Vocabulary
Read the sentence 'The architect explained the structure of the tall skyscrapper.' The word 'structure' means what in this context?
What is the way something is built or organized?
This sentence contains sensory details that appeal to touch or sound.
A. She read her textbook for thirty minutes after dinner.
B. My family decided that we should go to the park.
C. We went to the grocery store on Tuesday afternoon
D. The icy wind whistled sharply against my cold cheeks.
What is D
D. The icy wind whistled sharply against my cold cheeks.
Peg organizes her story Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio in this order.
A. Cause and Effect
B. Sequence or Chronological
C. Comparison
D. Nothing, she just told her story.
What is B.
B. Sequence or Chronological
This is a key detail in a personal narrative.
What is it is a true story told from the writer's perspective?
This sentence is punctuated correctly for dialogue.
A. "We won the game!" exclaimed Maria.
B. 'We won the game!' exclaimed Maria.
C. "We won the game!" Exclaimed Maria.
D. "We won the game! exclaimed Maria."
What is A?
A. "We won the game!" exclaimed Maria.
Out of these events, which would happen on annual basis?
A. Brushing your teeth before bed.
B. Celebrating your birthday.
C. Eating breakfast in the morning.
D. Attending soccer practice.
What is B?
B. Celebrating your birthday.
The simile 'her words wrapped around me like a warm blanket' mean which of these options?
A. She spoke so quietly that I could barely hear her.
B. Her words made me feel safe and comforted.
C. Her words made me feel very hot and uncomfortable.
D. She physically placed a heavy blanket over my shoulders.
What is B.
B. Her words made me feel safe and comforted.
The iron lung served this purpose to polio patients.
What is it helped polio patients breathe?
This pronoun is a key indicator that a narrative is written in the first-person point of view.
What is I or we?
This word is the best transition word to complete the sentence:
It was pouring rain outside. , we decided to play board games inside.
A. Finally
B. Therefore
C. Instead
D. Before
What is B?
B. Therefore
The word 'plunge' is used correctly in this sentence.
A. On a hot afternoon, we jumped off the dock to plunge into the refreshing water.
B. She used a pencil to plunge her math problems onto the notebook page.
C. The teacher asked the class to plunge quietly during reading time.
D. He put on a jacket to plunge his arms warm on the cold morning walk.
What is A?
A. On a hot afternoon, we jumped off the dock to plunge into the refreshing water.
The sentence 'My sister was a fearless lion on the stage' uses which literary device to describe bravery?
What is a metaphor?
In Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, Peg discusses her time in the hospital. This was the reason that Peg's mother defied the doctor's and nurses to give Peg a chocolate milkshake.
What is Peg was unable to eat or drink anything for over a week. She needed nourishment and wanted a milkshake.
When an author tells events in the order they happened in time, the author is using this text structure.
A. Problem and solution
B. Compare and contrast
C. Cause and effect
D. Chronological or sequential order
What is D?
D. Chronological or sequential order
This sentence contains a metaphor.
A. The wind blew gently across the water of the lake.
B. The lake was a smooth mirror reflecting the quiet pine trees.
C. The lake was as cold as ice in early spring.
D. We decided to paddle our green canoe across the lake.
What is B?
B. The lake was a smooth mirror reflecting the quiet pine trees.
The word diagnosed has this meaning.
What is 'identified a medical condition or illness after examination'?
The sentence C, compared to the other sentences, is different because it is?
A. You could feel your heart pounding as you stepped onto the field.
B. She felt her heart pounding as she stepped onto the field.
C. I felt my heart pounding as I stepped onto the field.
D. They felt their hearts pounding as they stepped onto the field.
What is written in the first-person point of view.
The difference between Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio and Introduction to Polio is this.
What is the personal narrative shares personal thoughts and feelings from one person's experience, while an informational article provides facts and general data?
The sentence: 'Even though my hands were shaking, I took a deep breath and stepped back onto the balance beam.' This character trait is shown in this sentence.
What is determination/perseverance?
The sentence 'My knees felt like jelly as I walked up to the microphone.' uses a simile that means:
A. The speaker spilled food on their legs.
B. The speaker was wearing cold, wet clothes.
C. The speaker felt nervous and shaky.
D. The speaker was excited to run a fast race.
What is C?
C. The speaker felt nervous and shaky.
This has this meaning:
looked steadily and intently for a period of time
What is gazed?
A. I will never forget the moment I stepped into the huge World Fair arena.
B. We stood in line for hours waiting to see the main exhibit.
C. Historians report that thousands of people attended the World Fair in 1904.
D. My grandmother told me, "I bought my first icy ice cream cone at the fair."
What is C.
C. Historians report that thousands of people attended the World Fair in 1904.
Personal narratives typically end with what the author learns. This is a strong conclusion for this reason:
A. It introduces several brand-new characters at the end.
B. It helps the reader understand why the experience was important to the author.
C. It changes the narrative into a fictional fairytale.
D. It hides the ending so readers have to guess what happened.
What is B?
B. It helps the reader understand why the experience was important to the author.
A. A personal narrative is always completely made up, while an informational article is true.
B. An informational article uses first-person pronouns like 'I' and 'my".
C. A personal narrative shares personal thoughts and feelings from one person's experience, while an informational article provides facts and general data.
D. A personal narrative does not tell events in chronological order.
What is C?
C. A personal narrative shares personal thoughts and feelings from one person's experience, while an informational article provides facts and general data.
This sentence contains sensory details that appeal to the sense of touch:
A. The bright stadium lights illuminated the green field.
B. The fresh peppermint candy tasted cool and minty.
C. The loud siren echoed across the silent valley.
D. The scratchy wool blanket felt rough against my cold hands.
What is D?
D. The scratchy wool blanket felt rough against my cold hands.