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1
What does ROY G. BIV stand for?
Whiteboard symbols
Colors of the rainbow
Keys on the chromebook
Types of chairs
2
The __________ jumped over the ____________.
horse, box
cat, tree
cow, moon
day, sun
3
What color is Elmo?
Green
Red
None of the above
Pink
4
A story of someone's life written by another person is what?
Speech
Persuasive writing
Autobiography
Biography
5
When is the resolution of a story?
Middle
End
No such thing
Beginning
6
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll tootsie pop?
1
600
16
364
7
Which is not an example of informational text?
Flyers
Textbooks
Essays
Guides
8
When the writer appeals to the reader's emotions, it's...
Jargon
Pathos
Logos
Ethos
9
What is the name of this class?
English language arts
English
Language arts
German language arts
10
What word lets your language reflect the positive or negative of what you are saying?
Voice
Tone
Variety
Originality
11
What genre involves the search for answers surrounding an unexpected event?
Adventure
Biography
Dystopian
Mystery
12
What is the most exciting time in the story?
Falling action
Conclusion
Climax
Rising action
13
What do we end our nonfiction writing pieces, such as an argument, with?
Claim
Reflection
The end
Restate our argument through summarizing
14
What are the 2 types of characterization?
Simile & Metaphor
Situational & Characters
Indirect & Direct
Nature & Plants
15
"A cunning, cuddly, curious cat" is an example of?
Consonance
Assonance
Hyperbole
Alliteration
16
The author wants to give you information is what type of author's purpose?
Describe
Inform
Persuade
Explain
17
"My church set up a fundraising carnival for cancer reasons." What type of sentence is this?
Simple
Compound complex
Complex
Compound
18
The ideas or feelings that a certain word invokes is...
Repetition
Connotation
Generalization
Assertion
19
What is a thesaurus used for?
Conjunctions
Synonyms/antonyms
Pictures
Adjectives
20
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
21
What is Mrs. Hagn's favorite color?
Red
Purple
Brown
Blue
22
How many words are in the dictionary?
1 million
15 million
9 thousand
3 million
23
What do we use to record our lexile levels?
paper pencil
Composition Book
Tracking folder
Chromebook
24
In the movie,
The Little Mermaid
, what is Ariel's daughter's name?
Alana
Jewel
Pearl
Melody
25
What do we do every month to improve our lexile levels?
Read a book
Vocabulary tests
teenbiz
Read a poem
26
"I was so mad I ran my car into the mailbox." This sentence is an example of what?
None of the above
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
27
Which one is a type of rhyme?
Middle
Start
Beginning
Internal
28
Mystery is a subgenre to ______________.
Realistic fiction
Science fiction
Fantasy
Historical fiction
29
What does the A in the acronym FANBOYS stand for?
Am
And
Are
Any
30
What is the website that almost everyone disliked in Language Arts?
Answer.com
Google
Schoology
Wikipedia
31
Which author's purpose is when the author wants to give you information?
Inform
Persuade
Describe
Entertain
32
The writer appeals to the reader's emotions is
Logos
Ethos
Fathos
Pathos
33
Which is a quote from the student pledge?
"I will respect the rights of others."
"I won't cough in class."
"I will be REAl."
"I will have every single supply."
34
What is an example of a transition that shifts time?
By the same token
At first
In opposition
Consequently
35
The reader or audience knows something a character doesn't know is
Verbal
Irony
Situational
Dramatic
36
For, and, nor, buy, or, yet, so...stand for what?
Conjunctions
Simile
THAMO
FANBOYS
37
What type of irony is what we say is the opposite of what we mean?
Irony
Verbal
Dramatic
Situational
38
How far away in miles is the sun from the Earth?
4,500,600.8 miles
92,960,000 miles
9,000 miles
18 miles
39
Who won the 2014 Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Drama TV series?
Will Smith
Brad Pitt
Bryan Cranston
Peter Dinklage
40
Which one is a simile?
Cute as a button
The assignment was a breeze.
Her voice is music to my ears.
Boiling mad
41
How many types of nonfiction are there?
1
2
50,000
4
42
What is pathos?
Emotion
Sad
Happy
Angry
43
What does denotation mean?
Meaning
Different
Dictionary definition
Emotion
44
What superhero plays in the
Dark Knight
?
Spiderman
Ironman
Batman
Superman
45
What is the cat's name from Shrek 2?
Boats in wuss
Donkey
Puss in Boots
Lenny
46
What is a synonym for optimistic?
Positive
Sad
Furious
Happy
47
Imagine you are alone sinking in a rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
Feed them the guy next to you and swim away.
