Mrs. Phillips' RRMS Milestones Review 1

Why would a writer use figurative language?

Which is a short retelling of a text in the reader's own words?

Which sentence has an incorrect shift in pronoun-antecedent agreement?

_____________ is the way a conflict is solved at the end of the story.

A(n) ___________ is a statement that can be proved to be true or false.

In first-person point of view, pronouns such as these are used.

Which sentence has an incorrect shift in pronoun-antecedent agreement?

Where can someone look to find current events happening at the Empire State Building?

What would be the structure of a paragraph telling how to plant and grow sunflowers?

Which is a fact?

What is the meaning of the phrase "heart of gold"?

Using information in a story to draw a conclusion is an example of

What does the phrase "he would have given his right arm for a bicycle" mean?

A _________ source is a firsthand account of a topic or event.

Which is an example of personification?

At the top of the plot curve is the most exciting part of the story or the

Katherine wants to go into politics; she finds _____ so exciting.

Leading up to the climax or high point of a story's plot is

Which transition would most likely be used in the cause-and-effect text structure?

Choose the sentence in which the pronoun is correct.

Anna and Paul both brought _________ hamsters to class for pet day.

What does the phrase "as happy as a clam" mean?

The leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.

This story element is the problem in a story that needs to be resolved.

A ________________ is a fact that describes, explains, or strengthens the main idea of a text.

Which is an example of a metaphor?

The adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work

Which is an example of simile?

en·nui   [ahn-wee, ahn-wee; Fr. ahn-nwee] n. a feeling of utter weariness

_______________ is a clue about what is going to happen later in a story.

Writing about what two stories have in common and how they differ is

I just won a brand new car____

A _______________ is the most important idea in a text.

An example of a secondary source is a

A group of lines of poetry is called a ___________.

Which is NOT an example of a primary source?

In this point of view, the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters.

A _______________ is when there is a pause in the story to describe an earlier event.

A(n) _____________ is a statement that cannot be proved, and not everyone will agree with it.

This point of view uses the pronoun "you."

If you needed to find out what an Egyptian pharaoh was, what would be the best resource?

Which word is closest in meaning to the verb laugh?

In this point of view, the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character.

Which choice could be the theme of a story?

What does the idiom "I'm all ears" mean?

The basic information at the beginning of a story is the

When and where a story takes place is the

This is a great strategy for finding the main idea of a passage.

Some of the new books have more than four hundred pages in _______.