Analysis Reading

What tells the moral or the lesson of the story?

• main idea

• point of view

• imagery

• theme

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.

• The trees danced in the wind.

• I waited in line for 10 years!

• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

What lesson does the narrator learn while spending time with her grandmother? 
What skill are you being asked to use in this sentence?

• main idea

• theme

• conflict

• character motivation

The reader can infer that the author's life has been

• a series of ups and downs.

• a nightmare with no relief.

• full of only amazing days.

• boring.

Which of the following is an example of the author's use of simile?

• The river kept me company and kept me satisfied.  Nothing else mattered.

• I passed through the far curtain of the insulated air.

• The tips of the trees bent way over...like fising rods hooked on a big one.

• The trees swooshed loudly as the leaves and branches brushed hard together.

Then the river whispered, "Get ready. Get Ready." This is an example of what type of figurative langauge?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

What genre is informational text?

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

• Fantasy

• Fiction-Non

What type of text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different?

• Chronological

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• A) The classroom was a zoo.

• B) The sun smiled down on us.

• C) The wind whispered through the trees.

• D) The stars danced playfully in the sky.

What is the main theme of a story where a character learns the importance of honesty?

• A) Friendship

• B) Honesty

• C) Courage

• D) Adventure