to read between the lines; a conclusion drawn from reasoning
A. inference
B. cause effect
C. compare contrast
inference
100
I can get your tongue all tied up!
A. Alliteration
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Personification
D. Metaphor
alliteration
100
My new cell phone keeps losing its charge.
What type of conflict am I experiencing?
What is person vs. technology.
100
Which of the following sources is the most reliable?
(1) tabloid
(2) magazine article
(3) eyewitness account
What is an eyewitness account?
100
Dean left the house in his car. He was texting while driving. He was not watching the road and he hit a stop sign; therefore, tearing the bumper up on his dad's new car.
Identify the cause for the effect of wrecking the car?
Texting while driving is the cause
200
I interrupt the sequence of a story to relate events that occured in the past.
A. Plot
B. Flashback
C. Climax
flashback
200
This is an example of a/an......
Her eyes shone like diamonds.
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. hyperbole
D. idiom
What is a simile?
200
A farmer is watching his entire field of corn wither away during the drought.
What is person vs. nature?
200
Which reference material would be the most helpful in finding other ways to say the same word?
A. Dictionary
B. Encyclopedia
C. Thesaurus
D. Newspaper
What is a thesaurus?
200
The point in the story where the characters and setting is introduced.
A. Exposition
B. Climax
C. Rising Action
D. Falling Action
Exposition
300
The highest point in the story. If it were a Television show it would end at a cliff hanger.
A. Climax
B. Plot
C. Exposition
Climax
300
The young trees waved to the children playing in the park.
What is personification?
300
I failed to study for my test.
What type of conflict is this?
What is person vs. self?
300
I am a great resource for general information. I may not be up-to-date on all the latest gadgets, but I have lots of useful information for reports.
A. Dictionary
B. Encyclopedia
C. Thesaurus
D. A biography about dogs
What is an encyclopedia?
300
The main idea of an informational text that tells us the gist or mainly what the passage is focused on.
A. evidence
B. claim
C. detailed explanation
D. central idea
What is the central idea?
400
the dictionary meaning of a word
A. connotation
B. denotation
C. repetition
denotation
400
I state that something is something else by comparing two unlike things.
A. metaphor
B. simile
C. personification
D. hyperbole
What is a metaphor?
400
Luke wanted to watch Mighty Machines, but Laura wanted to watch Snow White.
What type of conflict is this an example of?
What is person vs. person?
400
Which of the following topics would be a manageable topic in which to write a research paper?
(1) the United States
(2) the history of Smithville, Tennessee
(3) the state of Tennessee
What is (2) the history of Smithville, Tennessee
400
You know you're reading a poem because.....
(1) it explains how to complete a task.
(2) it has short lines and is divided into stanzas.
(3) it has a clearly stated problem and solution.
(4) it gives information about a specific topic.
What is (2) is has short lines and is divided into stanzas.
500
A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song.
A. results
B. idiom
C. rhyme scheme
rhyme scheme
500
An over exaggeration.
A. simile
B. hyperbole
C. metaphor
D. idom
hyperbole
500
A forest fire happens while you are camping
What type of conflict?
What is person vs. nature?
500
Choose the most reliable resource for a reader researching how people train to climb Mount Everest.
(1) a newspaper article
(2) an eyewitness account
(3) an interview
(4) an Internet site
What is (2) an eyewitness account?
500
Choose the secondary source used to write this report.
(1) a letter written about the telephone
(2) an interview Bell gave
(3) a journal entry
(4) an encyclopedia article about an invention