Storyworks Quiz -- The Blob

What is a blob?

• a drop of thick liquid

• an informal conversational website

• a solid piece of rock or stone

• a mistake

What are tentacles?

• a portable shelter made of cloth

• the slender, flexible limb of an animal

• the quality of being uncertain

• planned activities

What does it mean to be immortal?

• bad or sinful

• not important

• living forever

• not real; made up

What does protract mean?

• to encourage

• to take care of

• to make something shorter

• to last longer

What are toddlers?

• young children beginning to walk

• things that are unsteady

• unhealthy foods

• magical creatures

What is an idiom?

• a phrase that rhymes

• a word that stands for a sound

• a phrase that means something other than its literal meaning

• a phrase that is repeated over and over in a poem

"John stole the cookies, and he was caught red-handed." This is an example of

• an idiom

• onomatopoeia

• a simile

• a rhyme

"Jan was as cool as a cucumber when she gave her speech." What kind of phrase is "cool as a cucumber"?

• a rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• an idiom

What is the meaning of the word threat?

• an indication that something bad is about to happen

• the front part of a person's neck

• a long, thin strand of fiber used for sewing

• a building where plays are performed

What does the word part re- mean in the word regrow?

• after

• again

• under

• not