Accept your fate.
Stand still, and don't move.
Stop imagining.
48
Which of the following words is a vocab word in unit 5?
Presumptuous
Inane
Elegant
Cajole
49
What is a simile?
Using like or as to compare 2 things
When people start smiling for no reason
To cause one to smile
Comparing 2 things not using like or as
50
The sentence, "Life is a highway," is an example of (a):
Hyperbole
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
51
What is logos?
Credibility
Happy
Logical
Emotion
52
A haiku has _____ lines.
6
5
3
8
53
Fiction does not have which genre?
Folklore
Fantasy
Mystery
Booklets
54
Which type of fiction is set in the future?
Science fiction
Fantasy
Historical fiction
Realistic fiction
55
What is characterization?
The way a writer develops a character in a book
A character
A character in a book
A lie about a character
56
What is a phrase?
A word used to identify topics
Verbs
A small group of words
Verbals
57
An example of a transition for showing connection is?
Afterward
Next
First
By the same token
58
Which of these animals is not extinct?
Tripod fish
Quagga
Jaran tiger
Black rhino
59
What movie is Sully from?
Monsters, Inc.
A Bug's Life
Finding Nemo
The AristoCats
60
What is onomatopoeia?
Repeated consonant sound in a series of words
Can be any part in the word
A word that imitates its sound
The repetition of the same sound among words
61
When the tone is serious, a writer is using ____________ language.
Complete
Proper
Formal
Informal
62
What is the fourth letter of the alphabet?
G
D
A
E
63
You're in a race and pass the person in second place. What place are you in?
Third
Second
First
Who cares?
64
The most popular sport in the world is?
Soccer
Tennis
Football
Basketball
65
What is literature that is not poetry?
Poetry
Rhyme
Prose
Simile
66
Who did Lebron James lose to in high school when he was a junior?
Badin
Roger Bacon
Mt. Healthy
Hamilton
67
What type of irony is when a person says the opposite of what they mean?
Verbal
Situational
Irony
Dramatic
68
The author wants you to do, buy, or believe something is what type of author's purpose?
Entertain
Inform
Persuade
Describe
69
A genre of fiction set in the past involving real people, places, or events from history is
Science fiction
Historical fiction
Fantasy
Realistic fiction
70
What is my favorite character from
The Lion King
?
Simba
Other
Mufasa
Scar
71
Which of the following is not a career cluster?
Finance
Human services
Health services
Acting and producing
72
What type of poem has 3 lines containing 5 syllables, 7 syllables and then 5 syllables?
Haynaku
Epic poem
Haiku
Acrostic poem
73
What word rhymes with potion?
Can't
Rant
Brant
Notion
74
When the writer tells the reader what a character looks like, it is called?
Direct characterization
Exposition
Indirect characterization
Hyperbole
75
What are the 3 types of persuasive techniques?
Consonance, assonance, alliteration
Inform, describe, explain
Ethos, logos, pathos
Primary, secondary, tertiary
76
Can cats taste things that are sweet?
Depends on genes
Yes
Both
No
77
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
78
Which one is a FANBOY?
For
Before
Yes
Not
79
What part of speech is the word bashful?
Verb
Adverb
Noun
Adjective
80
What does connotation mean?
The number of syllables in a word
The dictionary definition
The meaning of an unknown word
The feeling of the word
81
Which one is not author's purpose?
Persuade
Voice
Entertain
Inform
82
A sentence that consists of a subject and a verb is?
Compound sentence
Complex sentence
Simple sentence
Stanza
83
What is irony?
A happy, cheerful event
Materials that have propertie of iron in it
When an event happens that wasn't expected
Sarcasm or a verbal statement
84
Which is not a genre of fiction?
Fantasy
Realistic fiction
Drama
Historical fiction
85
What is the way a writer develops characters in a story?
Characterization
Prose
Alliteration
Figurative Language
86
Words that were recently coined, are informal, and go out of style are called what?
Formal
Jargon
Slang
Informal
87
What is a stanza or a poem that consists of 2 lines that have end rhymes?
Quatrain
Octave
Verse
Couplet
88
A girl wanders into an abandoned building. She sees 50 people; she's alone. What does she see?
Ghosts
All of the above
Wax figures
Mirrors
89
Which one is a type of persuasive technique?
Loaded words
Emotion
Reason
All of the above
90
Which movie is this prince from?
Cinderella
Snow White
Beauty and the Beast
Sleeping Beauty
91
What is a stanza or a poem that consists of 4 lines?
