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What is tone?
What is an inference?
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A #SBA prep quiz regarding #ELA vocabulary
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What is an inference?
A guess based on prior knowledge and clues from the text
Information presented in the text
A simile
to compare and contrast two texts
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What is tone?
What is being compared and contrasted in the text.
The underlying message about life.
How the author wants a piece of writing to feel.
The central idea of the text.
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The resolution of a story is:
the final outcome of the story
when the characters are first introduced
the most exciting part of the story
the beginning of the story
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Find the example of alliteration
Her eyes sparkled like diamonds when she saw candy.
The bowl of ice cream was as big as Mt. Everest.
The tulip reached for the sky.
The little laughing ladies interrupted an important meeting.
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a stanza is
The last line of a poem
How the author feels
a group of lines that form a poem
The rhythm of a poem
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What is the mood of a text?
None of the above.
It's happy and sad
How the author feels about the writing
How the writing makes the reader feel
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An example of allusion is:
All of the above
He thought he was the Einstein of the class.
She acts like Scrooge and never spends her money.
I told myself to just keep swimming as I took the hard test
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Which of the follow is an example of a type of text structure
all of the above
cause and effect
compare and contrast
problem and solution
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Find the example of personification
The bowl of ice cream could have towered over the skyscraper
The silly slimy slug moved along.
The tulip reached for the sky as it jumped out of the ground
Her eyes sparkled like diamonds when she saw the candy.
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If you are asked to articulate your answer, what does that mean?
To compare two pieces of evidence
To erase your answer
To talk about the text
To express clearly
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You are asked to identify the author's argument of the text. What is an argument?
a fight
a position on a problem that uses evidence to support it
the different opinions
the main idea
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Find the example of the simile
Her eyes were sparkling diamonds when she saw candy.
The silly slimy snail sluggishly moved.
Her eyes were like sparkling diamonds when she saw candy.
The tulip reached for the sky as it popped out of the ground
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An example of onomatopoeia is:
She cried as loud as a howling wolf.
I heard a bee above me.
None of the above.
Clap! The thunder loudly began.
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What is an example of a biased opinion
A food critic is writing about the best restaurants in town.
A tourist rates the best rides at a theme park.
A chef is writing an article about how great his own food is
A fashion designer discusses the top fashion trends of 2019.
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Author's purpose is:
The reason the text is written(entertain, persuade, explain)
To explain
To tell the reader a story
First person, second person, third person point of view
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An allusion is:
a long dialogue between two characters
the tone of the text
a mysterious trick
a reference to a person, place, or event- real or fictional.
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What is cause and effect?
a problem and a solution
all of the above
when one event brings about another
comparing evidence in two texts
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An example of an analogy is:
Love is a game-sometimes you win, sometimes you lose
He was as strong as an ox.
She was as busy as a bee getting ready for her birthday.
All of the above
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A theme in Out of My Mind is:
Never judge anyone by their appearance
sad
how Melody is judged by her appearance.
kindness
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The structure of a text is:
what the text is about
Who the main characters are in the text
how the text is organized
What the problem is in the text
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What is an example of a hyperbole?
All of the above
The bowl of ice cream could have towered over Mt. Everest.
Little ladies laughed during the play.
She was as busy as a bee.
