Figuarative Language
What does the phrase "It was raining cats and dogs" mean?
A) Animals were falling from the sky
B) It was raining very hard
C) There was a pet parade
D) It was snowing
B) It was raining very hard
Q: What genre is a story about a talking dog who saves the day?
A) Biography
B) Historical Fiction
C) Fantasy
D) Nonfiction
Fantasy
Q: What text structure tells how things are alike and different?
A) Cause and Effect
B) Compare and Contrast
C) Sequence
D) Description
Compare and Contrast
Q: What punctuation ends a question?
A) Period
B) Exclamation mark
C) Comma
D) Question mark
Question Mark
Q: What is the main idea of a passage?
A) The title
B) A supporting detail
C) What the story is mostly about
D) The author’s name
What the story is mostly about
Q: Which is an example of a simile?
A) She was a cheetah on the track
B) The wind whispered through the trees
C) He was as tall as a giraffe
D) The sun smiled at me
C) He was as tall as a giraffe
Q: Which genre tells about real people and events?
A) Fiction
B) Fantasy
C) Nonfiction
D) Fable
Nonfiction
Q: A passage that lists steps in order is using which structure?
A) Problem and Solution
B) Cause and Effect
C) Sequence
D) Description
Sequence
Q: Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A) Lets go to the park!
B) Let’s go to the park?
C) Let’s go to the park!
D) Lets go to the park.
Let's go to the park!
Q: Which sentence best states the main idea?
"Birds have many types of feathers. Some feathers help them fly, and others keep them warm."
A) Birds are pretty.
B) Feathers are colorful.
C) Birds have many feathers.
D) Feathers help birds in different ways.
Feathers help birds in different ways.
Q: What type of figurative language is in the sentence: “The classroom was a zoo”?
A) Simile
B) Hyperbole
C) Idiom
D) Metaphor
D) Metaphor
Q: A story set in the past with made-up characters and real events is what genre?
A) Historical Fiction
B) Science Fiction
C) Myth
D) Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Q: If a passage tells about a problem and how it was solved, what is the text structure?
A) Description
B) Problem and Solution
C) Cause and Effect
D) Sequence
Problem and Solution
Q: Where should the comma go in this sentence? "After lunch we went to the library."
A) After, lunch we went to the library.
B) After lunch, we went to the library.
C) After lunch we, went to the library.
D) After lunch we went, to the library.
After lunch, we went to the library.
Q: Which of these best helps you figure out the main idea?
A) The first word of the paragraph
B) The author’s name
C) The supporting details
D) The punctuation
The supporting details