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Gov Cup Practice: Language Arts

Total questions: 104

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

2.

I nearly died laughing is an example of what?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Assonance

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

3.

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia.

a)

She was white as a ghost

b)

Buzz

c)

Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Peppers

d)

Break a leg

4.

What is a cliche?

a)

A comparison without like or as.

b)

Two opposing ideas.

c)

Tongue twisters.

d)

An overused phrase or saying

5.

Talking animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Personification

c)

Cliche

d)

Pun

6.
Identify the Simile below...
a)
The tree danced in the wind.
b)
She is as tall as a tree!
c)
That cat is the devil.
d)
My backpack weighs a thousand tons!
7.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Pansy pranced playfully around the playground.
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
oxymoron
8.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Tracy was really feeling down in the dumps.
a)
personification
b)
idiom
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
9.
While working, write your wackiest words down.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
personification
10.

A lesson that is learned is a:

a)

character trait

b)

moral

c)

metaphor

d)

exposition

11.

A short story with talking animals that teaches the reader a lesson is called a:

a)

Narrative

b)

Folktale

c)

Play

d)

Fable

12.

Who is the most famous creator of fables?

a)

Allen

b)

Atwood

c)

Aesop

d)

Amber

13.

The main character(s) in a fables are:

a)

people

b)

plants

c)

bugs

d)

animals

14.

A long time ago there was a king who wanted nothing but gold. He wished everything he touched turned into gold. A fairy made this wish come true for him. Then anything he tried to eat turned into gold, so he starved to death.

a)

Don’t be greedy.

b)

United we stand; divided we fall.

c)

Don’t steal.

d)

Respect your elders.

15.

A lion was about to eat a mouse, when the mouse pleaded, “Let me go, and someday I may help you.” Laughing, the lion let the mouse go. Later, hunters caught the lion in a trap. The mouse, seeing what happened, came to chew the ropes that held the lion. The lion escaped.

a)

Respect your elders.

b)

Don’t be lazy.

c)

Help others because what goes around comes around.

d)

We are all able to improve.

16.

A Hare once bragged to all the animals that he could beat anyone in a race. A tortoise said, “I challenge you.” So they raced. The hare ran fast and the tortoise plodded along. The hare was so confident that he took a nap. The tortoise kept up his steady pace and won the race.

a)

Don’t be lazy.

b)

Slow and steady wins the race.

c)

We are all able to improve.

d)

You are more likely to succeed if you work together.

17.
What is the definition of plot?
a)
The lesson in the story
b)
The sequence of events in the story
c)
The turning point of the story
d)
The conflict in the story
18.
What is the best description of the setting? 
a)
where and when the story takes place, introduced during the denouement 
b)
where and when the story takes place, introduced during the exposition
c)
When the story takes place
d)
Where the story takes place
19.
The person who tells the story is the 
a)
character
b)
setting
c)
point of view
d)
narrator
20.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
exposition
b)
rising action
c)
climax
d)
resolution
21.
The problem in a story is the...
a)
theme
b)
resolution
c)
climax
d)
conflict
22.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
exposition
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
23.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
climax
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
24.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
climax
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
25.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
climax
b)
exposition
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
26.

A traditional story that was created to explain myteries of the universe.

a)

epic

b)

fable

c)

legend

d)

myth

27.

A long, narrative poem, often written in formal language, that tells about a series of quests undertaken by a great hero

a)

legend

b)

tall tale

c)

epic

d)

fable

28.

A story passed down through many generations that is believed to be based on real people and events

a)

legend

b)

epic

c)

fable

d)

tall tale

29.

a humorously exaggerated story about impossible events

a)

myth

b)

fable

c)

legend

d)

tall tale

30.

Which character raced a machine through a mountain?

a)

John Henry

b)

Paul Bunyan

c)

Johnny Appleseed

d)

Pecos Bill

31.

What symbol represents Pecos Bill?

a)

Lasso

b)

Ax

c)

Hammer

d)

Pot

32.

What symbol represents Johnny Appleseed?

a)

Ax

b)

Pot

c)

Hammer

d)

Lasso

33.

What symbol represents Paul Bunyan?

a)

hammer

b)

ax

c)

lasso

d)

apple

34.

Several lines grouped together in a poem

a)

line

b)

stanza

c)

poetry

d)

repetition

35.
Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme
a)
haiku
b)
cinquain
c)
free verse
d)
limerick
36.
What is the use of words to create pictures in your mind, appealing to the five senses?
a)
stanza
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
optical illusion
d)
imagery
37.

What is a limerick poem?

a)

14 line poems that are broken into 4 or 2 stanzas

b)

Poems that are conveyed through their graphic shape

c)

Seventeen syllables in 3 lines

d)

A funny poem that is 5 lines long

38.

How many lines does a cinquain poem need to have?

a)

seven

b)

six

c)

five

d)

four

39.

Who Gave The "I Have A Dream" Speech

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Martin Luther King Jr

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Abraham Lincon

40.

What Speech is Abraham Lincoln famous

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Free the slaves

c)

I have a dream

d)

Make America Great again

41.

