GA Milestones Language Arts Review

How can this sentence be corrected?"I is allergic to pollen."

• I is allergics to pollen.
• I am allergic to pollen.
• I's allergic to pollen.
• Pollen alleric to me.

Which of these is a pronoun?

• Jessica
• plane
• she
• dad

What does the prefix mean in the following words:
bicycle, bicentennial, binoculars

• two
• below or underneath
• before
• behind, later, or after

What does the prefix mean in the following words:
subway, submarine, subzero

• the opposite of, not, or negative
• below or underneath
• before
• behind, later, or after

Mrs. Haskins has a face like stone. This means that Mrs. Haskins....

• looks like a stone
• is happy.
• has a stern, serious look on her face.

When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:

• alliteration
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• metaphor

You are....... (Metaphor - finish the sentence)

• like a flower.

• wise as a mouse.

• awesome!

• such a clown!

The band played as loud as a sonic boom.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• eardrums