What is an inference?

a guess based on what you already know

group of letters attached to the beginning of a root word

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1
What is the following: She sings at the top of her lungs.
Idiom
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Simile
2
What are synonyms?
words that mean similar or same
words that mean the opposite
a statement based on personal beliefs
a statement that is true
3
What is a suffix?
group of letters attached to the beginning of a root word
group of letters attached to the end of a root word
a guess based on what you already know
words that sound the same but are spelled differently
4
What are the following: buzz, roar, hiss
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Idiom
Personification
5
What is the following: Her hair was silk.
Personification
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
6
What is the following: Ben bought banana bread at the bakery.
Simile
Idiom
Metaphor
Alliteration
7
What is the following: The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we’ll walk by.
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
8
What is a fact?
a statement based on personal belief
a statement that is true
a group of letters at the beginning of a sentence
words that mean the same
9
What is the following: The sun was a dazzling diamond.
Metaphor
Alliteration
Simile
Idiom
10
What is the following: The student's backpack weighed a thousand pounds.
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Hyperbole
11
What is an opinion?
groups of letters that the beginning of a word
the reason an writer writes
a statement that is true
a statement based on personal belief
12
What is the following: Her eyes were as green as grass.
Hyperbole
Simile
Idiom
Metaphor
13
What is an inference?
a group of letters attached to the beginning of a root word
words that mean the same
statement based on personal belief
a guess based on what you already know
14
What are antonyms?
a statement that is true
a statement based on personal beliefs
words that mean the opposite
words that mean the same
15
What is the following: BAM! POW! GONG! CRASH!
Hyperbole
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
16
What is a plot?
where a story takes place
events in a story
message of a story
who the story is about
17
What is the following: We got mile-high ice-cream cones.
Personification
Hyperbole
Idiom
Simile
18
What is a prefix?
group of letters attached to the beginning of a root word
a statement based on personal belief
groups of letters attached to the end of a root word
a statement that can be proven true
19
What is the following: The toy waited patiently for the boy to play with it.
Idiom
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
20
Which of the following are homophones?
write, right
up, down
pre, non
big, small
21
What is not an author's purpose?
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Confuse
22
What is the following: Break a leg!
Personification
Idiom
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
23
What is the following: The doll smiled as the little girl hugged her close.
Hyperbole
Personification
Idiom
Simile
24
What is the following: The hole was as deep as the ocean.
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
Simile

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