Mrs. Phillips' RRMS Milestones Review 1

The adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work

_____________ is the way a conflict is solved at the end of the story.

Which choice could be the theme of a story?

Which is an example of simile?

The leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.

An example of a secondary source is a

_______________ is a clue about what is going to happen later in a story.

en·nui   [ahn-wee, ahn-wee; Fr. ahn-nwee] n. a feeling of utter weariness

Which transition would most likely be used in the cause-and-effect text structure?

What would be the structure of a paragraph telling how to plant and grow sunflowers?

Which is an example of personification?

The basic information at the beginning of a story is the

Which sentence has an incorrect shift in pronoun-antecedent agreement?

What does the idiom "I'm all ears" mean?

Leading up to the climax or high point of a story's plot is

Which sentence has an incorrect shift in pronoun-antecedent agreement?

A _________ source is a firsthand account of a topic or event.

Why would a writer use figurative language?

In first-person point of view, pronouns such as these are used.

If you needed to find out what an Egyptian pharaoh was, what would be the best resource?

In this point of view, the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character.

A(n) ___________ is a statement that can be proved to be true or false.

Katherine wants to go into politics; she finds _____ so exciting.

Which is NOT an example of a primary source?

Choose the sentence in which the pronoun is correct.

What does the phrase "as happy as a clam" mean?

What does the phrase "he would have given his right arm for a bicycle" mean?

A(n) _____________ is a statement that cannot be proved, and not everyone will agree with it.

In this point of view, the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters.

Writing about what two stories have in common and how they differ is

A group of lines of poetry is called a ___________.

This story element is the problem in a story that needs to be resolved.

Where can someone look to find current events happening at the Empire State Building?

This is a great strategy for finding the main idea of a passage.

Which is an example of a metaphor?

This point of view uses the pronoun "you."

Which word is closest in meaning to the verb laugh?

A _______________ is when there is a pause in the story to describe an earlier event.

What is the meaning of the phrase "heart of gold"?

Anna and Paul both brought _________ hamsters to class for pet day.

A _______________ is the most important idea in a text.

At the top of the plot curve is the most exciting part of the story or the

Using information in a story to draw a conclusion is an example of

Which is a short retelling of a text in the reader's own words?

A ________________ is a fact that describes, explains, or strengthens the main idea of a text.

Some of the new books have more than four hundred pages in _______.

Which is a fact?

When and where a story takes place is the

I just won a brand new car____