Sentence Structure
Which of the following is a fragment?
A. He cried.
B. After the dog bit him.
C. He went to the doctor.
Which sentence below uses personification?
A. He was sharp as a tack in math.
B. The wind calmly whispered in the forest.
C. The boy was a rocket in the race.
What is:
B. The wind calmly whispered in the forest.
Define theme.
What is: The life lesson that the author wants the reader to learn.
Which word is closest in meaning to the word in italics?
For he was a delicate little fellow;
A. heavy
B. tough
C. frail
What is:
C. frail
Which point of view is used when the narrator is part of the story?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
What is:
A. First
Which of the following is a run-on?
A. The teacher helped Bob with his math problem.
B. After the teacher helped Bob.
C. Bob made a better grade he was very pleased.
What is: C. Bob made a better grade he was very pleased.
Which sentence below does the author use figurative language?
A. The day was so hot it made us all sweaty.
B. It was an extremely hot day, and we were all sweaty.
C. The sun was as hot as fire during P.E.
What is: C. The sun was as hot as fire during P.E.
Which is the BEST theme for Hatchet by Gary Paulsen?
A. When fighting for survival, one must come to terms with feelings of isolation.
B. Parents should try hard to get along.
C. Animals can be man's best friend.
What is:
A. When fighting for survival, one must come to terms with feelings of isolation.
Which of the following reader strategies involves reading the words around a specific word to gain the meaning of the word?
A. context clues
B. figurative language
C. point of view
What is:
A. context clues
Joe and Bob laughed all the way home from school. The teacher brought her puppy to school, and it used the restroom on the floor in the meeting area. Everyone scrambled to get out of the way.
Which point of view is this story told from?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
What is:
C. Third person
Which sentence correctly revises the fragment?
Since we left early
A. Since we left, early.
B. Since we left early, we missed hearing the announcement.
Name a type of figurative language and give an example by using it in a sentence.
What is: Answers will vary.
Which is the BEST theme for the story, "How Santa Claus Found the Poor-House"?
A. Good things happen to caring and loyal people.
B. Growing up poor prevents happiness in life.
C. Taking care of animals is the best way to show kindness.
What is:
A. Good things happen to caring and loyal people.
Which word is closest in meaning to the word in italics? They were evidently combining pleasure with business in the liveliest manner.
A. gloomiest
B. most depressed
C. most cheerful
What is:
C. most cheerful
Jill popped my shoulder so hard, I thought it was going to break off. She got mad at me for saying that she didn't do her homework. I wasn't trying to get her in trouble. I guess she thought otherwise.
The point of view in this story is
A. from an outsider looking in.
B. from a character in the story.
C. from second person point of view.
What is:
B. from a character in the story.
Part B: Which sentence does NOT have a dependent clause.
A. He laughed all the way home.
B. After he heard the joke, he laughed all the way home.
A. What is: a group of words that cannot stand alone.
B. What is: A. He laughed all the way home.
What is the author trying to convey with the use of personification in the sentence: The computer argued with me and refused to work.
What is: The computer is acting up and the person is having trouble getting done what they need to do.
What is the difference between theme and point of view?
What is:
Theme is the lesson the authors wants to reveal about life. Point of view is the vantage point from which a story is told.
Which word is the most opposite of the word in italics?"...he could now make a lame rooster or a kitten with a sprained ankle just as good as new.."
A. crippled
B. healthy
C. hurt
What is:
B. healthy
What is the difference between 1st and 3rd person point of view?
What is:
First person involved the narrator being a part of the story and the use of pronouns, I, me, we, etc.. are used.
Third person means the narrator is not a part of the story. They may or may not know all that is going on.
Part A: Define Independent Clause.
Part B: Which sentence has a dependent and an independent clause?
A. While we waited, the nurses were very helpful.
B. The nurses were very nice to my mom and dad.
Part A: What is: A group of words that can stand alone. They have a subject and a predicate and a complete thought.
Part B:
What is: A. While we waited, the nurses were very helpful.
Which type of figurative language is used, what is the author trying to convey with that device?
Your son was a shining star in my class.
What is: A metaphor and the author is trying to say the student was a very good student.
Which detail best supports the theme Put others before yourself from the story, "Raymond's Run"?
A. "And, as anybody can tell you, I'm the fastest thing on two feet."
B. “And I’ve got a roomful of ribbons and medals and awards. But what has Raymond got to call his own?”
C. "Now some people like to act like things come easy to them."
What is:
B. “And I’ve got a roomful of ribbons and medals and awards. But what has Raymond got to call his own?”
Which of the words are closest in meaning to the words in italics:...he soon had a rampart piled up on each side of the path so high that he thought it must look like the Chinese Wall.."
A. depression
B. barricade
C. valley
"Methuselah was convinced that Santa Claus had sent the dog..., and his delight was unbounded."
A. blooming
B. fading
C. declining
What is:
B. barricade and
A. blooming
Keelan was so excited about the game. He and his friend, Karen, could not stop talking about it.
"We are going to beat Alabama this weekend!" he yelled.
"I know that's right!" Karen replied. The game is this weekend, and the fans knew it would be exciting.
From which point of view is this story told from?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
What is:
C. Third