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What is onset?
beginning consonant or consonant blend.
What is an affix?
added to root words to change their meanings, ex: "inter" in internet.
What is a grapheme?
a letter or group of letters representing one sound.
Which one is not a type of verb?
a. indicative
b. transitive and intransitive
c.imperative
d. linking
e. Subjunctive
f. abstract
F. abstract
What are the two types of pronouns?
personal and possessive
Which of the following is an example of a dipthong?
a. foil
b. sat
c. jump
d. since
a. foil
"oi"
What is a gerund phrase?
a. acts as an adjective
b. acts as an adverb
c. acts as a noun
d. none of the above
c. acts as a noun
(Has a (n"noun") in it like the word "gerund").
What are the four types of sentences?
a. Imperative, quotative, interrogative, exclamatory
b. Imperative, questionaire, interrogative, exclamatory
c. Imperative, interrogative, declarative, exclamatory
d. Imperative, interrogative, verbacious, exclamatory
C. imperative, interrogative, declarative, and exclamatory
What is alliteration?
Beginning of the consonant sound repeating.
"Sally sold sea shells by the seashore."
What does assonance mean?
a. the repetition of vowel sounds
b. the word sounds like its connotation
c.attempts to evoke pity or sorrow in an exaggerated way
d. figure of speech where contradictory terms appear side by side
A. the repetition of vowel sounds
Which of the following is NOT a good way to actively listen?
a. focusing and eye contact
b. allowing speaker to finish
c. finishing the readers sentence
d. paraphrasing
c. finishing the readers sentence
What are the three types of irony?
a. situational, fantasy, cosmic
b. situational, dramatic, cosmic
c. situational, cosmic, arrogant
d. cosmic, fantasy, arrogant
B. situational, dramatic, cosmic
What is the correct amount of syllables per line for a haiku?
a. 5,7,3
b. 3,5,7
c.5,7,5
d. 5,3,5
C. 5,7,5
What are the forms of poetry?
a. limerick, free verse, quantrain,cinquian
b. free verse, limited verse, limerick, rhyming
c. limerick, limited verse, rhyming, couplet
d. couplet, limited verse, rhyming, and free verse
a. Limerick, free verse, quantrain, and cinquian
Which of the following is not a reliable media source?
a. scholarly articles
b. newspapers
c.educational institutions
d. self published material
d. self published material
What is an expository essay?
Explains an idea or concept to inform readers about a topic.
(FACTS AND INFO)
In which answer are the developmental writing stages in order?
a. Preliterate, transitional, emergent, fluent
b. Preliterate, emergent, transitional, fluent
c.Emergent, preliterate, transitional, fluent
b. preliterate, emergent, transitional, fluent
What is rime?
consists of a vowel and anything that follows the vowel
What is phonemic awareness?
SOUNDS ONLY!!
Which is an example of adverb?
a. quickly
b. Abruptly
c. very
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
What is onomatopoeia?
the word sounds like its connotation
(bam, zip, swish)
What does automaticity mean?
a. reading words repetitively
b. process, decode, and understand written words without effort
c. process, decode, and understand written words with effort
d. none of the above
b. process, decode, and understand written words without effort.
What is the climax in a story?
a. overall idea
b. what the characters do
c. building suspense
d. relates to your own life
C. building suspense
(for dramatic effect)
Which vocabulary tier includes high-frequency words?a. tier 4
b. tier 3
c.tier 2
d. tier 1
C. tier 2