6th Grade Week 5 Quiz

What type figurative language is this: "As quick as a rabbit I looked under the table to see if they'd moved my suitcase."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

What does the idiom mean to "be in serious hot water"?

• to be in trouble or difficulty

• to be in jail

• to be able to swim

• to have trouble getting clean

An inference is...

• Text evidence + what you know

• Retelling a text

• Information written directly into the text.

• Making a guess without evidence

When making an inference, the most important thing is...

• What you know about the topic

• Being able to prove your inference using evidence from the text.

• The characters in the text

• The topic of the text

What does Bud use to get revenge on Todd Amos?

• Hot water

• His suitcase

• A vampire bat

• A knife

A subject is usually which part of speech?

• Noun/pronoun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

Mountaineering, not rock climbing, (is, are) the team's specialty.

• is

• are

The summit of the mountain, partly hidden by clouds, (tower, towers) above everything else for miles.

• tower

• towers

Explorers' quests for adventure (leads, lead, leading) them to new discoveries.

• leads

• lead

• leading

If a subject is singular (like: the dog) then the verb must end in ...to agree with the subject.

• s (barks)

• nothing (bark)