ELA Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

She is walking on eggshells means...

• She is learning how to walk.
• She is in the chicken coop.
• She is trying not to upset anyone.

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Carla put her foot in her mouth really means...

• Carla takes yoga classes.
• She said something embarrassing.
• Carla ate a snack.

Multiple Choice

Which describes personification?

• Giving human qualities to objects or animals.

• Comparing 2 things using "like" or "as"

• Comparing 2 things saying that one things is something else.

Multiple Choice

What object is being personified in this sentence?

In other words: What object is doing something only people can do?

The wind whistled a happy tune as I hiked along the mountain trail.

• mountain

• wind

• tune

Multiple Select

Is biography a fiction or non-fiction?

• Fiction

• Non-fiction

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What is a biography?

• A story of someone's life written by themselves.

• A story of someone's life written by someone else.

• A made up story.

• A diary

Multiple Choice

Find the onomatopoeic word.

• Baaa

• Begging

• Went

• No onomatopoeic word

Multiple Choice

An onomatopoeia is also known as what?

• An action word
• A descriptive word
• A sound word
• A statement

Multiple Choice

When you put the words of others into your own words, you are...

• plagiarism

• paraphrasing

• quoting

Multiple Choice

True or False: It is plagiarism if you turn in your brother's project that he did for another teacher to your teacher.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Quoting directly from a sources is okay if you...

• use cut and paste

• only use quotation marks

• put the words in quotation marks and cite the source of the information

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the highest point of excitement in a story

• expostion

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

Multiple Choice

An unbiased person considers all sides of an issue.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Bias means _____________ one view over another view.

• supplementing

• favoring

• opinioning

• hosting

Multiple Choice

Why do we need to write a bibliography?

• To respect the author and give them credit
• To give your teacher a way to double-check your information
• To avoid plagiarism
• All of these reasons!

Multiple Choice

What is a bibliography?

• A book about a person's life
• A research paper or project
• A list of resources you used for research
• A list of books in a library

Multiple Select

All narratives have.......

Choose all correct answers

• questions you need to answer

• settings, characters

• just point of view

• point of view and plot

Multiple Choice

In a narrative, what is the plot/conflict in a narrative?

• When writing a plot decide on the conflict or problem for your character. As you write you will move your characters towards a resolution.

• When writing you will add details to make you character come alive.

• The plot will tell you who in your story.

• The plot will tells where your story will take place.

Multiple Choice

The first part of plot where the first setting occurs, characters are introduced, and the conflict begins is called...

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• exposition

Multiple Choice

Complications are added during the

• Conflict

• Rising Action

• Narration

• Climax

• Falling Action

Multiple Choice

The term for the events that make up a story

• Conflict

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Theme

• Plot

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the falling action?

• It sets the plot in motion.

• The characters and setting are being introduced.

• The events start to build toward a climax.

• Loose ends are being tied up and the conflict is being resolved.

Multiple Choice

The plane is high at an altitude of40,000 feet.

What is the antonym for the underlined word?

• right

• fast

• low

Multiple Choice

Choose the image that shows the antonym of happy.

Multiple Choice

Choose a synonym for famous?

• well-known

• impartial

• pleased

• stout

Multiple Choice

Choose a synonym for hurry?

• rush

• challenging

• damage

• hold

Multiple Choice

What is a context clue?

• Clues that readers use to find the meaning of unknown words.

• Clues that readers use to figure out the setting.

• Clues that readers use to figure out the character's names.

• Clues that readers use to find out the theme of the story.

Multiple Choice

What can you use as context clues?

• Pictures

• Words you know

• Examples and definitions

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Sally hopes her new boss is affable. Her old boss was very cold and grouchy, and it was impossible to talk to him.

• female

• friendly and polite

• unfriendly and impolite

• having many years of experience

Multiple Choice

It is easy to see my brother's disdain for TikTok. When he sees me dancing, he starts to grumble and leaves the room.

• to have a fear of something

• to have a strong dislike for something

• to listen carefully

• to watch carefully

Multiple Choice

Sam did not go to school today. He stayed in bed all day long. He had chicken noodle soup for lunch.

Why didn't Sam go to school? Choose the BEST answer.

• It is his birthday.

• He did not feel like going.

• He is sick.

• He had a dentist appointment.

Multiple Choice

This is an assumption that you make about something that you see, read, or experience.

• A

  Inference

• B

  Conclusion

Multiple Choice

Turner almost wished that he hadn't listened to the radio. He went to the closet and grabbed his umbrella. He would feel silly carrying it to the bus stop on such a sunny morning.

Which probably happened?

• A

  Turner realized that he had an unnatural fear of failing radio parts

• B

  Turner had promised himself to do something silly that morning.

• C

  Turner had heard a weather forecast that predicted rain.

• D

  Turner planned to trade his umbrella for a bus ride.

Multiple Choice

The best definition of theme is...

• The message or lesson the author is teaching.

• The main idea.

• A word that summarizes the story.

• The character's main problem.

Multiple Choice

One way you could figure out the theme is to...

• Skim through the story
• Just read the beginning of the story
• Think about what the character has learned
• Read the ending of the story

Multiple Choice

Interjections are "thrown" in between sentences to show a sudden feeling.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which would be an interjection you might used if you felt surprised? 

• Sorry.

• Wow!

• Hey!

• Oh, no.

Multiple Choice

A simile COMPARES 2 things using the words ____ or _____.

• and, or

• like, as

• and, like

Multiple Choice

Choose the word that best completes the simile.
He ran as slow as a ___.

• jaguar
• race car
• turtle
• tornado

Multiple Choice

Which point of view is more likely to be unreliable?

• third person

• second person

• first person narrator

Multiple Choice

Narrators who seems to know everything are called:

• main characters

• omniscient

• all of the above

• limited

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Homophones are two words that sound the same but have a different meaning.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False:

A Homograph is a word that has more than one meaning an/or pronunciation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which word completes the blank in the following sentence?

The leaves were bright ______.

• read

• red

Multiple Choice

The word bark in the following sentences is an example of what?

The dogs bark a lot.

I scraped my hand on a piece of tree bark.

• homograph

• homophone

Multiple Choice

Which one of these is correct?

• The text says, apples are good for you!
• The text says, "Apples are good for you".
• The text says, "Apples are good for you!"
• The text says "apples are good for you!"

Multiple Choice

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

• Kelly said Kim wants to play inside, not outside.
• Kelly said, "Kim wants to play inside, not outside.
• "Kelly said, " Kim wants to play inside, not outside.
• Kelly said, "Kim wants to play inside, not outside."

Multiple Choice

When you write the exact words someone said or wrote themselves, we call this ___________________.

• a direct quote
• a citation
• a claim
• a dialogue tag