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Daily Dose #9

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following describes a tenacious person?

a)

a girl who practices her softball pitching every day

b)

a boy sitting alone eating his lunch

c)

a lady who has been on the phone for an hour to her best friend

d)

a boy who has received two warnings for whispering during a quiz

2.

Most people would agree that when dogs are ___________, they smell bad.

a)

dank

b)

decay

c)

cajole

d)

nostalgic

3.

Which of the following is more diminutive?

a)

house

b)

mountain

c)

ant

d)

rock

4.

Which of the following would be an antonym for the word askew?

a)

straight

b)

crooked

c)

broken

d)

hurt

5.

The smell of the cigar was ___________ because it brought back memories of her grandfather.

a)

dank

b)

decay

c)

cajole

d)

nostalgic

6.

Which of the following is a synonym for decay?

a)

blossom

b)

ripe

c)

grow

d)

rot

7.

Which of the following words is an antonym for the word infatuated?

a)

hate

b)

love

c)

enjoy

d)

admire

8.

Which of the following would complete the following analogy?

Redundant : ___________ :: Snare : Trap

a)

Resume

b)

Repeat

c)

Renovate

d)

Receive

9.

The mother _____________ her child into behaving by promising to buy him a toy.

a)

decayed

b)

infatuated

c)

cajoled

d)

nostalgic

10.

If an agreement is silently understood, it is _________________.

a)

dank

b)

nostalgic

c)

cajoled

d)

tacit

11.

Which of the following would be an antonym for the word slovenly?

a)

boring

b)

ugly

c)

neat

d)

careless

12.

Which of the following would most likely not be considered serene?

a)

. a man reading the newspaper

b)

a boy riding a bike

c)

a prayer session

d)

a pillow fight among ten seven-year-old girls

13.

With the limited point of view, the author _________________.

a)

allows the reader to know what all characters are thinking and feeling

b)

allows the reader to know what only one character is thinking and feeling

c)

allows the reader to make predictions

d)

allows the reader to understand cause/effect relationships

14.

Which of the following is an example of end rhyme?

a)

Everywhere you go, people want to know

If you are alone or if you’ve got a phone

b)

On the court, she hit the ball

Her opponent watched it fall

c)

Turn off your lights at night

Pull the covers over your head

15.

Read the following sentence.

She ate a piece of pizza.

Which of the following is the verb in the sentence?

a)

pizza

b)

piece

c)

ate

d)

she

16.

Read the following sentence:

He was exhausted after climbing the tall fence.

Which of the following is the adjective in this sentence?

a)

a. he

b)

b. was

c)

c. after

d)

d. tall

17.

The turning point of a story is the ____________.

a)

a. climax

b)

b. resolution

c)

c. rising action

d)

d. exposition

18.

Foreshadowing occurs when ___________________.

a)

a. an author writes about a past event

b)

b. an author provides hints of what is to come

c)

c. an author uses figurative language

d)

d. an author uses suspense

19.

A dynamic character __________________.

a)

a. changes

b)

b. stays the same

c)

c. surprises the reader

d)

d. has many traits

20.

A static character _______________ .

a)

a. changes

b)

b. stays the same

c)

c. surprises the reader

d)

d. few traits