Grammar
What is the correct irregular verb for this sentence?
After dinner, Jessica ______ the cat. (feed)
Answer:
What is fed?
Which of the following poems uses rhyme to express the ideas found in it?
A Necessary Gardens
B Eating Alphabet Soup
C Balloon
D Better Fun
Answer:
B Eating Alphabet Soup
In the sentence “The snow was as soft as a blanket,” which type of figurative language is used?
What is a simile?
In a poem, what do we call a group of lines that are separated from other groups of lines?
Answer:
What is a stanza?
Which prefix means “not” or “the opposite of”, as in the word unhappy?
Answer:
What is un-?
What is the correct form of the verb be for this sentence?
Yesterday, the students ______ excited about the science experiment. (be)
Answer:
What is were?
What is Elaine in “The Big-Word Girl” doing during the first part of the movie?
A reading a dictionary
B enjoying the show
C shaking in fear
D writing poetry
Answer:
A reading a dictionary
In the sentence “The classroom was a zoo during recess,” which type of figurative language is being used?
What is a metaphor?
What element of poetry shows where one line of a poem ends and the next line begins, even if the sentence is not finished?
Answer:
What is a line break?
In the word untie, what does the prefix un- help the word mean?
Answer:
What is to undo or reverse an action?
What helping verb correctly completes this sentence?
The children ______ working quietly during the test.
Answer:
What is were?
How are the poets of “Balloon” and “The Arrow and the Song” alike?
A They both notice the beautiful sky and how looking at it improves their mood.
B They both feel the need to get rid of things that are no longer important to them.
C They both talk about letting something go but receiving something good as a result.
D They both think that childhood is a better time of life than when one is fully grown.
Answer:
C They both talk about letting something go but receiving something good as a result.
Which figurative language is used in the phrase “Busy bees buzzed by the bushes”?
Answer:
What is alliteration?
What element of poetry includes similes, metaphors, and personification to help readers understand ideas in a creative way?
Answer:
What is figurative language?
Which prefix means “not”, as in the word invisible?
Answer:
What is in-?
What is the correct irregular verb for this sentence?
This morning, we ______ the bus to school. (take)
Answer:
What is took?
In the poem “Better Fun,” the poet says that the water drenched them. What does drenched mean?
A scared
B soaked
C calmed
D warmed
Answer:
B soaked
In the sentence “The balloon went pop!,” which type of figurative language uses words that sound like the noises they describe?
Answer:
What is onomatopoeia?
What element of poetry is the beat or pattern of sounds created by stressed and unstressed syllables?
Answer:
What is rhythm?
In the word incorrect, what does the prefix in- tell the reader?
Answer:
What is not correct?
Read the paragraph.
Last weekend, my family visited the zoo.
We see many animals from different countries.
My favorite part was watching the elephants.
I learned a lot during our visit.
Which change should be made to sentence 2?
A. Change see to saw
B. Change see to seen
C. Change see to seeing
D. Change see to sees
Answer:
What is A. Change see to saw?
How does the poet build the poem “Quiet Water”?
A He explains how a waterfall is formed over time.
B He explains how the water is like other things in nature.
C He talks about his own experiences on and off the water.
D He talks about the water when it is both calm and moving.
Answer:
D He talks about the water when it is both calm and moving.
Which type of figurative language helps the reader picture the scene using details that appeal to the senses, as in “The warm bread smelled sweet and fresh”?
Answer:
What is imagery?
Which type of poem is written in the shape of the object it describes?
A. Acrostic
B. Lyric
C. Concrete
D. Free verse
Answer:
What is C. Concrete?
Which word uses a prefix that means “not”?
A. Replay
B. Helpful
C. Unfair
D. Runner
Answer:
C. Unfair