5th Grade ELA Short Quiz

Ray says that his house is 100000000 miles away from Alex's house, but it's only 50 miles away.  He used a...

• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Rhyme

The moral or lesson of a story is called a...

• Main idea
• Theme
• Plot

What does the idiom "when pigs fly" mean?

• When pigs find jetpacks
• Maybe in a long time
• Pigs can't fly
• Never

The greek root alg means pain.  What does neuralgia mean?

• Pain caused by a brain cell being damaged
• Pain caused by a brain freeze
• Pain caused by a damaged nerve
• Pain in your head

I can't decide which phone I want to buy.  The first phone has a lot of storage and charge, but it doesn't have as great of screen and viewing quality as the other phone.  Both are very good phones.  I don't know which one I should buy.  What text structure does this use?

• Description
• Compare and Contrast
• Problem and Solution
• Cause and Effect

What is an onomatopoeia?

• A tounge twister
• A word that has multiple meanings
• A word that has more than 11 letters
• A word that represents a sound

Which of these words is NOT a homonym?

• Bustier
• Cabinet
• Accessory
• Wind

Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug – although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty year old thug thought of that morning.  What is this an example of?

• Descriptive writing
• Alliteration
• Homophones
• Narative writing

One person says that this glass of water is half full.  The second person says it's half empty.  What tone does the second person use?

• Positive
• Benevolent
• Negative
• Candid

What does the Greek root arthr in arthroscope (a tool to see inside a joint) mean?

• Bone
• Joint
• See
• Inside