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WorksheetsELA 8 Monster Quizizz 9/19
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What does POV stand for?
Point of View
Please Review
Play our Violin
Point of Reference
Rebecca was so excited to take a trip to Disneyland! Her family was happy to see her excited. What is the POV?
First person
Third person objective
Third person limited
Second person
Third person omniscient
If you pay attention in class and do all of your work, your grades will improve.
Second person
First person
Third person objective
Third person limited
My parents told me that America would be this amazing place where we could live in a house with a dog, do whatever we want, and eat hamburgers until we were red in the race.
Third person omniscient
Third person limited
First person
Second person
What is a summary?
a short explanation of a text
a persuasive argument about a text
a movie based off of a book
a theme or universal lesson
When would you most likely summarize a book?
when you want to forget a book you’ve read
when you want to tell a friend your opinion of a book but not what it was about
when you want to tell a friend the gist or main ideas of a book
when you don’t understand a vocabulary word you read in a book
A summary should
answer the 5 W’s: who, what, when, where and why.
describe the details but not the main ideas.
never mention the plot of the text.
always mention the age of the author.
What detail should be cut from the following summary?
My Funny Friend Fiona is a novel about a girl named Fiona. It’s really quick to read, and you should read it because it’s the funniest book in the world.
the name of the main character
the title of the book
the fact that the book is a novel
the opinion that it's the "funniest book in the world"
What can you summarize?
only novels
only nonfiction
only movies
anything you read or watch
When summarizing, we want to _____ unimportant information.
Summarize
Highlight
Disregard
Include
The main idea is
All the information provided
The most important information
Nothing to worry about
Unimportant information
When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range- herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.
There are a lot of cows in Texas.
Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.
There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.
Jenny likes bright colors.
Jenny was going to paint her room.
Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.
Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.
Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.
Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.
Jill loves Mexican food.
The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.
Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.
Julie watched the ants as they carried small crumbs down the trail to the anthill. She thinks ants are very hard working and industrious little creatures. They always seemed busy, and you never saw an ant just laying around doing nothing. They were carrying food, building tunnels, or defending the anthill. One thing you could say about ants is that they sure aren't lazy.
Ants carry many things.
Some ants may bite you.
Ants are hard workers.
Some ants help take care of the queen.
On Sunday, my wife and I went to Costco to pick up a few things. The store is located in Modesto. We bought water, laundry detergent, paper towels, snacks, and soda. It was very busy, but that was to be expected. Afterward, we also went to eat at a nice restaurant. I had a steak. It was a lovely day. What would be a good summary of the main points of this thrilling story?
On Sunday, my wife and I went to the Modesto Costco and then ate at a nice restaurant. We had a nice day.
We picked up water, laundry detergent, paper towels, snacks, and soda.
It was a lovely day.
On Sunday, we went to Modesto.
What is nonfiction?
A book about fairy tales
A book where the animals talk
A book that tells a silly story
A book/text about something true based in fact
Which of these are written in THIRD person?
Biography
Autobiography
Memoir
Some examples of nonfiction include:
Fairy Tales
Autobiography, Biography, and Memoir
A short story or novel
A poem
Autobiography and Biography are a type of writing called fiction.
True
False
"I have one brother and two sisters. We were all born in Houston, Texas."
Autobiography
Biography
"Michael Jordan attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)."
Autobiography
Biography
Which of these are written in FIRST person?
Memoir
Biography
Auotbiography
What is the definition of the biography, autobiography, and memoir genres?
Made up
True stories about real people's lives
Only contain true information
About real things
"At the age of four, I recall going to the local park and kicking a duck into the pond. I felt a sense of amusement and wonder, but no sympathy for the duck. I do now."
Biography
Autobiography
Memoir
Duck Tales
You write your life story in a/an
biography
autobiography
memoir
haiku
If someone wrote about the life of The Rock, it would be a/an
Autobiography
Biography
Memoir
Personal Narrative
Both similes and metaphors ________.
compare things
use the words “like” and “as”
are ways words can rhyme in a poem
make a story less vivid
A metaphor is a figure of speech that ________.
uses the words “like” or “as” but doesn’t compare things
compares things without using the words “like” or “as”
gives a nonhuman thing human traits
uses a word that sounds like what it means
Which of the following sentences contains a simile?
The thunder was loud.
The thunder boomed and rumbled.
The thunder growled, and the windows shook.
The thunder growled like a group of grizzly bears.
Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?
Her eyes shone through the darkness.
Her eyes looked like mine.
Her eyes were two full moons.
Her eyes were as bright as diamonds.
Her diary was her best friend, guarding her secrets quietly.
The metaphor 'A heart of gold', means what?
A person that is sweet, kind, generious and of good nature has a heart of gold.
A heart heavy as gold
Someone who is very rich
Just a bit of mumbo-jumbo
Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence.
The hug was like a soft blanket, wrapping Simone in warmth.
simile
metaphor
both a simile and a metaphor
There is no figure of speech in that sentence.
Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence.
Mikey waited in the cold until his fingers were icicles.
simile
metaphor
both a simile and a metaphor
There is no figure of speech in that sentence.
Who is this?
Frankenstein
Wolf Man
Dracula
Mummy
Who is this?
Dracula
Invisible Man
Frankenstein
Gill Man
Who is this?
Dracula
Mummy
Wolf Man
Bride of Frankenstein
Who is this?
Frankenstein
Wolf Man
Mummy
Gill Man
Before the mummy became “undead”, what was its name?
Anck Sun Amon
Imhotep
Stanislav
Ploriski
