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Busy beavers bury brown brownies below is an example of what?
a. consonance b. alliteration c. punctuation
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One or more syllables added to the beginning of a word to change the word's meaning is called what?
a. a suffix b. a root word c. a prefix
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Which is not a part of speech?
a. an index b. a verb c. a pronoun
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Which is not an author's purpose for writing?
a. to entertain b. to invest c. to persuade
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A group of sentences that all support one main idea is a what?
a. introduction b. outline c. paragraph
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The story of a person's life, told by that person, is called a(n) what?
a. autobiography b. biography c. characterization
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A type of sentence that shows strong surprise or emotion is called what?
a. an exclamation b. an interrogatory c. a statement
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Which is not a type of reference book?
a. dictionary b. glossary c. atlas
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"Maria's new puppy is an eating machine" is an example of what?
a. metaphor b. prepositional phrase c. simile
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The list of chapters found in the front of a book is called what?
a. glossary b. appendix c. table of contents
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A pronoun can replace what other part of speech?
a. a verb b. a conjunction c. a noun
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When the story is told from the point of view of the main character it is written in ...
a. third person b. first person c. omnipresent
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Black and white are examples of two what (not colors)?
a. synonyms b. homonyms c. antonyms
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The mood of the story is also called what?
a. point of view b. tone c. plot
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"The Joe Greene Story", by James Patterson is an examples of what?
a. personification b. biography c. autobiography
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Giving an inanimate object or animal human qualities is called ... a
a.onomatopoeia b. personification c. limerick
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What part of a sentence includes the verb and all its modifiers?
a. predicate b. dependent clause c. subject
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The resolution in the story is also called what?
a. the introduction b. the plot c. the solution
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Predicting is similar to what?
a. resolution b. objective c. inference
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Using words in a sentence to help you figure out what other, unknown words, mean is using what?
a. figurative language b. context clues c. points of reference
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Saying that something is not over "until the fat lady sings" is an example of what?
a. non-fiction b. idiom c. point of view
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The protagonist in a story is what?
a. the main character b. the climax c. the problem
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"When we go to the store" is an example of a what?
a. independent clause b. dependent clause c. question
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Historical fiction, mysteries and biographies are different kinds of what?
a. prepositional phrases b. idioms c. genre
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The part of a report that tells the reader where you got your information from is called what?
a. conclusion b. bibliography c. biography