Quatrain
Verse
Octave
Couplet
92
There are ___________ bookshelves in this room.
6
1
4
2
93
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
Shirt
Deez
Boom!
Got 'em!
94
Mrs. Hagn has _________ books in her classroom.(round it off)
0
250
35
77
95
Which one is not an author's purpose?
Explain
Persuade
Entertain
Impress
96
How many wolves are in a pack?
7
5
4
6
97
What is a single line of a poem called?
Couplet
Octave
Quatrain
Verse
98
The sentence "My shadow's the only one that walks beside me," is an example of what?
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
99
What year did Netflix come out?
2000
1982
1997
1990
100
Where is the table of contents in a book?
Beginning
Middle
8th page
End
101
An example of a transition that builds suspense is?
At once
Next
Afterwards
First
102
Sarcasm is an example of what type of irony?
Dramatic
Situational
Verbal
Vocal
103
What is an example of alliteration?
I stood still and stopped the sound effect.
All mammals named Heather must be clammy.
Tick, tock, click, clack, drip, drop, sizzle
I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed & restless.
104
Which transition word/phrase shows relationship?
At the same time
Afterward
All of the sudden
Correspondingly
105
What is the author's individual writing style?
Voice
Bias
Diction
Tone
106
Which one is a genre of fiction?
Funny
Cartoon
Artistic
Fantasy
107
What is a hyperbole?
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
An extreme exaggeration
A comparison of 2 things without using like or as
A comparison 2 things using like or as
108
At the Grammys, who does Eminem sing the song "Stan" with?
Elton John
Yogi the Bear
Dido
President Obama
109
What is a type of multiple intelligence?
Kindness
Musical
Originality
Smartness
110
What is the repetition of the same sound in two or more words example cat/hat?
Internal rhyme
Rhyme
Partial rhyme
End rhyme
111
What word does not rhyme with weird?
Potato
Seared
Cleared
Beard
112
What color is at the top of a stop light?
Yellow
Green
Blue
Red
113
What does logos mean?
Credibility
Emotion
Logical
114
What's 9 + 10?
1
21
11
19
115
Which superhero has a hammer?
Hulk
Ironman
Thor
Captain America
116
The topic of an essay is called what?
Statement
Road map
Position
Subject
117
What does lexile stand for?
grade level
reading skills
reading level
118
How many syllables is in the word posterized?
3
4
6
5
119
What is not a type of fiction?
Fable
Adventure
Literary nonfiction
Drama
120
What genre is set in a post-apocalypse society where there is a loss of human rights?
Realistic fiction
Mystery
Dystopian
Adventure
121
What type of poems uses letters/words to form a shape?
Aloud poem
Concrete poem
ABC poem
The Bop
122
Which of these is an element of a memoir?
Using sensory details to describe characters/settings
Ending the story abruptly so the reader doesn't get bored.
Adding in as much irony as possible to affect the storyline
Using no dialogue to make sure the reader understands t
123
What is it called when a story is true?
Nonfiction
Simile
Fiction
Metaphor
124
What is a simile?
An exaggeration that is not true
A comparison of 2 unlike things not using like or as
A comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as
Giving human qualities to non-human things
125
A stronger personal judgement for one side or another is?
Diction
Tone
Bias
Voice
126
A statement that supports your claim is?
Position
Argument
Thesis
Claim
127
Which genre is a story that uses made-up characters and events that could happen in real life?
Poetry
Realistic fiction
Traditional literature
Historical fiction
128
Which is an antonym for the word appalled in our unit 5 of our vocab book?
Shocked
Disappointed
Dismayed
Beautiful
129
What does a sentence consist of?
It can stand alone.
It expresses a complete thought.
It has a subject and verb.
All of the above
130
The occurrence of the same letter/sound at the beginning of adjacent words is?
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Consonance
Assonance
131
Who is the best teacher?
Mr. Dunn
Mrs. Hagn
Mrs. Hammes
Mr. Johnson
132
What is the name of the child who makes very inspirational videos?
Ricky Raffle
Ronny Little
Kid President
Donald Duck
133
What is 1 type of author's purpose?
Express
Remember
Improve
Explain
134
Who was the first person to get 20 million followers on Twitter?
Miley Cyrus
Bruno Mars
Ellen Degeneres
Lady Gaga
135
Someone insults you, and you say, "Wow, thanks." This is an example of what?
Situational irony
Verbal irony
Dramatic irony
FANBOYS
136
Which is not a definition for abide?
To continue a relationship
To endure
Unable to tolerate
To deny
