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Analogies
Idioms
Points of view
Up in the Air
100
What is a selection that tells about real people, places, things, ideas, or events?
nonfiction
100
What is heavy is to iron and __________ is to aluminum a. light b. soft c. shiny d. hot
light
100
What is this idiom explaining swept everyone off their feet mean? SWEPT EVERYONE OFF MY FEET means?
to impress
100
What is a story told using I, me, and my and tells that one character's feelings?
First person point of view
100
What is a trait that explains someone who feels less than someone else?
Inferior
200
What is written in stanzas and does not always rhyme?
poetry
200
Fill in the analogy night is to day and __________ is to noon. a. lunch b. nap c. midnight
Midnight
200
What is the idiom explaining I need to brush up on my grammar skills before high school? BRUSH UP means what?
to review or go over
200
What is type of point of view that uses YOU and is used in how to selections and recipes?
Second person point of view
200
If you make an educated guess about something you have read you are making an ____________?
inference
300
What is a story that is made up and does not involve real facts.
Fiction
300
Odometer : distance ruler:
Measurement
300
What is the idiom green with envy mean?
very jealous
300
What is point of view that the character is not in the story but has limited knowledge of the characters and their feelings?
third person limited
300
You should always READ the selection how? Once, line by line, or all the way through first.
all the way through first
400
What is a story that has a stated moral at the end and uses animals as characters?
fable
400
What is influenza is to virus as knockout is to _________ a. soda b. punch c. hit
punch
400
What is the idiom heart of gold explaining?
very kind or compassionate
400
What is the point of view that the narrator is not in the story but know ALL there is about each character and their feelings?
third person omniscent
400
What book do you need to use to find maps in the library?
Atlas
500
What is a type or category of written work?
Genre
500
What is decade is to year as millennium is to _______________ a. year b. century c. decade
Century
500
When Laura said something about her parent's surprise sixtieth anniversary party, she LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG. What does the idiom mean?
Laura revealed a secret
500
What is the point of view used in a manual on fixing your DVD player?
Second person
500
What are the terms called that are usually used in Science selections?
technical terms