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Practice Quizzes


 


Please take this practice quiz. It is an ASSIGNMENT, but you MAY use
your notes/spiral to answer the questions. It's not an actual quiz -
- just a pratice for the real test coming up in a few weeks.

  • 1) What is this an example of: Harry Hoffman hit Henry Henderson here
    at Hardrock Point.



  • 2) How many paragraphs (minimum) does your MSP essay have to be?



  • 3) If a question on the reading MSP says, "Give three examples"...how
    many examples should you give?



  • 4) In an introduction paragraph, the "colors" are (in order):



  • 5) What is this an example of: The sky became dark, the lights went
    out in the house, and the room was deathly quiet...as Harriet became
    very nervous.



  • 6) What is this an example of: Michael Jordan told reporters...We play
    the hand we're dealt...when talking about their recent game.



  • 7) What is this an example of: The sky was bright and clear, the air
    was fresh from a recent rainstorm, and the flowers bloomed in an
    array of blue and purple shades of color.



  • 8) In a BODY paragraph of an essay, the "colors" are (in order):



  • 9) What is this an example of: Chuck ate a pizza this size of a wagon
    wheel at the party last night.



  • 10) What is this an example of: Happiness is a warm blanket.



  • 11) What is this an example of: Tracy Tenison taught ten tricks to
    students on Tuesday.



  • 12) What is this an example of: The sun was like a hot iron beating
    down on the travelers.



  • 13) A CONCLUSION paragraph should have:



  • 14) You must have a minimum of how many items on your outline (writing)?



  • 15) What is this an example of: Hank had a chip on his shoulder about
    losing the football game to the league rivals.



  • 16) Life is a box of chocolates. Example of?



  • 17) What word means conclude based on facts in the story --- make a
    determination (guess) based on facts/clues in the story?



  • 18) What word means one thing is described as though it were something
    else?



  • 19) What word means a comparison between two unlike things using words
    such as like or as?



  • 20) What is this an example of: Kim's mom told her, "You sure got up on
    the wrong side of the bed this morning!"



  • 21) What word means "repetition of same or similar consonant sounds in
    words close together in writing"?



  • 22) On the reading MSP you should use examples/details from:



  • 23) What word is a special kind of metaphor where a nonnhuman thing is
    talked about as if it were human?



  • 24) The overall "gist" of the text; big/central thought is:



  • 25) "Tweet" is to bird as "woof" is to ______



  • 26) What word means "to determine how two or more things are alike
    and/or different"?



  • 27) Statement taken to be true, but without proof are:



  • 28) What word means "the overall lesson or moral of a story"?



  • 29) Techniques used to enhance and author's message are:



  • 30) A comparison between two pairs that have some relationship is:



  • 31) Taking what you know from the text and applying it (inferring) an
    overall statement about the text is:



  • 32) Buzzzzz went the bees around the trees outside. This is an example
    of:



  • 33) A font change to help the reader find information (ex: italics/
    bold print) is a:



  • 34) What word means obvious exaggeration used to emphasize a point?



  • 35) What word means expression meaning something different to what it
    says?



  • 36) What word means language that appeals to the senses?



  • 37) What word means something concrete that stands for something else?



  • 38) What word means use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests is
    meaning?



  • 39) A description next to a picture is called:



  • 40) What word means the vantage point from which a story is told (often
    told by one character or a narrator)?



  • 41) A title or topic at the beginning of a text or section of a text is
    called:



  • 42) Opinion given for what to do or how to solve a problem is:



  • 43) Reasons an author writes a text is:



  • 44) Give to others for a common purpose is to:



  • 45) What word means the attitude a writer takes toward a character,
    audience, or subject?



  • 46) His hair is like fire is a :



  • 47) Power or things or people to affect others is:



  • 48) Author's attitude reflected in the text is:



  • 49) The river will eat you up and knock you out if you try to cross it.



  • 50) Group targeted to best benefit from or enjoy the selection is:



  • 51) Psst, kerpow, and hiss are examples.



  • 52) Do you really think that it's okay to spit on the carpet? This is
    an example of:



  • 53) To write a counterargument, you must acknowledge the:



  • 54) Starting on May 8th, you will take how many days of tests this year?



  • 55) How long do you have to finish the writing MSP?



  • 56) When Francis found her purse open, her cash missing, and the car
    window smashed, she _______ that her possesions had been stolen.



  • 57) The _____________ to the story came when the detective informed
    everyone that Billy Miles was the murderer.



  • 58) Pencil is to writing and crayons are to ______________ is an example
    of an analogy.



  • 59) Spark is to wildfire as snow is to



  • 60) That chair bit me when I sat down is an example of:



   


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