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Julio was happy and astounded when he won MVP for the soccer season. He had been sure that Carlos was going to be chosen. What does the word astounded mean in this sentence?
a.) disappointed
b.) very surprised
c.) satisfied
d.) pleased
What is very surprised
I was shaking like a leaf. My palms were sweaty and I was so nervous about my presentation.
What point of view is this from?
a.) Third person
b.) Second person
c.) First person
d.) None of the above
c.) First person
Lightning danced across the sky. What type of figurative language is used?
What is personification
Which text structure shows events in time order?
a.) cause and effect
b.) problem and solution
c.) chronological order
d.) compare and contrast
What is chronological order
Every morning, Ms. Garfield follows the same routine. First, she wakes up and does some stretches. Next, she makes her breakfast and drinks a cup of coffee in hers kitchen. Then, she gets herself ready for work. Choose the bold word that should be changed to correct the sentence.
What is hers
A spider web may look flimsy, but spider silk is actually five times stronger than steel. It is tougher, stronger, and more flexible than anything humans have been able to produce. The word flimsy means...
a.) beautiful
b.) silky
c.)weak
d. inflexible
What is weak
Heather loved her new dog. She played with it everyday and took it for walks. The dog became Heather's best friend and they did everything together.
What point of view is this told in?
a.) Third person
b.) Second person
c. First person
a.) Third person
The cat is a statue. What type of figurative language is used?
The tongue is the fleshy muscle inside the mouth. A tongue lets us taste because the top of the tongue is made mostly of taste buds. Your tongue grows new taste buds about every two weeks. It is also very flexible, so it also helps us eat. When we chew, the tongue and the cheeks work together to constantly move the food between the teeth so that it can be chewed. The tongue presses the crushed food against the palate and moves this bolus, which is then ready to be swallowed. How is this passage organized?
What is Description
Dolphins are mammals that live in the ocean. Mammals are different than fish, reptiles or birds. As a mammal, dolphins breathe oxygen, even though they live in water. Because they are mammals, a dolphin mother gives birth to a live baby, unlike reptiles and birds who lay eggs. A dolphin mother also feeds her baby milk
What is the main idea of the paragraph.
Dolphins are mammals
Dolphins feed their babies milk.
Dolphins live in the water.
Dolphins breathe oxygen
Dolphins are mammals.
She turned her biggest foe into her best friend.
What is foe?
what is an enemy or opponent
If you choose me to be the school president, I promise I will feed you McDonalds everyday! Why did the author write this text.
a.) To persuade you to eat McDonalds everyday.
b.) To persuade you to vote for him.
c.) To persuade you to like him.
d) To entertain you.
What is to persuade you to vote for him.
Our mean teacher gave us a project that will take a million years to finish! What type of figurative language is used?
Personification
hyperbole
imagery
onomatopoeia
What is a hyperbole
Michael Phelps is one of the greatest swimmers of all time. At the age of 7, Phelps starts swimming, mainly because his older sisters, Whitney and Hilary, were swimming. At just 10 years old, Phelps held a national record for his age group. Just five years later Phelps competed in his first Olympic Games in Sydney, and was the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic Team. After his Olympic debut, Phelps was the youngest man to break a world record in the 200 meter fly. He went on to compete in three more Olympic Games and won a record total of 28 medals. How is this passage organized?
What is sequence
Samantha was on the track team and was trying to perform her personal best in the high jump. She jumped 4 feet and made it over with ease. She then attempted her personal best at 5 feet, but did not make it on her first attempt. She tried four more times and, on the fifth try, she made it!
What is the meaning of the passage?
a.) Only try something five times.
b.)If you fail to perform your personal best, you may not succeed, even if you try again.
c.)The faster you run, the higher you can go.
d.)Keep trying to perform you personal best, even if you fail the first time.
Keep trying to perform you personal best, even if you fail the first time.
At the restaurant, we were offered different beverages like milk and tea. What are beverages?
what is something you drink
A timeline showing important events from the American Civil War
Why did the author write this text?
a.) to entertain you with a story about the people who died in the American Civil War
b.) to persuade you to vote against the Civil War.
c.) to inform you about the important events from the American Civil War.
d.) to inform you about why the Civil War was bad.
what is to inform you about the important events from the American Civil War.
Carla closed her cluttered closet and looked around the room. What type of figurative language is used?
What is alliteration
Astronomers claim that a star begins as a cloud of hydrogen and helium. As the cloud moves about, it collects bits of dust and more floating gases. Then, the cloud begins to warm as more dust and gases are pulled into it. After a long period of time, as the cloud becomes denser, heat and friction cause the atoms to explode. That is how a star is born.
How is this paragraph organized?
What is Chronological
Without you hear, I can move forward
Thinking of the past only makes it worse,
forgetting is the only way to continue on
What is the meaning of the poem?
a.)The narrator is angry at someone.
b.) The narrator is moving away.
c.) The narrator wants to move forward; it is too sad to look back.
d.) The narrator wants to think of all the memories.
What is The narrator wants to move forward; it is too sad to look back.
The Red Cross is soliciting donations to help the hurricane victims.
What does soliciting mean as it is used in the sentence?
a.) selling
b.) asking for
c.) giving
d.) saving
What is asking for?
The author writes the steps the reader will follow a recipe
a.) to describe a recipe
b.) to explain how to make the recipe
c.) to inform you about a recipe
d.) to persuade you to make the recipe
what is to explain how to make a recipe
The sparkling white blanket of snow covered the mountains. What type of figurative language is this.
Personification
alliteration
imagery
onomatopoeia
What is imagery
Identify the text structure: "Rain led to flooding, causing damage."
How is this passage organized?
What is cause and effect
Ever since Greg was little, he always liked to take things apart. He took apart his sister's dolls, took apart all of his trucks ad cars, and even took apart his parents' telephone to see how it worked.
A character trait of Greg is ___.
a.) destructive
b.) angry
c.) curious
d.) mean
What is curious