Familiar Texts
Correct The Sentence..
ELA Terms
Mixed Bag
Riddles
100

In the short story "Fish Cheeks", how does Amy feel toward her own culture?

Embarrassed, ashamed, self-conscious

100

When we arrived, we are upset to learn that we had missed our flight.

When we arrived, we were upset to learn that we had missed our flight.

100

When we talk about the plot line of a story, what is considered the introduction to characters, setting, and conflict

Exposition

100

How many days are there in December?

31

100

I run, yet I have no legs. What am I? (Hint: It's part of your body)

Nose

200

In the text "Battle of Athens", Roald Dahl is a _______ for the British during World War II

Fighter Pilot

200

Jack encountered many hazards, but he overcame them and continues on his quest.

Jack encountered many hazards, but he overcame them and continued on his quest.

200

Giving human qualities to non-human things is called...

Personification

200

Charles Darwin sailed on the Beagle to the _____ Islands

Galapagos 

200

What is full of holes but still holds water? (Hint: it's probably in your kitchen)

A sponge

300

What was the setting (when/where story takes place) of the short story "My Mother's Garden"?

Mid-1990's in Boston

300

Victor walked home by himself in the poring rain.

Victor walked home by himself in the pouring rain.

300

In the following sentence, where is there an example of alliteration... "The puppy stopped in the road, wagging its tail timidly, trembling with shyness and cold."

tail timidly, trembling

300

a physical or behavioral characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through genes. (skin/fur coloration, eye color, hair texture, etc.)

Trait

300

What can you catch but not throw?

A cold

400

What was the setting(when/where) of the short story "Fish Cheeks"?

Christmas Eve dinner party at Amy's family's house

400

My Mother is the best mother in the world she is kind to every one.

My Mother is the best mother in the world. She is kind to every one.

400

Words or phrases that appeal to the 5 senses is called ... (you should be using this technique when writing your personal narrative)

Sensory Imagery

400

A segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait. Made up of 2 alleles.

Gene

400

There’s only one word in the dictionary that’s spelled wrong. What is it?

Wrong (w-r-o-n-g)

500

In "My Mother's Garden", how could the narrator afford to go to an expensive private school when her family didn't have much money?

"It was my first year as a scholarship student..."

500

They swam in the pool until it was allmost dark out.

They swam in the pool until it was almost dark out.

500

Poetry that does not follow any pattern or rhyme scheme is called...

Free verse

500

If you add up all the angles of a triangle you will get ____ degrees.

180

500

I have a tail and a head, but no body. What am I?

A coin