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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 7 pts
What is the purpose of figurative language in a text?
To support the main idea or theme by explaining, describing, defining, or otherwise giving information about it
To compare two unlike things by using the words like or as
To help a reader to visualize the characters, setting, and events from a text in a better way
To record opinions, information, etc. on a regular basis
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.7.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 7 pts
What is a scene in the context of a play?
The author of a play
A division of a play or an act of a play, often changes the setting
A website on which an individual or group of users records opinions, information, etc. on a regular basis
Statements that support your main idea or theme by explaining, describing, defining, or otherwise giving information about it
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.7.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 6 pts
What is a hyperbole?
The use of words that imitate sounds
The use of exaggeration to make a point
A comparison that gives human characteristics to non-human things
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 6 pts
Who is a playwright?
The author of a play
A division of a play or an act of a play, often changes the setting
A website on which an individual or group of users records opinions, information, etc. on a regular basis
A fictional story that uses supernatural beings
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.7.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 7 pts
What is an idiom?
A part of the story that goes back in time
A phrase or expression that has its own meaning different from each individual word
The author of a play
A division of a play or an act of a play, often changes the setting
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.9-10.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 7 pts
What are graphic features/text features?
The author of a play
Illustrations with text that help to clarify or explain the text (labels, captions, etc.)
A website on which an individual or group of users records opinions, information, etc. on a regular basis
Statements that support your main idea or theme by explaining, describing, defining, or otherwise giving information about it
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.K.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 7 pts
What does a flashback in a story refer to?
A special article or story in a newspaper or magazine
A division of a play or an act of a play, often changes the setting
When a part of the story goes back in time
A fictional story that uses supernatural beings
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.4C
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
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