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Mrs. Brown has _________ hot air balloons in her classroom.
14
3
4
7
2
What does the A in the acronym FANBOYS stand for?
Are
And
Any
Am
3
What is the website that almost everyone disliked in Language Arts?
Wikipedia
Schoology
Google
NoRedInk
4
What is the most exciting time in the story?
Rising action
Conclusion
Falling action
Climax
5
An example of a transition for showing connection is?
Afterward
First
Next
By the same token
6
What is a phrase?
A word used to identify topics
Verbs
A small group of words
Verbals
7
Words that were recently coined, are informal, and go out of style are called what?
Informal
Slang
Formal
Jargon
8
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
9
What is a simile?
Comparing 2 things not using like or as
To cause one to smile
Using like or as to compare 2 things
When people start smiling for no reason
10
Which of these is an element of a memoir?
Ending the story abruptly so the reader doesn't get bored.
Using sensory details to describe characters/settings
Adding in as much irony as possible to affect the storyline
Using no dialogue to make sure the reader understands t
11
What year did Netflix come out?
2000
1982
1997
1990
12
Which of the following is not a career cluster?
Health services
Finance
Acting and producing
Human services
13
What word does not rhyme with weird?
Cleared
Potato
Seared
Beard
14
Which one is not an author's purpose?
Explain
Persuade
Impress
Entertain
15
The author wants to give you information is what type of author's purpose?
Inform
Describe
Explain
Persuade
16
For, and, nor, buy, or, yet, so...stand for what?
FANBOYS
THAMO
Simile
Conjunctions
17
There are ___________ bookshelves in this room.
1
4
6
2
18
Which superhero has a hammer?
Captain America
Ironman
Hulk
Thor
19
How many sound devices did we study?
10
3
4
5
20
Who won the 2014 Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Drama TV series?
Will Smith
Brad Pitt
Peter Dinklage
Bryan Cranston
21
A statement that supports your claim is?
Argument
Position
Claim
Thesis
22
The writer appeals to the reader's emotions is
Ethos
Logos
Fathos
Pathos
23
What is a stanza or a poem that consists of 2 lines that have end rhymes?
Octave
Quatrain
Verse
Couplet
24
Which of these is not an aspect of POP (Personality on Paper)?
Mood
Variety
Voice
Originality
25
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll tootsie pop?
364
1
600
16
26
What part of speech is the word bashful?
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
27
What was the first assignment in Mrs. Brown's class?
Started unit 5 of our vocab book
Wrote our narrative essay
Lined up in ABC order by last name
Read a poem
28
Which genre is a story that uses made-up characters and events that could happen in real life?
Poetry
Realistic fiction
Traditional literature
Historical fiction
29
When the writer appeals to the reader's emotions, it's...
Ethos
Jargon
Pathos
Logos
30
Who was the first person to get 20 million followers on Twitter?
Miley Cyrus
Ellen Degeneres
Lady Gaga
Bruno Mars
31
What is a simile?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
A comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as
An exaggeration that is not true
A comparison of 2 unlike things not using like or as
32
In the movie,
The Little Mermaid
, what is Ariel's daughter's name?
Alana
Jewel
Melody
Pearl
33
What are the 3 types of persuasive techniques?
Primary, secondary, tertiary
Consonance, assonance, alliteration
Inform, describe, explain
Ethos, logos, pathos
34
What is irony?
When an event happens that wasn't expected
A happy, cheerful event
Sarcasm or a verbal statement
Materials that have propertie of iron in it
35
A sentence that consists of a subject and a verb is?
Complex sentence
Stanza
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
36
What does POP stand for?
Personality on paper
People on Pluto
Party on paper
37
What is the way a writer develops characters in a story?
Prose
Characterization
Alliteration
Figurative Language
38
What is the cat's name from Shrek 2?
Donkey
Lenny
Boats in wuss
Puss in Boots
39
What is a synonym for optimistic?
Furious
Positive
Sad
Happy
40
What is one of our learning strands?
Writing: Poetry
Reading: Informational Answers
Language: Arts
Reading: Literature
41
How many syllables is in the word posterized?
6
5
3
4
42
What does logos mean?
Credibility
Logical
Emotion
43
Which one is a FANBOY?
For
Before
Yes
Not
44
Which type of fiction is set in the future?
Realistic fiction
Fantasy
Science fiction
Historical fiction
45
A haiku has _____ lines.
8
3
5
6
46
At the Grammys, who does Eminem sing the song "Stan" with?
President Obama
Yogi the Bear
Dido
Elton John
47
Which one is a type of persuasive technique?
Loaded words
Emotion
Reason
All of the above
48
What do we end our nonfiction writing pieces, such as an argument, with?
Reflection
Claim
Sizzle statement
The end
49
Fiction does not have which genre?
Mystery
Booklets
Folklore
Fantasy
50
What does underlining mean in the coding system?
New idea
Central idea
Connection
Football
51
Sarcasm is an example of what type of irony?
