ELA Do First Q3W6

Oliver told his friends a story about a giant pumpkin that grew overnight to the size of a house. What type of story is this?

• fairy tale

• legend

• tall tale

• myth

Which of the following best describes a fable?

• A short story with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

• A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.

• An exaggerated story about impossible events.

• A widely held but false belief or idea.

Which word is the synonym pair for "infamous"?

• neglect

• full

• legendary

• possible

Sophia is organizing a community event to address the issue of littering in the local park. She plans to organize her writing using one of the following text structures. Which one would be best?

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• chronological order

• cause and effect

• description

Luna is writing an essay on physics and needs to use the word that describes the resistance of any physical object to any change in its velocity. Choose the correct spelling of the word:

• innertia

• inertia

• innersha

• inersha

Everyone got a Valentine’s Day card __________ me.

• except

• including

• besides

• accept

What is the primary use of colons?

• To separate two independent clauses

• To introduce a list, explanation, or elaboration

• To end a sentence

• To indicate a question

What punctuation is used in the sentence "I would like the following milk, cheese, and butter"?

• Semicolon

• Colon

• Comma

• Period

Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?

• He was tired; he went to bed early.

• He was tired, he went to bed early.

• He was tired: he went to bed early.

• He was tired. He went to bed early.

Determine whether the sentence is a hyperbole: "Don’t worry! I can take a shower and get dressed in 10 seconds!"

• Yes

• No