
will establish
The prefix anti- means....
against
What is the first thing that you do when you start the state test?
Look over the questions. Read them. Write them on paper.
Rhythm and lines are in what genre?
poetry
Oh backpack, why are you so heavy?
What figurative language is being used?
Personification
Will you sing for us the song you sang when we were all singing at our last class party?
Which word in the above sentence is an irregular verb?
A sing
B sang
C song
D singing
What is an example of a dialogue?
Where two people are having a conversation.
In the sun’s blazing heat, a group of Egyptians arrived at a desert along the banks of the Nile River. They had traveled hundreds of miles by boat. They were scared, but excited. Never before had they left their tiny villages.
What does the word “banks” mean as it is used in paragraph 1?
A angles in a road B rows of things that are like each other C sloping pieces of land D places where people work with money
c