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Where is a comma needed? "He wanted to go to the movies so he asked his mom to drive him."
After 'mom'
After 'movies'
A comma is not needed
After 'go'
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What can you use to help figure out the meaning of an unknown word?
Context Clues
Alliteration
Dictionary
Plot
3
Point of view- Narrator is in the story; uses words like "I, me, my..."
1st person
2nd person
3rd person objective
3rd person limited
4
Which work would require ITALICS?
Chapter title
Poem title
Song title
Book title
5
Which work would require QUOTATION MARKS?
Chapter title
Movie title
Book title
Play title
6
The author's central thought; big idea of the story/passage
Theme
Conflict
Main Idea
Resolution
7
What are the 3 parts of a TDA question?
Task, Question, Conclusion
Introduction, Body, Conclusion
Lead-in, Introduction, Conclusion
Lead-in, Task, Additional Directions
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A word that is the opposite of another word
Synonym
Antonym
Homophone
Interjection
9
Find the spelling error: They're hypothesis was wrong so they repeated the experiment.
They're
experiment
hypothesis
wrong
10
What is giving human qualities, feelings, or actions to something that is not human?
Metaphor
Alliteration
Allusion
Personification
11
What is the most important strategy to do well on the PSSA?
All of the above!
Try your best.
Get enough sleep.
Eat breakfast.
12
Find the VERB: "He is the best football player!"
the
He
player
is
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Point of view- Not in the story; knows the feelings of only ONE character
3rd person limited
3rd person objective
1st person
3rd person omniscient
14
Exaggeration (My homework took me 100 hours)
Alliteration
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
15
What is the message, or lesson, the author is trying to teach the reader?
Main Idea
Resolution
Topic
Theme
16
Find the error: "I had an exellent meal at the restaurant so I'll definitely be back tomorrow."
tomorrow
restaurant
definitely
exellent
17
Using a word to mean the exact opposite of its literal meaning (I'm so HAPPY I have homework!)
irony
antonym
simile
imagery
18
Which sentence has an error in verb tense?
Next week, I will take an important test.
The boys played baseball and then go home.
The dogs run around the park until it's time to go home.
Yesterday, she ran to school and then ran home too.
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What part of speech JOINS words or clauses together (and, but, or, yet, ....)
Conjunction
Interjection
Verb
Preposition
20
What is the repeating of the same beginning sound? (Sally sold seashells)
Metaphor
Idiom
Personification
Alliteration
21
What is a possible CAUSE of failing a test?
Studied really hard
Got yelled at by mom
Didn't study
Had to retake test
22
Part of speech that tells WHERE something is located (inside, to, with, above)
Conjunction
Adverb
Preposition
Adjective
23
What is a word part added to the beginning OR end of a word that changes the meaning?
Prefix
Affix
Suffix
Root
24
The turning point in a narrative; the highest point in the story
Climax
Resolution
Falling Action
Rising Action
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Point of view- Not in the story, knows the feelings of ALL characters
3rd person objective
1st person
3rd person omniscient
2nd person
