Spelling
Grammar
Critical Vocabulary from The Miracle of Spring
Genre Study
Literacy Elements
Figurative Language
100
I poured out an _____ of milk for the recipe.
O-U-N-C-E
100
Choose the correct verb to fill in the blank.
Mom _____ the potatoes for dinner.
- mash
- mashes
- mashing
- None of the above
4. None of the above
The correct answer would be mashed.
100
Someone who appears in court to say what he or she knows about a crime.
1. Judge
2. Witness
3. Restrain
4. Observer
2. Witness
100
The story has features not seen in this world, such as magic, time travel, strange settings, and fantastic characters
1. Mystery
2. Myth
3. Fantasy
4. Folktale
3. Fantasy
100
The events that take place in the story is called the:
1. setting
2. plot
3. theme
4. conflict
2. plot
100
What is a comparison using like or as?
1. metaphor
2. simile
3. imagery
4. cliche'
2. simile
200
I decided to take this _____ instead because it was faster.
R-O-U-T-E
200
Which sentence uses a comma correctly?
- However I am very good at math.
- However I, am very, good at math.
- However, I am very good at math.
- However I am very good, at math.
3. However, I am very good at math.
200
In charge of an event.
1. Presiding
2. Neglect
3. Contempt
4. Encounter
1. Presiding
200
Stories that take place in a certain time and place in the past.
1. Realistic Fiction
2. Historical Fiction
3. Fantasy
4. Folktales
2. Historical Fiction
200
The main character, who the reader is rooting for, is called the____________________
1. antagonist
2. tritagonist
3. protagonist
4. protist
3. protagonist
200
Don't mind Mikey. He's a grizzly bear until he's had his breakfast.
1. personification
2. onomatopoeia
3. metaphor
4. simile
3. metaphor
300
Snow white didn't eat the apple because it was full of ______.
P-O-I-S-O-N
300
Choose the correct verb to fill in the blank.
That chair _____ when you sit in it.
- spin
- spins
- spinning
- spinned
2. spins
300
Trying to do something
1. Avoid
2. Ordeal
3. Restrain
4. Attempted
4. Attempted
300
Realistic Fiction, a story that sounds like it could be real is
1. Fiction
2. Nonfiction
1. Fiction
300
The setting of the story can be described with which of the following words:
1. who, what
2. where, how
3. when, where
4. why, what
3. when, where
300
Today was like my birthday, Christmas, and the Fourth of July all rolled into one.
1. metaphor
2. hyperbole
3. simile
4. allusion
3. simile
400
A few students in our class participate in the band, while other students in our class participate in _______.
O-R-C-H-E-S-T-R-A
400
Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
- I saw the Statue of Liberty in New York.
- i saw the Statue of liberty in new york.
- I saw the State Of Liberty in New York.
1. I saw the Statue of Liberty in New York.
400
Stop yourself from doing what you want to do.
1. Attempt
2. Restrain
3. Barge
4. Accuse
2. Restrain
400
A crime is committed. In finding the criminal, a detective must unravel a web of clues before pinning down the suspect.
1. Realistic fiction-adventure
2. Folktale
3. Mystery
4. Fantasy
3. Mystery
400
Choose the correct order of the plot:
1. beginning, middle, ending, climax
2. somebody, wanted, then, so
3. beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, solution
4. character, setting, theme, ending
3. beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, solution
400
The candle flamed danced when anyone walked by.
1. alliteration
2. metaphor
3. personification
4. hyperbole
3. personification
500
After going on a family vacation, I begged my mom to let me buy a ________.
S-O-U-V-E-N-I-R
500
The prefix RE- means "again," so if you REBUILD something you:
- build it for the first time
- tear it down
- build it again
- fix it up
3. build it again
500
Showing little or no respect for someone or something.
1. Contempt
2. Concentrate
3. Compare
4. Contempte
1. Contempt
500
The Genre of this book is?
Fantasy
500
The author provides clues to the reader to help you understand the characters' traits. The reader can infer character traits by:
1. The way the character looks
2. The way the character is named
3. The way the character dresses
4. The way the character acts
4. The way the character acts
500
Muriel complained as she lifted Maria's backpack. "This thing weighs a ton!!"
1. alliteration
2. hyperbole
3. simile
4. onomatopoeia
2. hyperbole