Midterm Review

Question 1

What is a flashback?

Accepted Answer

a past event

Question 2

Kids should do all the chores and parents should rest and watch t.v. Correct or not?

Accepted Answer

no

Question 3

What is a flat character?

Accepted Answer

a boring character with no substance

Question 4

What is a dynamic character?

Accepted Answer

a character that changes throughout the story

Question 5

I love junk food brownies, candy, and chips! What punctuation should be used before this list?

Accepted Answer

parentheses

Question 6

Love / Hate

Accepted Answer

antonyms

Question 7

The brownie was disgustingly delicious!

Accepted Answer

oxymoron

Question 8

When I play cards, I bluff so that I can win. What does the word bluff mean?

Accepted Answer

to pretend

Question 9

What does it mean to contrast?

Accepted Answer

to tell how things are different

Question 10

What is the purpose of using a direct quote when writing a research report?

Accepted Answer

to make your writing more interesting

Question 11

Doing chores is important for kids.

Accepted Answer

simple

Question 12

I am older than dirt!

Accepted Answer

hyperbole, exaggeration

Question 13

Which of these transitional words show chronological order?

Accepted Answer

now

Question 14

What kinds of words are essential for a descriptive essay?

Accepted Answer

sensory words

Question 15

What is the purpose of a source?

Accepted Answer

to prove a claim, to give factual and supporting details to your topic

Question 16

What is a round character?

Accepted Answer

a character with substance-more than meets the eye

Question 17

If you make a graphic organizer, what step of the writing process is this?

Accepted Answer

prewriting

Question 18

Her eyes are as blue as the sea.

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 19

What does it mean to compare?

Accepted Answer

to tell how things are alike

Question 20

What does the word theme mean?

Accepted Answer

the message, the lesson

Question 21

What is a static character?

Accepted Answer

a character that doesn't change

Question 22

He's getting a little thin on top.

Accepted Answer

euphemism

Question 23

What is a synonym for the word exterminate?

Accepted Answer

eliminate

Question 24

What is a central idea?

Accepted Answer

the main idea

Question 25

When writing a report, what do you want the conclusion to do?

Accepted Answer

to give the audience something important to remember, to bring the writing to an end

Question 26

The trees danced to the song of the wind.

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 27

I will do that at the drop of a hat.

Accepted Answer

idiom

Question 28

I was the best loser in the art contest!

Accepted Answer

oxymoron

Question 29

You don't never get something for nothing. Correct or not?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 30

What is a relevant fact?

Accepted Answer

a detail that is both important and true

Question 31

What is a moral?

Accepted Answer

the lesson learned

Question 32

I sometimes see him in my dreams and wake full of tears. What is the tone of this statement?

Accepted Answer

sad

Question 33

You can tell a lot about a person by his or her character. What does the word character mean?

Accepted Answer

someone's personality

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