Skills Review
sad and unhappy are:
a. synonyms
b. antonyms
a. synonyms
What is the appositive in this sentence?
Winter break, which was only two weeks, was fun and relaxing.
The end of the story where all the conflicts have been resolved.
What is the resolution?
Is this a complete sentence or fragment?
Ate two slices of pizza for dinner.
a. complete sentence
b. fragment
b. fragment
The children near the houses __________ quietly.
a. play
b. plays
a. play
The lesson or moral in a story.
What is theme?
What is the adverb in this sentence?
The horse started slowly.
a. horse
b. slowly
c. started
b. slowly
Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor?
My room looks like a blizzard went through.
a. simile
b. metaphor
a. simile
Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor?
It might be cold outside, but your smile warms the room!
a. simile
b. metaphor
b. metaphor
A passage about the Civil War would be:
a. a biography
b. an autobiography
c. an informational text
c. an informational text
_____________ eating cookies.
a. Their
b. They're
c. There
b. They're
What transition would sound the best in the sentence below:
It was raining outside today. _______________, the baseball game was cancelled.
a. As a result,
b. In particular,
c. For example,
a. As a result,
Which point of view uses the pronouns I, me, and we?
a. first person
b. third person
a. first person
What figure of speech is being used in the sentence below?
The old house complained all night long.
What is personification?
What figure of speech is this quote from Edward Tulane- "She was looking at him in the way a hawk hanging lazily in the air might study a mouse on the ground."
a. simile
b. metaphor
b. metaphor
Which point of view uses the pronouns he, she, and they?
a. first person
b. third person
b. third person
What figure of speech is this quote from Edward Tulane- "She had a large, sharp nose and bright black eyes that shone like dark stars."
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. idiom
a. simile
A word used to describe a noun. For example, size, color, or shape.
a. pronoun
b. adverb
c. adjective
c. adjective
What part of speech is underlined in this sentence-
Though I woke up on time, we were late to school.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
Using context clues, what does the word 'jaunts' mean in the sentence below?
He never came home from his jaunts with empty hands.
a. to be tired
b. a short journey for pleasure
c. an unhappy experience
b. a short journey for pleasure