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Figurative Language
Perfect Tense
Indefinite Pronouns
Root Words
Hodge Podge
100
A comparison between two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
"I had driven more than three hundred miles before I needed to refuel the car." is an example of this tense
What is past perfect tense?
100
Everyone did ____________ homework on time.
What is his or her?
100
"My sister did funny things when she was hypnotized." The root word hypno means this
What is sleep?
100
He asked When are you going to be done? The corrections needed for this sentence are
What is He asked, "When are you going to be done?"
200
Giving human like characteristics or traits to an animal, object, or idea
What is personification?
200
"She will have visited Cambodia by the time she graduates college." is an example of this tense
What is future perfect tense?
200
" One of the boys lost __________ camera during the trip to the zoo."
What is his?
200
"We often use microscopes in science class to look at tiny organisms." The root word micro means this
What is small or minute?
200
The authors point of view in the following passage is... Jackie looked at her best friend with love in her heart. She had never had such a great friend. Sara, thought that she finally found the best friend she had been looking for for years. She found someone to share her secrets with, her dream with, someone who would be her children's pretend aunt. Yes, Sara had found the friend she'd been looking for and that friend was Jackie.
What is third person omniscient?
300
"Who let the cat out of the bag?" is an example of this
What is an idiom?
300
"Subways ____________(to carry in the present perfect) commuters to work for decades."
What is have carried?
300
"Most of the students gave ________ teachers a special card at the end of the school year."
What is their?
300
"The astronauts went into space many times, something few ever get to experience." The root word aster means
What is star?
300
An almanac and encyclopedia are different because
What is, an almanac is a fact book of events, people, and place of each year, while an encyclopedia offers a little information about a lot of things and are separated by alphabetical order.
400
The boy was so thirsty after running a marathon that he could drink a whole lake!
What is an example of hyperbole?
400
"He _______________ (break, past perfect) the entire set of his mother's dishes before he ever learned to wash them properly."
What is had broken?
400
"Most of the printer had lost ________ ink after printing over 500 pages."
What is its?
400
"I automatically wash my hands before I eat any meal." The root word auto means this
What is self?
400
The following are four strategies to use while taking a test...
What is read the questions first, read the answers from D through A, strike out answers that make no sense, and mark the passage with numbers for the answers.
500
This is an example of allitteration
What is "__your own example__."
500
You only use "will" for this perfect tense
What is the future perfect tense?
500
The list contains one indefinite pronoun that is both singular and plural: either, few, some, many, both
What is some?
500
"The volcano spewed out hot lava as it erupted." The root word volcan means this
What is fire?
500
These words are most important to look at in questions, these words are usually...
What is bolded, italicized, or underlined?