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unit 1 study aid

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what is the definition of theme

a)

the message the story is trying tell you

b)

supporting details

c)

a synanym for main idea

d)

the summary of the story

2.

Choose the right examples of first person point of view.

a)

She hops off of the train and catches a taxi

b)

I went to the supermarket to get some groceries

c)

Are you going to be okay walking to school alone

d)

Alfred said he went to piano lessons

e)

I wonder how I am going to sneak out of the house

3.

Which of these examples show the author's purpose?

a)

to persuade

b)

to educate or inform

c)

to show their feelings

d)

to be historic

e)

to entertain

4.

What is the central idea of a passage?

a)

the main message

b)

kind of like the author purpose

c)

an opinion

d)

a fact or reason

5.

What is biographical writing?

a)

a type of narrative nonfiction

b)

when an author tells the story of another person's life

6.

what are some of the elements of poetry

a)

stanzas

b)

prose

c)

complete sentences

d)

complete sentences that is broken up into separate lines

e)

paragraphs

7.

What is simile?

a)

something that compares two things

b)

something that compares to things using "like or as"

c)

something that shows a comparison

d)

something that says one thing is another thing

8.

What is a metaphor?

a)

something that compares two things by stating that one thing is another

b)

something that is made up of two or more words that contradict (the opposite) each other

c)

something that has a figurative meaning and that is not literal

d)

something that makes a sound

9.

What is alliteration?

a)

an outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point

b)

the repetition of the first consonant sounds i several words in a sentence

c)

gives human characteristics inanimate objects animal or ideas

10.

What is a hyperbole?

a)

an outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point

b)

something that tells you a story

c)

something that makes you really hyper

11.

What is personification?

a)

personification give human characteristics inanimate objects, animals, or ideas

b)

when something that isn't human gets human capabilities or characteristics

12.

Choose the right answers

a)

Onomatopoeia is the use of words that sound like their meaning, or words that mimic sounds.

b)

An allusion is something that is real.

c)

An idiom is a phrase where the meaning isn't literal or has a hidden or figurative meaning.

d)

An oxymoron is made up of two or more words that actually have opposite meanings. Meaning that the words contradict each other.

13.

What is a common noun?

a)

it can be any person place or thing that is not capitalized

b)

it can be any person place or thing that is capitalized

c)

it can be any person place or thing

14.

Choose a type of part of speech then choose its meaning

a)

proper noun

b)

pronoun

c)

it's a person place or thing that is capitalized

d)

it's something that refers to things or people on general

15.

What is a pronoun?

a)

something that replaces a noun is a sentence

b)

something that refers to a specific person or thing

16.

An adverb describes a...

(select the right words)

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

noun

d)

adverb

17.

What is an adjective?

a)

An adjective is a word that describes a noun

b)

An adjective is a word that describes a human

c)

An adjective is a word that describes a verb

18.

choose the right examples of a plural noun

a)

deers

b)

glasss

c)

benches

d)

women

19.

What should be in a nonfiction narrative?

a)

words

b)

something that tells you a summary

c)

a conclusion that effectively follows from the narrated experiences or events