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1
What is Tiffany's favorite character from
The Lion King
?
Simba
Other
Mufasa
Scar
2
What is the cat's name from Shrek 2?
Boats in wuss
Puss in Boots
Donkey
Lenny
3
What is 1 type of author's purpose?
Explain
Express
Remember
Improve
4
What is pathos?
Angry
Sad
Emotion
Happy
5
"I was so mad I ran my car into a mailbox." This sentence is an example of what?
Simile
None of the above
Hyperbole
Metaphor
6
Sarcasm is an example of what type of irony?
Situational
Verbal
Dramatic
Vocal
7
What is irony?
Materials that have propertie of iron in it
When an event happens that wasn't expected
A happy, cheerful event
Sarcasm or a verbal statement
8
An example of a transition that builds suspense is?
At once
Afterwards
Next
First
9
Mystery is a subgenre to ______________.
Science fiction
Realistic fiction
Historical fiction
Fantasy
10
Words that were recently coined, are informal, and go out of style are called what?
Informal
Formal
Slang
Jargon
11
Which one is not author's purpose?
Inform
Entertain
Voice
Persuade
12
How many words are in the dictionary?
1 million
15 million
3 million
9 thousand
13
Which transition word/phrase shows relationship?
At the same time
Afterward
All of the sudden
Correspondingly
14
What does ROY G. BIV stand for?
Keys on the chromebook
Types of chairs
Whiteboard symbols
Colors of the rainbow
15
You're in a race and pass the person in second place. What place are you in?
Third
First
Second
Who cares?
16
What is an example of alliteration?
Tick, tock, click, clack, drip, drop, sizzle
I stood still and stopped the sound effect.
I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed & restless.
All mammals named Heather must be clammy.
17
What is the repetition of the same sound in two or more words?
Internal rhyme
Partial rhyme
End rhyme
Rhyme
18
Who is the best teacher?
Mrs. Karwisch
Miss Dizon
Mrs. Brischzon
Mrs. Brown
19
What does I.R.A. stand for?
Inequality of Roman Applications
Interactive Reading Automation
Interest Readability Appropriateness
20
What word lets your language reflect the positive or negative of what you are saying?
Tone
Originality
Variety
Voice
21
Imagine you are alone sinking in a rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
Stop imagining.
Feed them the guy next to you and swim away.
Stand still, and don't move.
Accept your fate.
22
A stronger personal judgement for one side or another is?
Tone
Diction
Voice
Bias
23
When is book share in this class?
Wednesday
Friday
Tuesday
Monday
24
A haiku has _____ lines.
6
5
8
3
25
What's 9 + 10?
21
19
1
11
26
At the Grammys, who does Eminem sing the song "Stan" with?
Yogi the Bear
President Obama
Dido
Elton John
27
What is the author's individual writing style?
Bias
Tone
Diction
Voice
28
What is characterization?
A character
A lie about a character
The way a writer develops a character in a book
A character in a book
29
What is a hyperbole?
A comparison of 2 things without using like or as
A comparison 2 things using like or as
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
An extreme exaggeration
30
How many types of nonfiction are there?
1
2
50,000
4
31
How many syllables is in the word posterized?
6
3
5
4
32
Which is a quote from the student pledge?
"I will respect the rights of others."
"I will have every single supply."
"I will not disrupt class."
"I won't cough in class."
33
Someone insults you, and you say, "Wow, thanks." This is an example of what?
Verbal irony
FANBOYS
Dramatic irony
Situational irony
34
What does denotation mean?
Different
Emotion
Meaning
Dictionary definition
35
Which one is a type of rhyme?
Middle
Start
Beginning
Internal
36
What is the way a writer develops characters in a story?
Alliteration
Characterization
Prose
Figurative Language
37
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll tootsie pop?
600
16
1
364
38
There are ___________ bookshelves in this room.
6
1
4
2
39
Which one is a type of persuasive technique?
Loaded words
All of the above
Emotion
Reason
40
What does connotation mean?
The feeling of the word
The dictionary definition
The number of syllables in a word
The meaning of an unknown word
41
What word does not rhyme with weird?
Seared
Beard
Cleared
Potato
42
Which of these is not an aspect of POP (Personality on Paper)?
Variety
Originality
Voice
Mood
43
Which superhero has a hammer?
Thor
Hulk
Captain America
Ironman
44
What superhero plays in the
Dark Knight
?
Ironman
Batman
Superman
Spiderman
45
In the movie,
The Little Mermaid
, what is Ariel's daughter's name?
Pearl
Jewel
Alana
Melody
46
"A cunning, cuddly, curious cat" is an example of?
Assonance
Hyperbole
Consonance
Alliteration
47
Which is not a genre of fiction?
Historical fiction
Realistic fiction
Fantasy
Drama
48
Which type of fiction is set in the future?
Science fiction
Fantasy
Historical fiction
Realistic fiction
49
Which one is a FANBOY?
Yes
For
Not
Before
50
Which one is a genre of fiction?
