Chronological Order means...
A) You provide the ending first
B) Put the action details first
C) tell the events in the order it happened
C) tell the events in the order it happened
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From what perspective should an autobiography be written?
A) from the main character's father
B) The narrator's perspective
C) From the main character or person that the true story is about
D) From a best friend's perspective.
C) From the main character or person that the true story is about
100
What is the noun in this sentence?
Mr. Mecham fell asleep.
Mr. Mecham
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What does the prefix "tri" mean?
three!
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What is a topic statement (also know as an opinion statement, main idea statement, or thesis statement)?
A) the attention-getter
B) background information
C) bullet points
D) 1-2 sentences that state your topic clearly.
D) 1-2 sentences that state your topic clearly.
200
When did the storyteller, Leslie Marmon Silko, start telling stories?
A) When she became an adult
B) During school
C) When she became a grandmother
D) before boarding school
D) before boarding school
200
What is the verb in this sentence?
They drove all the way to Canada!
A) They
B) drove
C) all
D) way
B) drove
200
Which of the follow is an example of alliteration?
A) Lance lingers lazily looking longingly.
B) He ate a whole hippo!
C) The cloud is smiling at me!
D) She is a rock!
A) Lance lingers lazily looking longingly.
300
What are the three parts of a good essay?
A) Introduction, body, conclusion
B) hook, thesis, conclusion
C) beginning, middle, end
D) pictures, presentation, resolution
A) Introduction, body, conclusion
300
During the time that Rosa Parks was arrested, _____was occurring in the South.
A) segregation
B) equality
C) integration
D) acceptance
A) segregation
300
What is the pronoun in the sentence below?
She will fly to Mississippi.
She
300
Which of the following prefixes mean "not"?
A) pre
B) dis
C) com
D) auto
B) dis
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Which of the following is an example of a sensory detail?
A) The sky was painted in a thick flurry of marshmallow clouds, with just pinch of yellow sunlight.
B) Have you ever been to Cornado Beach in San Diego?
C) An inline skater came careening around the corner and barreled towards them, yelling. Josh grabbed Amy’s arm and yanked her out of the way.
D) Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 for not giving up her seat for a white man.
A) The sky was painted in a thick flurry of marshmallow clouds, with just pinch of yellow sunlight.
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In what year did the incident of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat occur?
A) 2014
B) 1955
C) 1919
D) 1944
B) 1955
400
What is the interjection in this example?
Yikes! That seems like it hurts!
A) Yikes
B) that
C) likes
D) hurts
A) Yikes
400
Which of the follow is an example of personification?
A) Lance lingers lazily looking longingly.
B) He ate a whole hippo!
C) The cloud is smiling at me!
D) She is a rock!