Spelling
Grammar
Critical Vocabulary from The Miracle of Spring
Genre Study
Literacy Elements
Figurative Language
100

I poured out an _____ of milk for the recipe.

O-U-N-C-E

100

Choose the correct verb to fill in the blank.

Mom _____ the potatoes for dinner.

  1. mash
  2. mashes
  3. mashing
  4. None of the above

4. None of the above

The correct answer would be mashed.

100

Someone who appears in court to say what he or she knows about a crime.

1. Judge

2. Witness

3. Restrain

4. Observer

2. Witness

100
The story has features not seen in this world, such as magic, time travel, strange settings, and fantastic characters

1. Mystery
2. Myth
3. Fantasy
4. Folktale 
3. Fantasy
100

 The events that take place in the story is called the:

1. setting

2. plot

3. theme

4. conflict

2. plot

100

What is a comparison using like or as?

1. metaphor

2. simile

3. imagery

4. cliche'

2. simile

200

I decided to take this _____ instead because it was faster.

R-O-U-T-E

200

Which sentence uses the correct past tense of the verb to bring?

1. I brought my books home.

2. I brung my books home.

3. I brang my books home.

4. I bring my books home.

1. I brought my books home.

200

In charge of an event.

1. Presiding

2. Neglect

3. Contempt

4. Encounter

1. Presiding

200


Stories that take place in a certain time and place in the past.

1. Realistic Fiction
2. Historical Fiction
3. Fantasy
4. Folktales
2. Historical Fiction
200

The main character, who the reader is rooting for, is called the____________________

1. antagonist

2. tritagonist

3. protagonist

4. protist

3. protagonist

200

Don't mind Mikey.  He's a grizzly bear until he's had his breakfast.

1. personification

2. onomatopoeia

3. metaphor

4. simile

3. metaphor

300

Snow white didn't eat the apple because it was full of ______. 

P-O-I-S-O-N

300

Choose the correct verb to fill in the blank.

That chair _____ when you sit in it.

  1. spin
  2. spins
  3. spinning
  4. spinned

2. spins

300

Trying to do something

1. Avoid

2. Ordeal

3. Restrain

4. Attempted

4. Attempted

300

Realistic Fiction, a story that sounds like it could be real is

1. Fiction

2. Nonfiction

1. Fiction

300

The setting of the story can be described with which of the following words:

1. who, what

2. where, how

3. when, where

4. why, what

3. when, where

300

Name three characters from The Miracle of Spring that used personification.

Examples include (Judge Wise Owl, Mrs. Bee, and the Eager Beaver)

400

Running out of gas is annoying and easily _______.

A-V-O-I-D-A-B-L-E

400

The prefix IL- means not, so if you do something that is ILLEGAL, you:

1. Break the law

2. Follow the law

3. Make a new law

4. Not the law

1. Break the law

400

Stop yourself from doing what you want to do.

1. Attempt

2. Restrain

3. Barge

4. Accuse

2. Restrain

400

 

A crime is committed. In finding the criminal, a detective must unravel a web of clues before pinning down the suspect. 

1. Realistic fiction-adventure

2. Folktale

3. Mystery

4. Fantasy

3. Mystery

400

Choose the correct order of the plot:

1. beginning, middle, ending, climax

2. somebody, wanted, then, so

3. beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, solution

4. character, setting, theme, ending

3. beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, solution

400

The candle flamed danced when anyone walked by.

1. alliteration

2. metaphor

3. personification

4. hyperbole

3. personification

500

He finally broke the ________ silence.

A-W-K-W-A-R-D

500

Which is a run-on sentence?

1. Yesterday I went swimming, so today I will try to go fishing.

2. Paul hoped to find the book he wanted at the library, but it had been checked out.

3. My grandmother is very old, when she sits down she has trouble getting up again.

4. We went on a nature hunt with my class and collected leaves, rocks, and pinecones.

3. My grandmother is very old, when she sits down she has trouble getting up again.

500

Long, thin sections that often twist around an object or another plant.

1. Tindrils

2. Tandrils

3. Tendrils

4. Tondrils

3. Tendrils

500

A true story about another person's life written by another person.

1. Autobiography

2. Biography

3. Historical fiction

4. Memoir

2. Biography

500

 

The author provides clues to the reader to help you understand the characters' traits.  The reader can infer character traits by:

1. The way the character looks

2. The way the character is named

3. The way the character dresses

4. The way the character acts

4. The way the character acts

500

Make your own Simile about what it's like to be a student

The answer should compose of (Being a student is like...)