5th grade semester 1 reading/vocab review HMH

Question 1

Select all examples of story genres below.

Accepted Answer

fantasy/adventure, fairy tale, historical fiction, play

Question 2

What word describes Captain Arsenio?

Accepted Answer

determined

Question 3

What is dialogue?

Accepted Answer

the conversation among characters in a story

Question 4

The prefixes un–, non–, and dis– mean...

Accepted Answer

not or reversal

Question 5

Which word has a short i sound?

Accepted Answer

dribble

Question 6

People traveled in wagon trains to get to the west.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

What do we call a small window on a ship?

Accepted Answer

Porthole

Question 8

If you pay attention to everything around you, you are...

Accepted Answer

watchful

Question 9

The prefix re- means...

Accepted Answer

again

Question 10

What choice is a fact?

Accepted Answer

Lincoln is the capital of Nebraska

Question 11

An opinion can be proven.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

What adjective describes the box?

Accepted Answer

mysterious

Question 13

The words frigid and cold are...

Accepted Answer

synonyms

Question 14

What kind of natural disaster are seismographs useful for?

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Question 15

Select all of the natural disasters listed below.

Accepted Answer

tsunami, hurricane, flood

Question 16

What words below are question words?

Accepted Answer

when, where, why

Question 17

A play is mostly dialogue

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

This picture is a clue that the genre of the text is...

Accepted Answer

fantasy

Question 19

Select all of the reasons below that lead people to invent.

Accepted Answer

Solve problems, Achieve fame and fortune, Entertain people, Make life easier

Question 20

The words attempted and tried are

Accepted Answer

synonyms

Question 21

When you use your senses to create a mental picture in your mind, you...

Accepted Answer

visualize

Question 22

What character traits did people who headed west have?

Accepted Answer

courageous, hard-working

Question 23

What are the events of the story?

Accepted Answer

Things that happen in the story

Question 24

What do we call the main message, lesson, or moral of a story?

Accepted Answer

theme

Question 25

Types of figurative language include similes

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

The word numb has a short u sound.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

What can you do to prepare for a natural disaster?

Accepted Answer

practice safety drills, warn people to evacuate, make a plan

Question 28

If you have strong feelings about something, you are...

Accepted Answer

passionate

Question 29

What adjective describes the dogs hair?

Accepted Answer

matted

Question 30

Select all of the types of figurative language below.

Accepted Answer

hyberboles, idioms, puns

Question 31

What is a locomotive?

Accepted Answer

the engine that makes the train go forward

Question 32

Which word has the short e sound?

Accepted Answer

second

Question 33

The prefix mid- means...

Accepted Answer

middle

Question 34

What genre is the text?

Accepted Answer

poetry

Question 35

What is the picture below of?

Accepted Answer

auditorium

Question 36

Who mostly built the transcontinental railroad, and received no credit for it?

Accepted Answer

Chinese Men

Question 37

What do we call the people in stories?

Accepted Answer

characters

Question 38

To monitor and clarity, you should ask yourself if you understand what you just read.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

What element of drama is shown below?

Accepted Answer

characters

Question 40

Which word has the short a sound?

Accepted Answer

clap

Question 41

When can you make and confirm predictions?

Accepted Answer

before reading, after reading, during reading

Question 42

Select all of the examples of text structures.

Accepted Answer

compare and contrast, problem solution, Sequential/Logical Order, cause and effect

Question 43

What word matches the picture

Accepted Answer

regions

Question 44

What are some reasons why people settled west?

Accepted Answer

a better life, gold, free and cheap land

Question 45

A suffix is added to what part of a word?

Accepted Answer

the end of a base word

Question 46

What is Central Idea?

Accepted Answer

What the text is mostly about

Question 47

What does the picture below show?

Accepted Answer

Elements of drama

Question 48

The act of destroying or ruining something

Accepted Answer

destruction

Question 49

What is this a picture of?

Accepted Answer

phonograph

Question 50

This picture shows which natural disaster?

Accepted Answer

hurricane

5th grade semester 1 reading/vocab review HMH

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5th grade semester 1 reading/vocab review HMH

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