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NSCAS Reading Practice (Grades 4-6)
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This Quiz! is a review for the NeSA. #46grade #reading #languagearts #testing #nebraska
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Your ___________ represents what you already know.
fear
schema
problem
stanza
2
The main idea is usually in what sentence in a paragraph?
Last
Third
Second
First
3
Who is the bad guy or "villain" in a story?
Antagonist
Central character
Minor character
Protagonist
4
This is an example of what?
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Personification
Idiom
5
When you restate the main points of a piece of writing in your own words, you are...
highlighting.
plagiarizing.
summarizing.
predicting.
6
Sally's mom dropped her off at the airport. "Sally's" is what type of noun?
Plural
Possessive
7
What is an attachment to the end or beginning of a base or root word?
Prefix
Pun
Affix
Suffix
8
What is a pair of lines called in poetry?
Pair
Couplet
Team
Duo
9
What part of speech usually ends in -ly?
Verbs
Adverbs
Nouns
Adjectives
10
What is "Old English" an example of in this dictionary entry?
Pronunciation
Word origin
Meaning of the word
Syllables of the word
11
What should you use if you don't know the meaning of a word?
Prologue
Index
Table of contents
Context clues
12
The central idea of a work is the...
theme.
protagonist.
mood.
tone.
13
What is it called when the spreading of rumors or ideas is used to sway the opinion of others?
Propaganda
Resolution
Rising action
Personification
14
When the narrator knows everything about all the characters, then what is the point of view?
First person
Third person omniscient
Second person
Third person limited
15
Which one represents the attitude of the author toward the audience?
Mood
Tone
16
"Re" is a prefix that means what?
After
Before
Again
Wrong
17
What five-line poems usually have to do with nature (5, 7, 5 syllables)?
Cinquains
Limericks
Haikus
Acrostics
18
A group of lines in poetry is a...
conflict.
rhythm.
stanza.
rhyme scheme.
19
What literary device means "a hinting of what is to come"?
Personification
Conflict
Flashback
Foreshadowing
20
Which of the two represents the attitude of the author toward the subject?
Tone
Mood
21
This is an example of what?
Antonym
Homophone
Homograph
Synonym
22
"Fuzzy" is an example of what part of speech?
Verb
Adverb
Noun
Adjective
23
What is a big revelation (or realization) in a text called? (Hint: The author may have this.)
Conclusion
Imagery
Idea
Epiphany
24
What is hyperbole?
extreme exaggeration
honest predictions
complete rhyme scheme
falling action
25
In a __________ poem, the pattern is 2, 4, 6, 8, and 2 (five lines total) syllables.
Narrative
Cinquain
Concrete
Haiku
26
What is something that is used to be misleading or distracting (often used in mysteries)?
Imagery
Red herring
Propaganda
Puns
27
What type of story usually includes a hero and hyperbole?
Tall Tale
Fable
Legend
Fantasy
28
When an author uses descriptive words to paint a picture, what is that called?
Epiphany
Scheme
Imagery
Brilliance
29
The dictionary definition of a word is called...
connotation.
denotation.
glossary.
consonance.
30
If you write about your own life, you are writing what?
Autobiography
Biography
Nonfiction
Historical fiction
31
When vowel sounds are repeated in word pairs, is it consonance or assonance?
Assonance
Consonance
32
Which type of poem is a silly poem (AABBA rhyme scheme)?
Haiku
Lyric Poem
Narrative Poem
Limerick
33
In order to make an ________________, you have to use your schema as well as text clues.
inference
epilogue
answer
informed guess
34
What genre includes special "text features" (charts, tables, graphs...)?
Nonfiction
Folk tales
Poetry
Biographies
35
This image shows an example of what?
Antonym
Homograph
Homophone
Synonym
36
A comparison between two things that does not use "like" or "as" is called a...
comparison.
metaphor.
idiom.
simile.
37
The humorous use of a word or phrase (a play on words) is known as what?
A paradox
A byline
A pun
A cliffhanger
38
There are three types of connections one can make while reading. Which one is NOT included?
Text-to-text
Text-to-self
Text-to-nature
Text-to-world
39
The sequence of events in a story is the ____________.
Introduction
Plot
Resolution
Falling action
40
What genre of literature involves morals in the stories told?
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Fable
Fiction
