4th Grade NeSA Language Arts - Comprehension Random

Question 1

What is a cause?

Accepted Answer

something that makes something else happen

Question 2

"Her face was a bright as a shining diamond" is an example of a...

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simile

Question 3

Boom, bang, zap are examples of...

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onomatopoeias

Question 4

"I could sleep for a thousand years" is an example of a...

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hyperbole

Question 5

When eliminating, how many can you get rid of?

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one or two

Question 6

Words that are different but mean the same thing are called:

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synonym

Question 7

"The gentle breeze whispered to me on the cool summer evening" is an example of a...

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personification

Question 8

A synonym for the author's purpose of "inform" is...

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teach

Question 9

Which of the following could be an example of personification?

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the fireflies danced

Question 10

Choose the opinion.

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Spring is the best season ever.

Question 11

Choose the word that rhymes with "matter"

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scatter

Question 12

What is Miss Buckingham's "favorite" step of UNRAAVEL? (She thinks it's the most important!)

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Reading the questions

Question 13

The N of UNRAAVEL stands for:

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Now predict the passage

Question 14

Chris was crying. He couldn't believe he had broken his mom's vase. We can tell Chris is?

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caring

Question 15

When an author writes something to try to influence our opinions or get us to do something...

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persuade

Question 16

Words opposite of one another are called:

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antonym

Question 17

What is the main idea of a passage?

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what the story is mostly about

Question 18

Choose the metaphor

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My blanket was a warm, soft ocean

Question 19

A justification should have:

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The answer, why, and where

Question 20

Poems do not have paragraphs, they have:

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stanzas

Questions 20