Cartoon
Artistic
Funny
Fantasy
51
What does the A in the acronym FANBOYS stand for?
Any
Are
Am
And
52
What color is at the top of a stop light?
Green
Red
Blue
Yellow
53
Which is not an example of informational text?
Guides
Textbooks
Essays
Flyers
54
The __________ jumped over the ____________.
day, sun
horse, box
cat, tree
cow, moon
55
The author wants to give you information is what type of author's purpose?
Persuade
Describe
Inform
Explain
56
What is onomatopoeia?
A word that imitates its sound
Can be any part in the word
The repetition of the same sound among words
Repeated consonant sound in a series of words
57
A girl wanders into an abandoned building. She sees 50 people; she's alone. What does she see?
Mirrors
Ghosts
Wax figures
All of the above
58
When coding a passage and you can relate to it, what symbol do you use?
An eye
A circle
A chain link
An "x"
59
What movie is Sully from?
Monsters, Inc.
A Bug's Life
Finding Nemo
The AristoCats
60
What is logos?
Emotion
Credibility
Logical
Happy
61
What type of poem has 3 lines containing 5 syllables, 7 syllables and then 5 syllables?
Acrostic poem
Epic poem
Haynaku
Haiku
62
Can cats taste things that are sweet?
No
Both
Yes
Depends on genes
63
Fiction does not have which genre?
Folklore
Mystery
Fantasy
Booklets
64
According to Olivia, what is the best ice cream?
Chocolate
Vanilla
Cookies and cream
Strawberry
65
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
66
Which of these animals is not extinct?
Quagga
Jaran tiger
Black rhino
Tripod fish
67
A genre of fiction set in the past involving real people, places, or events from history is
Fantasy
Science fiction
Realistic fiction
Historical fiction
68
Which of the following is not a career cluster?
Health services
Acting and producing
Human services
Finance
69
What is the fourth letter of the alphabet?
E
A
D
G
70
The most popular sport in the world is?
Tennis
Soccer
Football
Basketball
71
What part of speech is the word bashful?
Adjective
Adverb
Verb
Noun
72
How many wolves are in a pack?
6
4
5
7
73
Which author's purpose is when the author wants to give you information?
Inform
Describe
Entertain
Persuade
74
What does a sentence consist of?
It expresses a complete thought.
All of the above
It can stand alone.
It has a subject and verb.
75
What is the name of the child who makes very inspirational videos?
Donald Duck
Ronny Little
Ricky Raffle
Kid President
76
The sentence "My shadow's the only one that walks beside me," is an example of what?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
77
What are the 3 types of persuasive techniques?
Primary, secondary, tertiary
Inform, describe, explain
Ethos, logos, pathos
Consonance, assonance, alliteration
78
What is it called when a story is true?
Metaphor
Fiction
Simile
Nonfiction
79
What genre is set in a post-apocalypse society where there is a loss of human rights?
Dystopian
Adventure
Mystery
Realistic fiction
80
What word rhymes with potion?
Notion
Brant
Can't
Rant
81
What is a thesaurus used for?
Pictures
Synonyms/antonyms
Conjunctions
Adjectives
82
Which is not an antonym for the word hapless in our unit 7 of our vocab book?
Unlucky
Fortunate
Charmed
Blessed
83
The reader or audience knows something a character doesn't know is
Verbal
Dramatic
Irony
Situational
84
What is one of our learning strands?
Writing: Poetry
Reading: Literature
Language: Arts
Reading: Informational Answers
85
What is a synonym for optimistic?
Happy
Positive
Sad
Furious
86
What is a stanza or a poem that consists of 2 lines that have end rhymes?
Verse
Octave
Couplet
Quatrain
87
When the writer appeals to the reader's emotions, it's...
Jargon
Logos
Ethos
Pathos
88
For, and, nor, buy, or, yet, so...stand for what?
Simile
THAMO
Conjunctions
FANBOYS
89
When the writer tells the reader what a character looks like, it is called?
Indirect characterization
Hyperbole
Direct characterization
Exposition
90
What genre involves the search for answers surrounding an unexpected event?
Biography
Adventure
Mystery
Dystopian
91
What are the 2 types of characterization?
Situational & Characters
Simile & Metaphor
Indirect & Direct
Nature & Plants
92
When the tone is serious, a writer is using ____________ language.
Formal
Proper
Complete
Informal
93
Mrs. Brown has _________ hot air balloons in her classroom.
14
4
7
3
94
What is a phrase?
A word used to identify topics
Verbals
Verbs
A small group of words
95
Which is not a definition for abide?
To continue a relationship
Unable to tolerate
To deny
To endure
96
Which genre is a story that uses made-up characters and events that could happen in real life?
Traditional literature
Poetry
Historical fiction
Realistic fiction
97
What is the website that almost everyone disliked in Language Arts?
Schoology
Google
NoRedInk
Wikipedia
98
What is a stanza or a poem that consists of 4 lines?
Quatrain
Verse
Couplet
Octave
99
What is "personality on paper?"