Dramatic
Verbal
Situational
Vocal
52
What is not a type of fiction?
Drama
Literary nonfiction
Fable
Adventure
53
According to Olivia, what is the best ice cream?
Vanilla
Cookies and cream
Chocolate
Strawberry
54
What is "pop" an example of?
Carbonated drink
Personification
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
55
Which transition word/phrase shows relationship?
Afterward
Correspondingly
All of the sudden
At the same time
56
What is characterization?
The way a writer develops a character in a book
A character
A lie about a character
A character in a book
57
A genre of fiction set in the past involving real people, places, or events from history is
Historical fiction
Science fiction
Fantasy
Realistic fiction
58
What is the repetition of the same sound in two or more words?
Internal rhyme
Partial rhyme
Rhyme
End rhyme
59
What word lets your language reflect the positive or negative of what you are saying?
Originality
Tone
Variety
Voice
60
What is a stanza?
A group or set of lines i a poem
Another name for refrain
A situation in a poem when conflict happens
A part in the song when the lines start rhyming
61
Mystery is a subgenre to ______________.
Historical fiction
Science fiction
Realistic fiction
Fantasy
62
What genre is set in a post-apocalypse society where there is a loss of human rights?
Mystery
Adventure
Dystopian
Realistic fiction
63
Which ones is a simile?
Her voice is music to my ears.
The assignment was a breeze.
Boiling mad
Cute as a button
64
Which movie is this prince from?
Sleeping Beauty
Cinderella
Snow White
Beauty and the Beast
65
Which of these animals is not extinct?
Black rhino
Quagga
Jaran tiger
Tripod fish
66
An example of a transition that builds suspense is?
Afterwards
Next
At once
First
67
What is "personality on paper?"
Tone
Voice
Variety
POP
68
What is Mrs. Brown's favorite color?
Red
Purple
Blue
Brown
69
What is a stanza or a poem that consists of 4 lines?
Verse
Octave
Couplet
Quatrain
70
The most popular sport in the world is?
Basketball
Soccer
Football
Tennis
71
When the tone is serious, a writer is using ____________ language.
Formal
Complete
Proper
Informal
72
What is an example of a transition that shifts time?
At first
By the same token
In opposition
Consequently
73
What is the name of this class?
English
German language arts
Language arts
English language arts
74
Which one is a type of rhyme?
Beginning
Internal
Start
Middle
75
What does I.R.A. stand for?
Interest Readability Appropriateness
Interactive Reading Automation
Inequality of Roman Applications
76
What page in our interactive notebook is fiction genres on?
65-66
42-43
47-49
50-52
77
What is 1 type of author's purpose?
Improve
Explain
Express
Remember
78
A story of someone's life written by another person is what?
Speech
Biography
Persuasive writing
Autobiography
79
What are the 2 types of characterization?
Indirect & Direct
Simile & Metaphor
Situational & Characters
Nature & Plants
80
What color is at the top of a stop light?
Blue
Yellow
Green
Red
81
What is Tiffany's favorite character from
The Lion King
?
Other
Simba
Mufasa
Scar
82
What genre involves the search for answers surrounding an unexpected event?
Biography
Dystopian
Mystery
Adventure
83
What is an octave?
A stanza or poem that contains 10 lines
a stanza or poem that contains 5 lines
A stanza or poem that contains 8 lines
A stanza or poem that contains 2 lines
84
What type of irony is when a person says the opposite of what they mean?
Situational
Irony
Verbal
Dramatic
85
What movie is Sully from?
Monsters, Inc.
The AristoCats
Finding Nemo
A Bug's Life
86
What type of irony is what we say is the opposite of what we mean?
Situational
Irony
Dramatic
Verbal
87
"A cunning, cuddly, curious cat" is an example of?
Consonance
Alliteration
Assonance
Hyperbole
88
What's 9 + 10?
19
21
11
1
89
When is book share in this class?
Friday
Monday
Wednesday
Tuesday
90
The occurrence of the same letter/sound at the beginning of adjacent words is?
Assonance
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Consonance
91
Who did Lebron James lose to in high school when he was a junior?
Badin
Hamilton
Roger Bacon
Mt. Healthy
92
Which is not a definition for abide?
Unable to tolerate
To endure
To continue a relationship
To deny
93
A stronger personal judgement for one side or another is?
Diction
Tone
Voice
Bias
94
When the writer tells the reader what a character looks like, it is called?
Indirect characterization
Direct characterization
Hyperbole
Exposition
95
What is logos?
Credibility
Happy
Emotion
Logical
96
Can cats taste things that are sweet?
Yes
Depends on genes
Both
No
97
How many elements to a memoir are there?
8
10
9
15
98
Imagine you are alone sinking in a rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
Stand still, and don't move.
Stop imagining.
Accept your fate.
Feed them the guy next to you and swim away.
99
Which is not an antonym for the word hapless in our unit 7 of our vocab book?
