GMAS ELA Prep 1

Hey, oops, huh are all examples of what?

• Interjections

• Conjunctions

• Onomatopoeia

• Descriptive language

It’s raining cats and dogs outside would be an example of what?

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

"The clouds are giant cottons balls" would be an example of what?

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

What is a figurative phrase that cannot be taken literally?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Metaphor

What directly compares two unlike things by saying that one thing actually is the other?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What compares two things using the words like or as?

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

What reference do you use to find synonyms and sometimes antonyms for words?

• Dictionary

• Atlas

• Thesaurus

• Encyclopedia

What is usually found at the end of many nonfiction books?

• Title Page

• Glossary

• Table of Content

• Captions

Where do you look to determine the pronunciation of words?

• Atlas

• Thesaurus

• Science Book

• Dictionary

How do you punctuate book chapters, articles, songs, and poems?

• You capitalize important words and place in quotation marks.

• You do not need to capitalize but place in quotation marks.

• You capitalize important words and you underline.

• You do not need to capitalize any words but you underline.