Literature - Excerpt from Winter Wheat
What does paragraph 4 most reveal about the mother?
A. She is tireless.
B. She is responsible.
C. She has a hard time relaxing.
D. She has devotion for animals.
B. She is responsible.
Choose the sentence in which the words are capitalized correctly.
A. Students from Zachary Taylor Middle School visited the Reynoldsburg Fire Station yesterday.
B. Students from Zachary Taylor middle school visited the Reynoldsburg fire station yesterday.
C. Students from Zachary Taylor Middle school visited the Reynoldsburg Fire station yesterday.
What is A?
A. Students from Zachary Taylor Middle School visited the Reynoldsburg Fire Station yesterday.
I bought a second longboard so that my friends can enjoy my favorite _____________________ activity with me.
a. Preference
b. Leisure
c. Minute
d. Sifted
What is B?
b. Leisure
Which of the following is an example of Alliteration?
A. There are a million people in the hallway right now!
B. He was an animal during the game that day!
C. She looked at him like a deer in the headlights.
D. English excited Esther and she enthusiastically entered class.
E. I was so tired my bed was calling my name.
What is D?
D. English excited Esther and she enthusiastically entered class.
1. How does this first sentence grab the reader’s interest ?Growing up can be surprising and a bit tricky.
A. It gives the title of the story.
B. It makes a compelling statement.
C. It summarizes the story’s plot.
B. It makes a compelling statement.
What does paragraph 9 mainly reveal about the narrator?
A. She thinks of nature as calming.
B. She is attached to familiar things and is close to her family.
C. She loves language and has a vivid imagination.
D. She pays attention to yearly patterns.
D. She pays attention to yearly patterns.
Choose the sentence in which the words are capitalized correctly.
A. The Davis cup is awarded to the Team that wins three matches in an Annual competition.
B. The Davis Cup is awarded to the team that wins three matches in an annual competition.
C. The davis cup is awarded to the team that wins three matches in an Annual Competition.
What is B?
B. The Davis Cup is awarded to the team that wins three matches in an annual competition.
To start with, your chance of winning the grand prize is minuscule, at one in 302.5 million.
Which word is a synonym for minuscule?
A. Microscopic
B. Obscure
C. Epic
D. Seldom
What is A?
a. microscopic
Which of the following options is the best definition for Hyperbole?
A. A direct comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as
B. A direct comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as
C. Giving something that is not a person a human-like quality
D. The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words
E. Extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally
What is E?
E. Extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally
Based on this line from the introduction, what is the main thing the writer wants people to know about “Eleven"?
The author uses a special kind of storytelling called irony to show how things don't always go the way we expect.
A. that Rachel is growing up
B. how the author effectively uses irony in the story
C. why the story is called "Eleven"
B. how the author effectively uses irony in the story
In paragraph 19, what does the phrase "like a monument" mainly suggest about the elevator?
A. It is a beautiful monument.
B. It is a landmark.
C. It was designed by an architect.
D. It is an old building.
A. It is a beautiful monument.
Choose the item in which the commas are used correctly.
A. The first parachute jump from an airplane was made on March 1, 1912, in St. Louis, Missouri.
B. The first parachute jump from an airplane was made on March, 1 1912 in St. Louis Missouri.
C. The first parachute, jump from an airplane was made on March 1, 1912 in St. Louis Missouri.
What is A?
A. The first parachute jump from an airplane was made on March 1, 1912, in St. Louis, Missouri.
When picking a restaurant, my ________________ is for either Indian or Thai food.
a. Aptitude
b. Preference
c. Recollect
d. Speculation
What is B?
b. Preference
Which line from the text, The Builders by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is a example of Personification?
What is line 14?
In the following sentence from paragraph 2, which is an example of specialized language?
Situational irony is when the events of a story are not what a reader expects them to be, and that is definitely the case here.
A. definitely
B. situational irony
C. expects
B. situational irony
What idea would be most important to include in a summary of the story?
A. "We had to sell our wheat this month and not hold it over; that is, we did if I was going to the university that fall." (paragraph 2)
B. "It might ho higher along toward Christmas, but we couldn't wait for that." (paragraph 2)
C. "She stood there untying her bandanna and I watched her as though I didn't know her face better than my own." (paragraph 14)
D. " I took off my apron and was running across to the barn for the pickup before Dad had taken his hat from behind the door." (paragraph 17)
B. "It might ho higher along toward Christmas, but we couldn't wait for that." (paragraph 2)
Choose the item in which the commas are used correctly.
A. Neil Armstrong, who became the first person to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930.
B. Neil Armstrong, who became the first person to walk on the moon, was born Wapakoneta, Ohio on August, 5 1930.
C. Neil Armstrong who became the first person to walk on the moon, was born Wapakoneta, Ohio on August, 5 1930.
What is A?
A. Neil Armstrong, who became the first person to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930.
Sometimes, I ____________________ the time I traveled up the coast with anarchists as a photojournalist and where I went immediately to see the Liberty Bell when we got to Philadelphia, so I could celebrate living in a democratic republic and not in an anarchistic nightmare.
a. Disdain
b. Defy
c. Recollect
d. Secluded
What is C?
c. Recollect
Based on the Excerpt from A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, what effect does the hyperbole phrase, “Meg Murry doing everything wrong” have on the text?
A. It helps the reader see that Meg is having a lot of problems right now
B. It helps the reader see that Meg is a huge loser
C. It helps the reader see that Meg is really tired right now
D. It helps the reader see that the weather is terrible outside
What is A?
How does this sentence from paragraph 3 reflect a formal style?
Cisneros also uses situational irony in the story to go against expectations.
A. It includes slang.
B. It used the author's last name.
C. It contains the word expectations.
B. It used the author's last name.
How does the author mainly develop the narrator's point of view in the story?
A. by exaggerating how hard the winter months are
B. by using elements of humor
C. by showing how the narrator interacts with her family
D. by sharing the narrator's thoughts
D. by sharing the narrator's thoughts
Choose the sentence in which the quotations are punctuated correctly.
A. "We got drenched, " said Luis, "because we forgot to bring an umbrella to the game.
B. "We got drenched, said Luis, because we forgot to bring an umbrella to the game."
C. "We got drenched, " said Luis, "because we forgot to bring an umbrella to the game."
What is C?
C. "We got drenched, " said Luis, "because we forgot to bring an umbrella to the game."
Whenever I ask my dad what he wants for Christmas, his answer is ________________________, and because of this, he usually gets socks and pocket knives from me.
a. Polite
b. Continual
c. Elusive
d. Quiet
What is C?
c. Elusive
In the Excerpt from A Wrinkle in Time, what does it mean when the author says, “Behind the trees clouds danced frantically across the sky”?
A. The clouds enjoyed dancing to music
B. The clouds moved quickly and without order
C. The clouds were far away from Margaret
D. The clouds looked scary in the sky
What is B?
What is the value of using quotations in paragraph 3?
A. They help describe the story’s characters.
B. They provide important details about the story’s setting.
C. They support the writer’s claim about Cisneros’s use of irony.
C. They support the writer’s claim about Cisneros’s use of irony.