What is the definition of a simile?

Comparing two unlike things to convey a point, using "like" or "as"

What's wrong with this sentence? I have peas and i hate carrots too

Capitalize the "i" and add a period at the end.

A category of text, such as fiction, nonfiction, and poetry

A brief statement of the most important events in the text.

Notes about the text written in margins.

What is an inference?

An educated guess based on context clues and general knowledge

What makes you an individual, such as personality, nationality, & values.

The overall meaning of a full text or a part of a text

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1
What is the definition of a simile?
Comparing two unlike things to convey a point, using "like" or "as"
Comparing two unlike things with nothing in common
Comparing two unlike things to convey a point.
2
What is the metaphor in the poem "Masks"?
The two characters searched for someone like them.
Their blue skin
There is a boy and girl in the poem.
3
What's wrong with this sentence? I have peas and i hate carrots too
Add a period after peas.
Capitalize the "i" and add a period at the end.
Capitalize "i" and add a period after peas and Capitalize the a in "and."
4
What is genre?
Realistic fiction and fantasy
Writing in the margins of a text
A category of text, such as fiction, nonfiction, and poetry
A comparison of two unlike things
5
Where does the period go? I went to the store I bought ice cream
After bought
After store
6
What is an example of an inference? Rita is 12 years old and has a 95 average in school.
Rita is 12 years old.
Rita is tall for her age.
Rita is a pre-teen.
Rita studies for her tests.
7
What is a summary?
A retell of everything that happened in the book you read.
Your opinion about a text
A brief statement of the most important events in the text.
Your interpretation of a text
8
What is annotation?
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama
Notes about the text written in margins.
Writing a note
Highlighting text without any explanation
9
Which is an example of a metaphor?
She is as scared as a mouse.
She is like a scared mouse.
She is a scared mouse.
10
Is this a sentence? On the computer.
No.
Yes.
11
What is an inference?
An educated guess based on context clues and general knowledge
A prediction
Realistic fiction
A fact explicitly stated in the text
12
What is an example of a trait?
Strong
All of the above
Pessimistic
Optimistic
13
What is identity?
Personality
Your beliefs
What makes you an individual, such as personality, nationality, & values.
Ethnicity
14
Make the following into a sentence. At the computer.
She sat at the computer.
Playing at the computer.
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What is "gist"?
The central message of a full text
The theme of a text
The central idea of a full text
The overall meaning of a full text or a part of a text

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