Voice
POP
Variety
Tone
100
What is not a type of fiction?
Drama
Adventure
Fable
Literary nonfiction
101
What is a stanza?
A group or set of lines i a poem
A situation in a poem when conflict happens
Another name for refrain
A part in the song when the lines start rhyming
102
The writer appeals to the reader's emotions is
Fathos
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
103
What is Mrs. Brown's favorite color?
Brown
Red
Purple
Blue
104
What is "pop" an example of?
Carbonated drink
Hyperbole
Personification
Onomatopoeia
105
What is literature that is not poetry?
Poetry
Simile
Prose
Rhyme
106
What does POP stand for?
Personality on paper
Party on paper
People on Pluto
107
A sentence that consists of a subject and a verb is?
Simple sentence
Stanza
Complex sentence
Compound sentence
108
What type of irony is when a person says the opposite of what they mean?
Irony
Dramatic
Situational
Verbal
109
Which of the following words is a vocab word in unit 6?
Inane
Aquatic
Presumptuous
Cajole
110
A story of someone's life written by another person is what?
Autobiography
Biography
Persuasive writing
Speech
111
What color is Elmo?
None of the above
Green
Pink
Red
112
What is an octave?
A stanza or poem that contains 8 lines
a stanza or poem that contains 5 lines
A stanza or poem that contains 10 lines
A stanza or poem that contains 2 lines
113
The author wants you to do, buy, or believe something is what type of author's purpose?
Persuade
Inform
Describe
Entertain
114
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
Boom!
Got 'em!
Deez
Shirt
115
An example of a transition for showing connection is?
First
By the same token
Next
Afterward
116
The sentence, "Life is a highway," is an example of (a):
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
117
"My church set up a fundraising carnival for cancer reasons." What type of sentence is this?
Compound
Simple
Complex
Compound complex
118
What page in our interactive notebook is fiction genres on?
42-43
47-49
50-52
65-66
119
How far away in miles is the sun from the Earth?
92,960,000 miles
4,500,600.8 miles
9,000 miles
18 miles
120
How many sound devices did we study?
5
4
3
10
121
What does logos mean?
Emotion
Logical
Credibility
122
Where is the table of contents in a book?
Middle
8th page
End
Beginning
123
Which of these is an element of a memoir?
Ending the story abruptly so the reader doesn't get bored.
Using no dialogue to make sure the reader understands t
Adding in as much irony as possible to affect the storyline
Using sensory details to describe characters/settings
124
What is the most exciting time in the story?
Climax
Rising action
Falling action
Conclusion
125
What does underlining mean in the coding system?
New idea
Central idea
Connection
Football
126
A statement that supports your claim is?
Thesis
Claim
Argument
Position
127
What word almost rhymes with orange?
Cow
No words rhyme with orange
Potato
Door hinge
128
What is a single line of a poem called?
Quatrain
Couplet
Verse
Octave
129
The occurrence of the same letter/sound at the beginning of adjacent words is?
Alliteration
Assonance
Hyperbole
Consonance
130
Who won the 2014 Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Drama TV series?
Peter Dinklage
Will Smith
Bryan Cranston
Brad Pitt
131
Which ones is a simile?
Cute as a button
Her voice is music to my ears.
The assignment was a breeze.
Boiling mad
132
What year did Netflix come out?
1990
1997
2000
1982
133
What do we end our nonfiction writing pieces, such as an argument, with?
Reflection
Sizzle statement
Claim
The end
134
The topic of an essay is called what?
Road map
Statement
Subject
Position
135
Which one is not an author's purpose?
Explain
Persuade
Entertain
Impress
136
Who did Lebron James lose to in high school when he was a junior?
Badin
Hamilton
Mt. Healthy
Roger Bacon
137
Which movie is this prince from?
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White
Cinderella
Beauty and the Beast
138
What is a type of multiple intelligence?
Kindness
Musical
Smartness
Originality
139
What is the name of this class?
English language arts
German language arts
English
Language arts
140
What is an example of a transition that shifts time?
In opposition
By the same token
Consequently
At first
141
The ideas or feelings that a certain word invokes is...
Generalization
Assertion
Connotation
Repetition
142
What was the first assignment in Mrs. Brown's class?
Lined up in ABC order by last name
Started unit 5 of our vocab book
Read a poem
Wrote our narrative essay
143
What is a simile?
A comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as
Giving human qualities to non-human things
A comparison of 2 unlike things not using like or as
An exaggeration that is not true
144
Who was the first person to get 20 million followers on Twitter?
Miley Cyrus
Ellen Degeneres
Bruno Mars
Lady Gaga
145
What is a simile?
Comparing 2 things not using like or as
To cause one to smile
When people start smiling for no reason
Using like or as to compare 2 things
146
What type of poems uses letters/words to form a shape?
Concrete poem
The Bop
Aloud poem
ABC poem
147
What type of irony is what we say is the opposite of what we mean?
Irony
Dramatic
Verbal
Situational
148
How many elements to a memoir are there?
9
8
15
10
