Academic Language

What is the definition of a progressive verb tense?

• A verb that shows past action

• A verb that shows continuing action

• A verb that shows future action

• A verb that shows completed action

What is prose?

• A type of drama

• Poetry written in everyday language

• A type of comedy

• Literature written in everyday language

What is a proverb?

• A complex saying that is not understood

• A simple saying that is understood to be the truth

• A type of novel

• A type of poem

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What are quotations?

• Words that are not important in a text

• Words that are made up by the reader

• Words, phrases, or sentences taken exactly as written from a text

• Words made up by the writer

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is reason in writing?

• A type of punctuation mark

• Evidence the writer uses to support his/her opinion

• A type of literary device

• A type of character in a story

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Which of the following is a relative adverb?

• Who

• Whom

• Where

• That

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which of the following is a relative pronoun?

• Which

• When

• Why

• Whose

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is a rhyme scheme in poetry?

• The pattern of similes in a poem

• The pattern of rhyme in a poem

• The pattern of metaphors in a poem

• The pattern of rhythm in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is a root in a word?

• A word or word part after an affix is added

• A word or word part that is not important

• A word or word part before an affix is added

• A word or word part that has no meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is a run-on sentence?

• A sentence with one independent clause

• A sentence with two or more independent clauses that are not joined with a conjunction or semicolon

• A sentence with no punctuation

• A sentence with only a subject

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A