Evelyn held her baby close as the tornado swept by. Fortunately, she was strong enough to hold onto her child. The tornado was quite strong, too. Using the dictionary entry below, which definition best fits the way the word "strong" is used in the last sentence? STRONG \'strôŋ\ adj. 1. muscular 2. consisting of solid material 3. determined 4. moving rapidly or with force
4. moving rapidly or with force
All poems have to rhyme. True or false?
False
Cookies are so amazing. When my mom cooks them, the smell travels up to my room as I drool imagining the soft, warm bite I'll take after dinner. When I finally get to taste it, my taste buds explode with happiness. The cookie breaks apart in my hands. My mom's cookies are the best. What is the author's purpose?
The author's purpose is to describe.
1) On top of spaghetti, All covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball When somebody sneezed.
2) It rolled off the table And onto the floor, And then my poor meatball Rolled right out the door!
3) It rolled in a garden And under a bush Now my poor meatball Was nothing but mush
4) The mush was as tasty As tasty could be Early next summer It grew into a tree
5) The tree was all covered With beautiful moss It grew lovely meatballs In a tomato sauce
6) So if you like spaghetti All covered with cheese Hold on to your meatballs And DON'T EVER SNEEZE!
In the fourth stanza, what happened to the meatball? a. Somebody sneezed. b. It rolled out the door. c. It rolled off the table. d. It grew into a tree.
d. It grew into a tree.
Brushing your teeth is very important. Some do not know the proper way to accomplish this task. First, you put a dime size amount of toothpaste on a toothbrush. Brush the top right side of your teeth, in a circular motion, all over the teeth. After 20 seconds, switch to the top left side of your teeth and repeat. Repeat four more times with the rest of your teeth. When done brushing, rinse your mouth clean with water. Make sure to clean the brush as well! You're finished! You now have beautiful, clean teeth. What is the author's purpose?
The author's purpose is to explain something the reader.
Mark was discombobulated after he had started to smell a faint, but strange scent coming from his bedroom, but after he checked the room it was gone. What does the word "discombobulated" mean?
a. scared b. mad c. confused d. happy
C. confused
____ is like a sentence in a poem
____ is like a paragraph in a poem
line
stanza
My mother goes to see Dr. Bixby regularly. My father said an immunologist might be able to heal her sickness. What does the word "immunologist" mean? a. a religious healer b. someone unable to change over time c. a person who is not able to change over time d. someone who has studied the immune system
d. someone who has studied the immune system
You can only do your best on the mighty STAAR test. For you’ve worked diligently, unconditionally, Your knowledge now compressed. This poem is written in what point of view? a. first person b. second person c. third person limited d. third person omniscient
b. second person
Little Jack Horner (a) Sat in the corner, (a) Eating a Christmas pie; (b) He put in his thumb, (c) And pulled out a plum, (c) And said, "What a good boy am I!" (b) In the poem above, aabccb is an example of the ________ of the poem. a. alliteration b. rhyme scheme c. rhythm d. onomatopoeia
B. Rhyme scheme