Who Wrote "Sonet116"

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

John Donne

c)

Emily Dickinson

42.

Who Said The "Infamy Speech" Speech

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Donald Trump

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

43.

What is the appositive phrase in the following:

Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renaissance painter, was also an inventor.

a)

Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renaissance painter,

b)

, was also an inventor.

c)

Leonardo da Vinci,

d)

, the great Renaissance painter,

44.

Songs, poems, short stories, and articles are short forms. They are punctuated by _____________.

a)

italicizing them.

b)

using italics and quotation marks together.

c)

using a period after each word.

d)

using quotation marks.

45.

Which is the correct way to write this song title?

a)

"History Has Its Eyes on You"

b)

History has its eyes on you

c)

"History has its eyes on you"

d)

History Has Its Eyes on You

46.

Which is the correct way to write this poem?

a)

ode to the end-of-year 6th grade picnic

b)

Ode to the End-of-Year 6th Grade Picnic

c)

"Ode to the End-of-Year 6th Grade Picnic"

d)

"Ode to the End-of-Year 6th Grade Picnic"

47.

Which is the correct way to write this movie title?

a)

The War With Grandpa

b)

the war with grandpa

c)

The War with Grandpa

d)

"The War With Grandpa"

48.

Which is the correct way to write this newspaper title?

a)

the los angeles times

b)

The Los Angeles Times

c)

The Los Angeles Times

d)

"The Los Angeles Times"

49.
Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks correctly.
a)
Polly shouted, "I want a cracker!"
b)
Polly shouted, "I want a cracker!".
c)
Polly shouted, "I want a cracker"!
d)
Polly shouted! "I want a cracker!"
50.

What is the DIRECT OBJECT?

Stanley caught a huge bass last weekend.

(a)  

51.

What is the indirect object in the following sentence? "The hospital volunteer read the patient a story by Roald Dahl."

a)

volunteer

b)

patient

c)

story

d)

Roald Dahl

52.

The official language of the country is Japanese.


What is the predicate nominative?

a)

Japanese

b)

country

c)

language

d)

official

53.

Rice is an important crop in Japan.


What is the predicate nominative?

a)

Japan

b)

Rice

c)

crop

d)

important

54.

One of the best exercises is swimming. What is the gerund or gerund phrase?

a)

exercises

b)

swimming

c)

exercises is swimming

d)

there is no gerund or gerund phrase

55.

Which word is the subordinate conjunction in this sentence:

Unless you want frostbite, be sure to wear your hat, coat, and gloves when you play in the snow.

a)

sure

b)

play

c)

unless

d)

frostbite

56.

Which word is the subordinate conjunction in this sentence:

After Jenny cleaned her room, she played outside on her trampoline.

a)

played

b)

outside

c)

after

d)

on

57.

Do the words in RED form a dependent clause or independent clause?

Until Mr. Sanchez had his first cup of coffee, he got very angry if we didn't have our homework.

a)

Dependent Clause

b)

Independent Clause

58.

Do the words in RED form a dependent clause or independent clause?

Until Mr. Sanchez had his first cup of coffee, he got very angry if we didn't have our homework.

a)

Dependent Clause

b)

Independent Clause

59.

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence. "We pulled the oars through the muddy water."

a)

We pulled

b)

the oars

c)

through the muddy water

d)

oars through

60.

A sentence that gives a command or makes a request and ends with a period or exclamation point.

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

interrogative

d)

exclamatory

61.

In my class, the students sit in five rows of desks. The subject of this sentence is

a)

class

b)

students

c)

rows

d)

desks

62.
Walked around the block.
a)
Sentence
b)
Sentence Fragment
63.

Identify the subject of this sentence.


Put the letter in its envelope.

a)

implied or understood (you)

b)

letter

c)

its

d)

envelope

64.

Darcy stayed home from school on Friday.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

d)

Compound Complex

65.

Our class made $25 at the fund-raiser, and we're going to donate it to the food bank.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

d)

Compound Complex

66.

If you want to go to the mall, you'll have to clean your room.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

d)

Compound Complex

67.

Although it was raining and the roads were slippery, we decided to go for a bike ride.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

d)

Compound Complex

68.
Choose the subordinate clause: 
Until I drink my coffee, I really cannot function very well.
a)
Until I drink my coffee
b)
I really cannot function very well 
69.

What is the adjective clause in the following sentence?


Cable television, which was originally used to bring in distant stations, provides many types of specialized programming.

a)

which was originally used to bring in distant stations

b)

cable television

c)

which

70.

What is the adjective clause in the following sentence?


Hummingbirds are tiny birds that are less than three inches long.

a)

hummingbirds

b)

are

c)

that are less than three inches

71.

Who is the Newbery Award named after?

a)

John Adams

b)

Fred Caldecott

c)

John Newbery

d)

Nancy Newbery

72.
What book by Lois Lowry won the Newbery Medal in 1990?
a)
The Diary of Ann Frank
b)
Starry Night
c)
Number the Stars
d)
Stars in the Night
73.
Who wrote the 2004 Newbery Medal book, The Tale of Despereaux?
a)
Louis Sachar
b)
Kate DiCamillo
c)
Lois Lowry
d)
E.B. White
74.
Kate DiCamillo won the 2014 Newbery for "Flora and Ulysses." Which of these books did she NOT write. 
a)
Because of Winn Dixie
b)
The Tale of Despeareaux
c)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
d)
The Tiger Rising
75.

