Parts of Speech
Where is the adverb in the sentence? "The eager student quickly ran to the playground."
quickly
If something was a 'story for stage performance by actors', what genre would it be?
A play
What is 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse' as example of?
A. Simile or B. Hyperbole
B. Hyperbole
If a passage said something like 'Giraffes have long necks', what would the author's purpose be?
To inform
What is 'the sun played hide-and-seek with the clouds' an example of?
Personification
What part of speech do in, at, under, and through belong to?
Prepositions
If a story has a person in space that talks to aliens, which literary genre would it be?
A. Science Fiction
B. Fantasy
A. Science Fiction
He is as tall as a giraffe.
A. Simile
B. Metephor
A. Simile
What would the author's purpose be for 'Alice in Wonderland'?
To entertain
If a book had aliens from another planet, what genre would it be?
Sci-Fi
Which word in the sentence below is a noun?
"The fluffy cat slept on the mat."
A. fluffy B. slept C. cat D. on
C. cat
What type of book tells the true story of a real person's life, written by someone else?
A. biography B. autobiography C. non-fiction
A. biography
What is "The classroom was a zoo during recess" an example of?
A. metaphor B. simile C. personification
A. metaphor
Read this short passage: "You need to try the new chocolate-chunk cookies at Sam's Bakery. They are the absolute best treats in town!" What is the author's purpose?
A. inform B. entertain C. persuade
C. persuade
Read these sentences: "Are you tired of vacuums that take up too much space? Well, then, come on down to ACE Hardware and buy our new pocket vacuums! They're the best anywhere!" What is this an example of?
Persuasion
Which word in the sentence below is an action verb?
"Leo ran across the playground."
A. ran B. Leo C. across D. playground
A. ran
What word describes the big lesson or rule about life that a fable tries to teach you?
A. fable B. moral C. resolution
B. moral
What does the idiom 'under the weather' actually mean?
A. feeling sick B. telling a secret C. raining very hard
A. feeling sick
Read this short sentence: "The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth, growing up to 100 feet long." What is the author's purpose?
A. persuade B. inform C. entertain
B. inform
What is the definition of a literary genre?
A type of story.
Which word is a pronoun that can replace the name "Sammy" in the sentence?
"Sammy loves reading books."
A. He B. Car C. Fast D. Run
A. He
If you want to learn real facts about how great white sharks hunt, which type of book genre would you pick?
A. fiction B. folktale C. informational
C. informational
What is 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers' an example of?
A. hyperbole B. personification C. alliteration
C. alliteration
If a text says 'The scary dragon swooped down from an abandoned castle and spoke with its booming voice', what piece of P.I.E would it be?
Answer: Entertainment
What does F.A.N.B.O.Y.S stand for?
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so