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Figurative Language
Grammar
Author's Purpose
Text Structure
Drawing Conclusions
100
The forest fire ran wild across the West Coast.
A. Idiom
B. Personification
C. Hyperbole
D. Alliteration
What is "B. Personification"?
100
An adverb is a part of speech that ______.
A. Modifies the noun
B. Modifies the verb
C. Is useless
What is "B. Modifies the verb"?
100
An author's purpose is _________.
What is "the reason an author is writing"?
100
"Eating cereal is easy. First, get out your materials. Next, pour your cereal in the bowl, add milk, and enjoy."
A. Problem/Solution
B. Sequence
C. Chronological
D. Cause/Effect
What is "B. Sequence"?
100
The horse reared up on its hind legs, pawing the air and neighing loudly. What conclusion can you draw from the sentence above?
A. The horse was swimming
B. The horse was calm
C. The horse was excited
D. The horse was actually a unicorn
What is "C. The horse was excited"?
200
The children were wild flowers grown in concrete gardens.
A. Hyperbole
B. Personification
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Metaphor
What is "D. Metaphor"?
200
A pronoun takes the place of a noun. A _______ is what the pronoun refers to.
A. Subnoun
B. Antonym
C. Antecedent
D. Pronoun
What is "C. Antecedent"?
200
"Recess is definitely too short. In order to do better in regular classes, there should be at least one hour recess twice a day."
What is "Persuade"?
200
The dodo bird used to roam in large flocks across America. Interestingly, the dodo wasn’t startled by gun shot. Because of this, frontiersmen would kill entire flocks in one sitting. Unable to sustain these attacks, the dodo was hunted to extinction.
A. Sequence
B. Cause/Effect
C. Compare/Contrast
What is "B. Cause/Effect"?
200
As his mother honked the horn outside, Tom ran down the stairs, buttoning his shirt.What conclusion can you draw from the sentence above?
A. Tom liked to run
B. Tom was hungry
C. Tom was hurrying
D. It was raining
What is "C. Tom was hurrying"?
300
Without his glasses, Sam is as blind as a bat.
A. Alliteration
B. Personification
C. Simile
D. Metaphor
What is "C. Simile"?
300
Find the simple subject in the following sentence: In front of the house stood a policeman.
What is "policeman"?
300
"Toads and frogs are amphibians. Missouri has 25 species and subspecies of toads and frogs."
What is "Inform"?
300
"Thousand of people die each year in car accidents involving drugs or alcohol. Lives could be saved if our town adopts a free public taxi service. By providing such a service, we could prevent intoxicated drivers from endangering themselves or others."
A. Problem/Solution
B. Compare/Contrast
C. Sequence
D. Cause/Effect
What is "A. Problem/Solution"?
300
The line of voters at the voting place grew larger, but no one wanted to leave, although the wait would be very long. What conclusion can you draw from the sentence above?
A. The voters were interested in the election
B. The election workers were gone
C. There was going to be a riot
D. The voters were being paid
What is "A. The voters were interested in the election"?
400
The boy yelled at the cashier, "What a rip off!"
A. Idiom
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole
What is "A. Idiom"?
400
To ____ does this pencil belong to?
A. who
B. whom
C. whose
What is "B. whom"?
400
"Once upon a time, there lived a crazy teacher. She never assigned homework and had field trips every day."
What is "Entertain"?
400
"Linux and Windows are both operating systems. Computers use them to run programs. Linux is totally free and open source, so users can improve or otherwise modify the source code. Windows is proprietary, so it costs money to use and users are prohibited from altering the source code."
A. Compare/Contrast
B. Sequence
C. Cause/Effect
D. Problem/Solution
What is "A. Compare/Contrast"?
400
At the end of each school day, Miss Simmons would sweep the floor, empty the trash, arrange the desks and clean the board in her classroom. What conclusion can you draw from the sentence above?
A. The school was too poor to hire a janitor
B. Miss Simmons had nothing else to do
C. Miss Simmons like to have her room clean
D. The students were messy
What is "D. The students were messy"?
500
I haven't watched a movie in forever!
A. Idiom
B. Personification
C. Hyperbole
D. Metaphor
What is "C. Hyperbole"?
500
"The engineers claimed that the bridge was safe; however, they were still not prepared to risk crossing."
A. compound sentence
B. complex sentence
C. simple sentence
What is "A. compound sentence"?
500
What are the three main reasons an author has for writing?
What is "Inform, Entertain, and Persuade"?
500
The term “text structure” refers to ________.
What is "how information is organized in a passage"?
500
As she sat on the front porch, Lulu wiped the sweat from her face and took another drink of water. What conclusion can you draw from the sentence above?
A. It was cold
B. Lulu lives in Michigan
C. A storm was coming
D. It was hot
What is "D. It was hot"?