Merci Suárez Changes Gears, 2019

a)

Erin Entrada Kelly

b)

Kelly Barnhill

c)

Matt de la Peña

d)

Meg Medina

76.

Hello, Universe - 2018

a)

Erin Entrada Kelly

b)

Kelly Barnhill

c)

Kwame Alexander

d)

Matt de la Peña

77.

The Girl Who Drank the Moon, 2017

a)

Kate DiCamillo

b)

Kelly Barnhill

c)

Kwame Alexander

d)

Matt de la Peña

78.

The Last Stop on Market Street - 2016

a)

Kate DiCamillo

b)

Katherine Applegate

c)

Kwame Alexander

d)

Matt de la Peña

79.

The Crossover - 2015

a)

Jack Gantos

b)

Kate DiCamillo

c)

Katherine Applegate

d)

Kwame Alexander

80.

The One and Only Ivan - 2013

a)

Clare Vanderpool

b)

Jack Gantos

c)

Katherine Applegate

d)

Rebecca Stead

81.

Dead End in Norvelt - 2012

a)

Clare Vanderpool

b)

Jack Gantos

c)

Neil Gaiman

d)

Rebecca Stead

82.

Moon Over Manifest 2011

a)

Clare Vanderpool

b)

Laura Amy Schlitz

c)

Neil Gaiman

d)

Rebecca Stead

83.

When You Reach Me - 2010

a)

Laura Amy Schlitz

b)

Neil Gaiman

c)

Rebecca Stead

d)

Susan Patron

84.

The Graveyard Book - 2009

a)

Christopher Paul Curtis

b)

Jack Gantos

c)

Neil Gaiman

d)

Susan Patron

85.

The Higher Power of Lucky 2007

a)

Cynthia Kadohata

b)

Kate DiCamillo

c)

Lynne Rae Perkins

d)

Susan Patron

86.

Criss Cross - 2006

a)

Avi

b)

Cynthia Kadohata

c)

Kate DiCamillo

d)

Lynne Rae Perkins

87.
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
a)
Avi
b)
Linda Sue Park
c)
Richard Peck
d)
Christopher Paul Curtis
88.

A Single Shard - 2002

a)

Avi

b)

Christopher Paul Curtis

c)

Linda Sue Park

d)

Richard Peck

89.

Bud, Not Buddy - 2000

a)

Christopher Paul Curtis

b)

Jack Gantos

c)

Kelly Barnhill

d)

Neil Gaiman

90.

A Year Down Yonder - 2001

a)

Christopher Paul Curtis

b)

Erin Entrada Kelly

c)

Meg Medina

d)

Richard Peck

91.

Which of these authors has won 2 Newbery medals?

a)

Lois Lowry

b)

Gail Gibbons

c)

J K Rowling

d)

Rick Riordan

92.

Last Stop on Market Street won the Newbery and another award. What was it?

a)

People's Choice

b)

Caldecott Medal

c)

National Book Award

d)

Hugo Award

93.

Holes - 1999

a)

Karen Hesse

b)

E. L. Konigsburg

c)

Karen Cushman

d)

Louis Sachar

94.

Out of the Dust -1998

a)

Karen Hesse

b)

E. L. Konigsburg

c)

Karen Cushman

d)

Louis Sachar

95.

A View from Saturday -1997

a)

Karen Hesse

b)

E. L. Konigsburg

c)

Karen Cushman

d)

Louis Sachar

96.

A Midwife's Apprentice -1996

a)

Karen Hesse

b)

E. L. Konigsburg

c)

Karen Cushman

d)

Louis Sachar

97.

The Giver -1994

a)

Sharon Creech

b)

Lois Lowrey

c)

Cynthia Rylant

d)

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

98.

Walk Two Moons -1995

a)

Sharon Creech

b)

Lois Lowrey

c)

Cynthia Rylant

d)

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

99.

Maniac Magee -1991

a)

Jerry Spinellii

b)

Lois Lowrey

c)

Beverly Cleary

d)

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

100.

Christ Raschka - 2012

a)

The House in the Night

b)

Mirette on the High Wire

c)

Snowflake Bentley

d)

A Ball for Daisy

101.
The Caldecott award is given each year to the book with the best _______________.
a)
Illustrations
b)
Story
c)
Author
d)
Sales
102.

Sophie Blackall - 2016

a)

Hello, Lighthouse

b)

Wolf in the Snow

c)

The Radiant Child

d)

Finding Winnie

103.

Sophie Blackall - 2019

a)

Hello, Lighthouse

b)

Wolf in the Snow

c)

The Radiant Child

d)

Finding Winnie

104.

Erin Estrada Kelly - 2018

a)

Hello, Lighthouse

b)

Wolf in the Snow

c)

The Radiant Child

d)

Finding Winnie

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