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1
What does the word
biweekly
mean?
Every three weeks
Every two weeks
Every one week
Every four weeks
2
Which text feature tells what a section of an article is about?
Map
Glossary
Caption
Headings
3
Texts written by someone who did not directly experience the event are called...
Firsthand Accounts
Secondhand Accounts
4
Name the figurative language ---> "You're driving me up a wall."
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
5
What type of sentence is the following?...Susie threw the ball.
Compound-Complex
Compound
Complex
Simple
6
Penguins and cardinals are similar and different. They both are birds, but penguins can't fly.
Description
Problem and Solution
Cause and Effect
Compare and Contrast
7
Which text structure explains what happens and why it happens?
Description
Cause and Effect
Sequence
Compare and Contrast
8
What type of sentence is the following?...Susie threw the ball, and her brother caught it.
Complex
Compound
Compound-Complex
Simple
9
Texts written from the author's point of view as he or she has experienced it are called...
Secondhand Accounts
Firsthand Accounts
10
Which
Point of View
is the sentence written? "I enjoy spending time with my family."
2nd Person
3rd Person
1st Person
11
Jimmy had to get to school, but his dad said he couldn’t drive him. Jimmy walked instead.
Problem and Solution
Description
Cause and Effect
Sequence
12
Combine ---> I like playing basketball. I like playing football. I like playing baseball.
I like playing basketball, football, baseball.
I like playing basketball football and baseball.
I like playing basketball and football and baseball.
I like playing basketball, football, and baseball.
13
What type of sentence is the following?...Susie threw the ball while her brother waited for it.
Compound-Complex
Compound
Simple
Complex
14
BONUS ROUND: T. S. Eliot wrote all of these poems, except which?
"Dulce et Decorum est"
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"The Wasteland"
"The Hollow Men"
15
Which is the
verb
in the following sentence...Josh went swimming in the lake?
Josh
Lake
Went
Swimming
16
First, order your food. Second, pay the cashier. Third, sit down. Four, eat your food.
Problem and Solution
Description
Sequence
Cause and Effect
17
Dad
examined
the look on my face and said I looked excited. Which is a
synonym
for "examined"?
Studied
Worried about
Ignored
Mentioned
18
Which sentence is a
fragment
?
Never saw the movie.
I never saw the movie.
19
Which sentence is written correctly?
We are currently in sweet Valley, Pennsylvania.
We are currently in Sweet Valley, pennsylvania.
We are currently in sweet valley, Pennsylvania.
We are currently in Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania.
20
Which type of text uses
rhythm
and
rhyming
?
Poem
Novel
Drama
Short Story
21
What is the
theme
of a story?
Conflict
Summary
Plot
Message
22
Writing based on facts, real events, and real people is called...
Fiction
Nonfiction
23
Which sentence is written correctly?
Are you going to the game. Julie asked.
"Are you going to the game?" Julie asked.
Are you going to the game? Julie asked.
"Are you going to the game." Julie asked.
24
Combine these two sentences --> Gloria is coming to the party. Gloria is bringing Sandy.
Gloria is coming to the party, is bringing Sandy.
Gloria is coming to the party; she is bringing Sandy.
Gloria is coming to the party and is bringing Sandy.
Gloria is coming to the party; bringing Sandy.
25
Which part of speech describes a noun?
Pronoun
Adjective
Verb
Noun
26
Which is the
adjective
in the following sentence..The nervous child was not ready for the test.
Test
Nervous
Ready
Child
27
Writing that describes imaginary events and people is called...
Fiction
Nonfiction
28
Which of the following is a
coordinating conjunction
?
How
Because
And
Also
29
What is another name for
illustrations?
Symbols
Titles
Words
Pictures
30
Which text feature gives information about a picture?
Bold Type Print
Glossary
Index
Caption
31
Which part of speech describes a person, place, or thing?
Adjective
Noun
Verb
Pronoun
32
What text structure gives details about a topic?
Cause and Effect
Compare and Contrast
Sequence
Description
33
What is the
climax
of a story?