Charmed
Fortunate
Unlucky
Blessed
100
Which is not an example of informational text?
Textbooks
Guides
Flyers
Essays
101
What is pathos?
Emotion
Happy
Angry
Sad
102
How far away in miles is the sun from the Earth?
9,000 miles
92,960,000 miles
4,500,600.8 miles
18 miles
103
"My church set up a fundraising carnival for cancer reasons." What type of sentence is this?
Complex
Simple
Compound complex
Compound
104
What is it called when a story is true?
Metaphor
Nonfiction
Simile
Fiction
105
What is a single line of a poem called?
Octave
Quatrain
Verse
Couplet
106
What is an example of alliteration?
All mammals named Heather must be clammy.
I stood still and stopped the sound effect.
Tick, tock, click, clack, drip, drop, sizzle
I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed & restless.
107
The reader or audience knows something a character doesn't know is
Dramatic
Irony
Situational
Verbal
108
The sentence "My shadow's the only one that walks beside me," is an example of what?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
109
Someone insults you, and you say, "Wow, thanks." This is an example of what?
Situational irony
Verbal irony
FANBOYS
Dramatic irony
110
The ideas or feelings that a certain word invokes is...
Assertion
Connotation
Repetition
Generalization
111
Which one is not author's purpose?
Inform
Entertain
Persuade
Voice
112
What is a thesaurus used for?
Conjunctions
Synonyms/antonyms
Adjectives
Pictures
113
How many types of nonfiction are there?
50,000
1
2
4
114
The __________ jumped over the ____________.
cat, tree
cow, moon
day, sun
horse, box
115
Which is not a genre of fiction?
Drama
Realistic fiction
Fantasy
Historical fiction
116
A girl wanders into an abandoned building. She sees 50 people; she's alone. What does she see?
Ghosts
All of the above
Wax figures
Mirrors
117
What is the fourth letter of the alphabet?
A
E
D
G
118
Who is the best teacher?
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Karwisch
Miss Dizon
Mrs. Brischzon
119
"I was so mad I ran my car into a mailbox." This sentence is an example of what?
None of the above
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
120
When coding a passage and you can relate to it, what symbol do you use?
A circle
An "x"
An eye
A chain link
121
Which one is a genre of fiction?
Cartoon
Funny
Artistic
Fantasy
122
How many words are in the dictionary?
1 million
15 million
9 thousand
3 million
123
What word almost rhymes with orange?
Potato
Cow
No words rhyme with orange
Door hinge
124
What type of poem has 3 lines containing 5 syllables, 7 syllables and then 5 syllables?
Epic poem
Acrostic poem
Haynaku
Haiku
125
What word rhymes with potion?
Rant
Notion
Can't
Brant
126
You're in a race and pass the person in second place. What place are you in?
Second
Who cares?
First
Third
127
What color is Elmo?
Red
Pink
Green
None of the above
128
What superhero plays in the
Dark Knight
?
Superman
Batman
Ironman
Spiderman
129
How many wolves are in a pack?
5
4
7
6
130
What is onomatopoeia?
Can be any part in the word
A word that imitates its sound
Repeated consonant sound in a series of words
The repetition of the same sound among words
131
What does a sentence consist of?
It can stand alone.
All of the above
It expresses a complete thought.
It has a subject and verb.
132
The author wants you to do, buy, or believe something is what type of author's purpose?
Inform
Persuade
Entertain
Describe
133
The sentence, "Life is a highway," is an example of (a):
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
134
The topic of an essay is called what?
Statement
Road map
Subject
Position
135
What does denotation mean?
Different
Dictionary definition
Meaning
Emotion
136
Which author's purpose is when the author wants to give you information?
Inform
Persuade
Entertain
Describe
137
What is the name of the child who makes very inspirational videos?
Ricky Raffle
Kid President
Ronny Little
Donald Duck
138
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
Boom!
Got 'em!
Shirt
Deez
139
What is literature that is not poetry?
Poetry
Simile
Rhyme
Prose
140
What type of poems uses letters/words to form a shape?
ABC poem
Concrete poem
Aloud poem
The Bop
141
What does ROY G. BIV stand for?
Colors of the rainbow
Whiteboard symbols
Keys on the chromebook
Types of chairs
142
What does connotation mean?
The feeling of the word
The dictionary definition
The meaning of an unknown word
The number of syllables in a word
143
Where is the table of contents in a book?
Beginning
End
Middle
8th page
144
Which of the following words is a vocab word in unit 6?
Presumptuous
Cajole
Inane
Aquatic
145
Which is a quote from the student pledge?
"I will have every single supply."
"I will not disrupt class."
"I will respect the rights of others."
"I won't cough in class."
146
What is a hyperbole?
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
A comparison of 2 things without using like or as
An extreme exaggeration
A comparison 2 things using like or as
147
What is the author's individual writing style?
Diction
Voice
Bias
Tone
148
What is a type of multiple intelligence?
Originality
Smartness
Kindness
Musical
