Combined: English Language Arts Review + English Language Arts Vocabulary

Question 1

Plot, Character, Conflict, Theme, and Setting are five _________ elements.

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<p>narrative</p>

Question 2

A story is a

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narrative

Question 3

Stealing the words of other authors is called __________.

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plagiarism

Question 4

hyperbole

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exaggeration

Question 5

Drama is different than prose because it

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has stage directions

Question 6

The time and place in which a story happens is called the __________.

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setting

Question 7

"He is as big as a whale" is also an example of

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simile

Question 8

A phrase used to compare two unlike objects using like or as.

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Simile

Question 9

under, over, on, near, in front of, behind, are all

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prepositons

Question 10

A sentence that goes on and on with proper punctuation is called a __________.

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run-on

Question 11

A type of writing that tries to convince the reader of something is called _______.

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persuasive

Question 12

The part of a narrative that gets the reader's attention is called the _________.

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hook/grabber

Question 13

action word

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verb

Question 14

Good writers use colorful adjectives that involve the five __________.

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senses

Question 15

A biography is

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non-fiction

Question 16

Summarizing means taking giant steps through a story to capture the _____ _____.

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main idea

Question 17

As good readers, we want to read faster, stronger, _______!

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longer

Question 18

The ability to read naturally and with expression is call ___________.

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fluency

Question 19

A comparison using "like" or "as" is called a _____________.

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simile

Question 20

Sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, feeling are

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used in sensory writing

Question 21

Courage, honesty, and friendship are examples of _________.

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theme

Question 22

A phrase used to compare two unlike objects: "He is a lion."

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metaphor

Question 23

A Venn diagram is used as a graphic organizer for which text structure?

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compare/contrast

Question 24

Moving in on a line at the start of a new paragraph is called _________.

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indenting

Question 25

"You're pulling my leg" is an example of an _________.

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idiom

Question 26

"She is a flower" is a

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metaphor

Question 27

Captions, boldface words, and diagrams are features in __________ text.

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nonfiction

Question 28

Quotation marks are used by a writer to identify _________.

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dialogue

Question 29

Central or main idea in a story

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theme

Question 30

If something happened a year ago, the verb should be written in the _______ tense.

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past

Question 31

The genre of literature that often uses rhyme and rhythm is called ____________.

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poetry

Question 32

Good readers try to visualize a scene or create a ___________ in their mind.

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mental movie

Question 33

Words that connect one paragraph to the next and help the text flow are _____ words.

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transition

Question 34

We, you, us, they, her, them, it are all examples of...

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pronouns

Question 35

Noun

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person, place, thing or idea

Question 36

You have written a narrative in this class.

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True

Question 37

Literature is

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fiction

Question 38

A _________ tells the story

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both narrator and author

Question 39

This punctuation mark goes between the day and the year.

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comma

Question 40

An educated guess about what will happen next in the story is called a __________.

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prediction

Question 41

The most important character in a story is the

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Main Character

Question 42

A word that describes something

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adjective

Question 43

Tells location or place

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prepostion

Question 44

Good mechanics include proper spelling, punctuation, and making sure proper nouns are _____

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capitalized

Question 45

"He was as big as a whale" is an example of...

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hyperbole

Question 46

Time and Place

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Setting

Question 47

An informational piece of writing is

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non-fiction

Question 48

A person or animal in a story

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character

Question 49

fiction

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literature

Question 50

Sensory language uses

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all of the above

Question 51

fiction means true

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False

Question 52

Text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world are different kinds of _________.

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connections

Question 53

A pronoun takes the place of a

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answers 1,2,3

Question 54

adjectives are

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descriptive words

Question 55

"Hatchet" was what genre of literature?

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realistic fiction

Question 56

The setting in a story is

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answers 1,2,3

Combined: English Language Arts Review + English Language Arts Vocabulary

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Combined: English Language Arts Review + English Language Arts Vocabulary

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