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What is a noun?

A person, place, or thing

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What is personification?

Giving human characteristics to a non human object

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What is a section of a poem called?

A stanza

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The crop that gives the most food to humans and animals in the United States is corn. Most of the corn grown is for use as animal feed. The farmers of the United States produce about one half of all the corn grown in the world. What is the main idea? a. Corn is grown as feed for humans and animals. b. Corn is grown all over the world. c. Corn is important as it is used for many things.

a. Corn is grown as feed for humans and animals.

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Who are the characters?

The people or animals that act out the story

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What is a verb?

An action word

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What is a simile? 

A simile is used to compare two things using words such as "like" or "as"

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Each section of a poem is made up of ___.

Lines

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One of the most welcome sights in the desert is the cactus. The cactus is a plant that can store large amounts of water. It has a thick, tough skin to keep the water in. There are many kinds of cacti. Some grow as tall as 50 feet. What is the main idea? a. The cactus grows in most parts of the world. b. The cactus is a beautiful-looking plant. c. The cactus is designed for storing water.
c. The cactus is designed for storing water.
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What is the setting?

The time and the place of the story

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What is an adjective? 

A word that usually describes a noun

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What is a metaphor?

A word or phrase used to describe something as if it were something else

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What do you call the message of a poem?

Theme

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There are about 2,000 kinds of bats. They come in many sizes. bats are rather strange looking animals. They are soft and furry with large ears. Bats can not run or walk. They usually eat insects. Bats are the only mammals that fly. What is the main idea? a. Bats are unusual mammals. b. Bats move by runnung and flying. c. Bats look like many other animals.
a. Bats are unusual mammals.
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What is the central idea?

The main event and most important point

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What is an adverb?

A word which usually describes a verb.

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What is a hyperbole?

An exaggeration for emphasis

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What is a haiku?

A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five

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Cats are popular house pets. Cats come in a variety of colors. Some cats have long hair and some have short hair. There are cats that have no tails. Cats can have eyes of many different colors. A cat can be solid color, more than one color, or striped. What is the main idea? a. Cats make the best house pet. b. Cats are very similar. c. There is much variety in the cat family.
c. There is much variety in the cat family.
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What is the plot?

The events that happen in the story

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What is a pronoun?

A word that replaces a noun

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What is an idiom?

Phrases with figurative meanings that are not literal

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What is a sonnet?

A special kind of poem with 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme

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Chocolate is a popular food. Today we think of it mainly as a candy. Years ago, it started out as a drink. All chocolate is made from the beans of the cacao tree. There are many steps to follow in turning cacao beans into the kind of chocolate we eat. What is the main idea? a. Making chocolate is a long process. b. Chocolate is high in vitamins. c. Chocolate has few uses.
a. Making chocolate is a long process.
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What is theme?

The message that is in the story or what the story is about