Poems
Maya stepped onto the stage, her heart pounding like a drum. The bright lights hugged her face, and for a moment, her thoughts flew away like startled birds. She took a deep breath and began to sing. As her voice filled the room, the audience sat as still as statues. When she finished, applause rained down from every corner of the theater.
How does the figurative language in this passage help the reader?
A. It explains how to sing on stage
B. It shows Maya’s feelings and experience
C. It gives instructions to the audience
D. It tells where the story takes place
It shows Maya’s feelings and experience
Which text feature would BEST help a reader locate the meaning of the word “migration”?
A. Glossary
B. Table
C. Caption
D. Title
Glossary
What does the prefix “un-” do to the meaning of a word?
A. It makes the word stronger
B. It changes the word to mean “not”
C. It shows past tense
D. It shows comparison
It changes the word to mean “not”
Maya stepped onto the stage, her heart pounding like a drum. The bright lights hugged her face, and for a moment, her thoughts flew away like startled birds. She took a deep breath and began to sing. As her voice filled the room, the audience sat as still as statues. When she finished, applause rained down from every corner of the theater.
What does the phrase “her heart pounding like a drum” suggest?
A. Maya is playing music
B. Maya feels nervous or excited
C. Maya hears a loud sound
D. Maya is tired
Maya feels nervous or excited
Zoo animal cages are like jail cells. Dolphin tanks are like bathtubs.
These statements are examples of _____.
What is a simile?
This shows events in chronological order.
What does the suffix “-ity” in “creativity” tell the reader?
A. It shows an action
B. It shows a person
C. It shows a quality or state
D. It shows a place
It shows a quality or state
Jalen stared at the math test. The numbers on the page were a puzzle with missing pieces. He tapped his pencil, trying to fit the ideas together. “You’ve got this,” he whispered to himself. Slowly, the answers began to fall into place, and his confidence grew.
The phrase “a puzzle with missing pieces” suggests that—
A. the test is broken
B. the problems are confusing
C. the test is a game
D. the answers are easy
The problems are confusing
The wind whispered through the trees.
This is an example of ___________.
Personification
This text feature is important because it lets us know what the section of text will be about.
a heading
Which word means “someone who teaches”?
A. teaching
B. teacher
C. teachable
D. reteach
teacher
Maya stepped onto the stage, her heart pounding like a drum. The bright lights hugged her face, and for a moment, her thoughts flew away like startled birds. She took a deep breath and began to sing. As her voice filled the room, the audience sat as still as statues. When she finished, applause rained down from every corner of the theater.
What does “her thoughts flew away like startled birds” mean?
A. Maya forgot what she was thinking
B. Maya saw birds in the theater
C. Maya was distracted by noise
D. Maya was watching animals
Maya forgot what she was thinking
"I lost my train of thought."
This statement is:
a) a metaphor
b) an idiom
c) a simile
an idiom
This text feature makes important words stand out.
bolded, highlighted or italicized words
What does the prefix “im-” in “impossible” mean?
A. again
B. not
C. before
D. very
not
Maya stepped onto the stage, her heart pounding like a drum. The bright lights hugged her face, and for a moment, her thoughts flew away like startled birds. She took a deep breath and began to sing. As her voice filled the room, the audience sat as still as statues. When she finished, applause rained down from every corner of the theater.
The phrase “the bright lights hugged her face” is an example of—
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. personification
D. idiom
personification
Are poems written in lines and stanzas or in paragraphs?
lines and stanzas
This text feature uses drawings and labels to show us how an event or object works. It gives us "instructions".
a diagram
What does the suffix “-tion” in “preparation” tell the reader?
A. It describes a person
B. It shows an action or process
C. It shows a place
D. It shows a comparison
It shows an action or process