Where did the character go to visit his relatives?
New York City
100
"Projectiles include those items that are shot forward such as a cannon shell, bullet, or rocket."
What is a projectile?
An item that is shot forward.
100
What is a metaphor?
A comparison without using LIKE
100
What is the name of the feature that defines words contained in the text?
Glossary
200
A meal that has been prepared on a grill
Barbecue
200
What did the main character want for his birthday?
To watch a baseball game and eat lemon cake
200
"The book of logic contained many conundrums - mind-exercising puzzles."
What is a conundrum?
A mind-exercising puzzle
200
What type of figurative language is "I've told you a million times"?
Hyperbole
200
What is the purpose of the heading?
To determine what the information is going to be about
300
A piece of art made from many small pieces put together to form a picture
Collage
300
What does Uncle Romie do for a living?
Make collages
300
"Although Tom was anxious about the test, Tina was not worried at all."
What does anxious mean?
Worried
300
What type of figurative language is "Oink!"?
Onomatopeia
300
What feature usually goes with pictures and helps the reader understand the picture?
A caption
400
Many of something together in a group
Swarms
400
What is the main character's favorite part of NYC?
Harlem
400
"The girls languidly put on their jackets as if they had no energy at all."
What is languidly?
With no energy
400
What type of literary element is "The popcorn leapt out of the bowl"?
Personification
400
What does a cutaway do?
It helps the reader understand something by looking at it from inside
500
Fill of beauty and wonder
Glory
500
How does the main character feel when Aunt Nanette tells him that she has to leave?
Disappointed, because he thinks his birthday is going to be awful.
500
"I thought the painting of the waves crashing into the shore was very picturesque, but I thought the one next to it was quite ugly."
What does picturesque mean?
Attractive
500
What type of figurative language is "This is a piece of cake"?
Idiom
500
What is the feature that helps the reader to visualize the information or data?