6.3.3

Match

Use your knowledge of the Greek roots geo, graph, and meter to match each definition with the correct word.

• to write or draw a map of the earth

• to sign something one's self

• a measurement of one hundredth of a meter

geography

autograph

centimeter

• geography

• autograph

• centimeter

Multiple Choice

Which word in the passage has to do with drawing the layout of the land?

• geologists

• geographers

• oceanographers

• seismographs

Multiple Choice

On page 11, the text says,

• Tenji had an icy feeling in the pit of his stomach."

  What does this expression mean?

• Tenji feels worried about his father.

• Tenji feels cold from the icy weather.

• Tenji feels a pit from something he ate.

Multiple Choice

The following sentence from page 15 is an example of the author's use of which type of figurative language?

• He felt as if he had spent his entire life preparing to be a guide on Everest.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Multiple Select

Meghan was feeling extremely frustrated as the computer loaded the webpage.

Select the adverb and the word it modifies. (2 correct answers)

• loaded

• feeling

• extremely

• frustrated

Multiple Choice

Which piece of dialogue is punctuated correctly?

• Mom asked, "What do you want for dinner tonight?"

• Bob said "I am so tired today,"

• "Lisa said, What is your favorite singer?"