The resolution of the story
The turning point
The beginning of the story
the main conflict
34
Which text structure tells an order of events?
Sequence
Problem and Solution
Description
Compare and Contrast
35
Name the figurative language ---> "The loud boom of the fireworks scared the dog."
Personification
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
36
BONUS ROUND: Which word is at the end of most stanzas in Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven"?
Love
Death
Nevermore
Fear
37
A tornado blew the roof off the house, so the family had to find another place to live.
Cause and Effect
Compare and Contrast
Description
Problem and Solution
38
The girl let out a
cheerful
cry when she got her first dog. Which is an
antonym
for "cheerful"?
Joyful
Rude
Sad
Cruel
39
Which sentence is written correctly?
Julie said, Let's go to the game.
Julie said, "Let's go to the game."
Julie said "Let's go to the game."
Julie said Let's go to the game.
40
Which is a word or phrase that is opposite in meaning to another word or phrase?
Antonym
Synonym
41
What is the
setting
of a story?
Why the story takes place
How the story plays out
When the story takes place
Where the story takes place
42
Which text feature gives definitions of words?
Glossary
Maps
Table of Contents
Bold Type Print
43
Name the figurative language ---> "Larry’s lizard likes leaping leopards."
Simile
Alliteration
Personification
Metaphor
44
Which sentence is a
run on
?
The rain created puddles, and the football field was muddy.
The rain created puddles the football field was muddy.
45
Tom thought he lost her book, but he found it on the couch. What does the pronoun
it
refer to?
Book
Tom
Couch
He
46
Add the pronoun ---> My brother wanted to watch a movie, but _______ wanted to play baseball.
I
His
Them
Your
47
Which of the following contains a
prepositional phrase?
They wanted to leave.
Fred saw the movie yesterday.
John was in the bathroom.
She laughed hard.
48
BONUS ROUND: Which American author wrote
The Sound and the Fury
?
William Faulkner
Anne Sexton
E. B. White
Ernest Hemingway
49
Name the figurative language ---> "Lightning danced across the sky."
Metaphor
Alliteration
Simile
Personification
50
Which is the
pronoun
in the following sentence...He was late for the party.
Party
He
Late
Was
51
Which part of speech takes the place of a noun? Ex: he, she it
Verb
Noun
Pronoun
Adjective
52
Which text structure has an issue and a resolution?
Cause and Effect
Compare and Contrast
Description
Problem and Solution
53
Name the figurative language ---> "She is as tall as a giraffe."
Alliteration
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
54
Mars is the 4th planet from the sun. It is the color red. Mars has many dust storms.
Sequence
Description
Compare and Contrast
Problem and Solution
55
What type of sentence is the following?...When Susie threw the ball, her brother ran to it.
Complex
Simple
Compound-Complex
Compound
56
Which part of speech shows an action?
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Pronoun
57
Which text feature shows chapters and their page numbers?
Table of Contents
Caption
Glossary
Heading
58
Which
Point of View
is the sentence written in? "He is very excited for his basketball game."
2nd Person
1st Person
3rd Person
59
Which is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase?
Antonym
Synonym
60
Name the figurative language ---> "Life is a roller coaster."
Alliteration
Idiom
Metaphor
Simile
61
Which is the
noun
in the following sentence...Josh went swimming in the lake?
Josh
In
Went
Swimming
62
Which text structure compares how things are alike and different?
Sequence
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution
Compare and Contrast
63
Which sentence is written correctly?
We are going to the baseball game on wednesday, March 25th.
We are going to the baseball game on wednesday, march 25th.
We are going to the baseball game on Wednesday, March 25th.
We are going to the baseball game on Wednesday, march 25th.
64
What does the word
deflate
mean?
To add air
To take away air
65
When a character speaks in a piece of text it is called...
Narrative
Direction
Dialogue
Chorus
66
Name the figurative language ---> “My backpack weighs a ton!”
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Metaphor
Personification
67
BONUS ROUND: Which of the following famous writers is from Mexico?
Pablo Neruda
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Isabel Allende
Octavio Paz