NSCAS Reading Review Flashcards

1

Yesterday it rained cats and dogs.

metaphor
idiom
alliteration
simile

2

What do you call words that mean the SAME thing?

alliteration
synonym
onomatopeia
antonym

3

Which words are antonyms?

tall, short
blue, blew
cat, kitten
big, giant

4

What is the author's purpose when he tells a story?

to inform
to entertain
to persuade
to explain

5

Sue said Sandy is super sick.

alliteration
onomatopeia
antonym
simile

6

Which word is NOT a compound word?

playground
football
butterfly
together

7

Which word has 3 syllables?

family
eggs
Easter
basket

8

Which 2 words make up the contraction won't?

will not
would not
wood not
won not

9

What are the words huge and enormous?

synonyms
antonyms

10

Which genre is non fiction?

historical fiction
fantasy
fable
biography

11

Our school is in Loup City, Nebraska.

fact
opinion

12

Which genre includes facts?

fantasy
fable
poetry
non-fiction

13

How is poetry different from other genre?

has words
has stanzas
has characters
has a title

14

A story that tells true facts about a person's life.

historical fiction
fable
biography
poetry

15

The pancake is as round as the full moon.

synonym
simile
alliteriation
metaphor

NSCAS Reading Review

Questions 15

NSCAS Reading Review

Questions 15