25 questions
Which is a simile?
It is raining cats and dogs
I like reading class
He is a bear
He is like a dictionary
Suffixes can change the part of speech of a word. Ex: happy is an adjective, but happiness is a _________.
verb
noun
pronoun
adverb
Adjective or pronoun? I own that.
adjective
pronoun
This shows how three astronauts survived. What part of speech is this?
pronoun
noun
adjective
adverb
What is a synonym for nimble?
slow
relaxed
swift
graceful
What type of sentence gives a command? Ex: Do your Read Theories.
interrogative
imperative
declarative
exclamatory
What is the verb phrase? We will be doing a quiz most Fridays.
We will
be doing a quiz
will be
will be doing
Which sentence is correct?
The author makes a interesting point.
The passage has an melancholy mood.
That in an agile dancer.
I made a exciting discovery.
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So are...
prepositions
verbs
correlative conjunctions
coordinating conjunctions
She did not give him much respect and treated him with______________.
agility
disdain
melancholy
dire
Which are correct? Choose ALL that apply.
smileing
joging
hiking
bragging
jokking
What types of pronouns are some, many, few, all, several?
demonstrative
personal
interrogative
indefinite
Which word means gross, offensive, or disgusting?
nimble
wary
foul
solitary
content
Two complete sentences joined with a comma and a coordinating conjunction is called a _____________sentence.
simple
complex
compound
double
I will always try my best. What is the verb phrase?
will always
will always try
will try my best
will try
Which words could be prepositions. Choose ALL that apply.
is
about
the
before
were
Which word means sneaky?
melancholy
eager
dire
stealthy
peculiar
Please stop beating around the bush and just tell me what's on your mind! (This idiom means)
to struggle to succeed when chances are bad
to avoid saying something directly
Isabelle wished she could ignore the fact that she scratched her brother's car, but she knew she had to face the music. (This idiom means)
to turn to better hear a sound
to accept unpleasant results of one's actions
do more than expected
The feeling the reader gets from reading a text or portion of a text is the ______________.
plot
mood
tone
imagery
What is the prepositional phrase? I am certain that I have seen him before.
am certain
before
have seen him before
There is not one
Omakayas sat near the cooking fire and slowly, with deep inner fury, ate a bowl of cold stew. What point of view is this written in?
first person
second person
third person
What point of view uses the pronouns you and your?
first person
second person
third person
When the reader has more than one character's thoughts and feelings from an all knowing narrator, we call that __________________point of view.
third person limited
third person objective
third peson omniscient
The cold air crept with iron stealthiness. What figurative language is this?
simile
metaphor
idiom
personification