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Main Idea

A 100

Which type of figurative language is used

in the picture below?

A. Simile

B. Hyperbole

C. Personification

D. Pun

Which type of figurative language is used in

the passage below?

Ms. Zepp, a social studies teacher at Hammond High

School, is as funny as a clown during a birthday

party for an eight year old.

A. Pun

B. Personification

C. Symbolism

D. Simile

A 200

Which type of figurative language is used in the

passage below?

“Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill

bucket.” – George Orwell

A. Hyperbole

B. Personification

C. Simile

D. Metaphor

A 300

Which of the following sentences does NOT use parallel structure?

A. She revels in sweet chocolate éclairs, taking long moonlit walks, and old jazz music.

B. Over spring break, Ms. Reed will paint her house, Ms. Collins will go to Hawaii, and Mr. Osborne will visit China.

C. He is cute, has a dashing way about him, and loves pinstriped suits.

D. We have seen the state of our Union in the endurance of rescuers with the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, and the saying of prayers.

A 400

A500

“Anticipating the outcome, Ms. Stocklin promptly

extricated herself from the escalating conundrum.”

Identify the participial phrase in the sentence above.

B100

Which type of figurative language is used in the

passage below?

Ms. Collins ran so slowly that even a donkey could

outrun her.

A. Hyperbole

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Alliteration

B200

Which type of figurative language is used in the

passage below?

“I have to have this operation. It isn’t very serious. I

have this tiny little tumor on the brain.”

-The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger

A. Hyperbole

B. Understatement

C. Metaphor

D. Pun

B300

Which two types of figurative language is used in

the passage below?

“It is the east, and Juliet is the sun

Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon.”

A. Simile; metaphor

B. Allusion; personification

C. Metaphor; simile

D. Metaphor; personification

B400

Which type of figurative language is used in the passage

below?

Napoleon left the house carrying a whip in his trotter. The

animals looked on in shock and disbelief when they saw he

was walking on two legs.

A. Metaphor

B. Symbol

C. Simile

D. Understatement

B500

Read Shakpeare’s Sonnet #18 and identify the figurative language.

“Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate: / Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,/ /And Summer's lease hath all too short a date:

/ Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And oft' is his gold complexion dimm'd;/ /And every fair from fair sometime declines, / By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd: / But thy eternal Summer shall not fade / Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; / Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade, / When in eternal lines to time thou growest: / So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this,

and this gives life to thee

C100

Joseph is writing a research paper about North

American chipmunk populations. Which source

should he use to find information?

A. Freeessays.com

B. An entry defining chipmunks in Webster’s

Dictionary

C. Zoological Qualifications of North American Tree

Climbing Mammals by Dr. Philip Acorn

D. A documentary on Alvin and the Chipmunks

C200

Sandra is planning a trip to Africa. If she wants to

find out more information about epidemic viruses

in the region. Which reference would provide the

best information?

A. Atlas

B. Thesaurus

C. Almanac

D. Encyclopedia

C300

Ms. Reed and Mr. Osborne were researching questions for the High School Assessment when they were suddenly caught in a tornado. Never having been in one before, they decided to research survival techniques on their smart phones. Which website would provide credible

information that might save their lives?

A. Kenny Power’s Survival Guide, www.hbo.com/kennypowers

B. www.dictionary.com/tornadoC. Dorothy and Toto’s memoir I Shouldn’t be Alive

published in the journal Why People Remember KansasD. Dr. Philip Acorn’s “The Best and Worst Things to do

in a Tornado” published in The National Weather Association’s journal

C400

Kyle was looking for a word for thesaurus, but he didn’t

know what it meant. Which resource should Kyle

use?

A. Encyclopedia

B. Thesaurus

C. Dictionary

D. Periodical

C500

Ricky Bobby was looking to boost his ego after

coming in first in the Indy 500 by only a narrow

margin. He decided to look up statistics on the

legacy of his greatness in which of the following

sources?

A. McGruber’s U.S. Atlas

B. Griswald’s Encyclopedia of Vehicular Transportation

C. NASCAR Weekly

D. www.wikipedia.com/RickyBobby

D100

Name 10 prepositions

(-10 points for every word that is

not a preposition or is not

provided)

D200

Debating about his research topic, Mr. Chiarella’s

roommate came in and asked if he wanted to go get

pizza. Although he was on the brink of an idea, he

battled his urge to devour a sausage pizza.

A. Mr. Chiarella has an internal conflict about

academic responsibility.

B. Mr. Chiarella has an internal conflict about what

he wants to eat for dinner.

C. Mr. Chiarella has an internal conflict about the

topic of his research paper.

D. Mr. Chiarella might be extraordinarily hungry.

D300

Whenever we go to the beach, Andy wanders along

the shore picking up patterned shells. He keeps

the ones he likes best to put away in his box of

shells. When we hike through the woods in the

fall, Andy gathers the brightest leaves to paste in

his leaf album. At the lake, Andy looks for the

shiniest stones. He takes them home to set on a

shelf. Andy is always collecting things from nature.

A. Andy loves the beach.

B. Andy usually collects things from nature.

C. Andy gathers the brightest leaves.

D. Andy only collects the things she likes best.

D400

Every time Ms. Collins notices a mistake in her PowerPoint, she corrects it immediately. She feels badly when her

students notice them before she does, but she tells them that she is just keeping them on their toes. However, when she notices a mistake on a worksheet she puts a sticky note on her desk to remind her to fix it, and she has to admit her

mistake to the class.

A. Ms. Collins never makes mistakes because she was nominated for Howard County’s New Teacher of the Year.

B. Ms. Collins feels terrible when her activities are not up to Ms. Harryman’s standards.

C. Ms. Collins is attentive to correcting her errors.

D. Ms. Collins has not figured out how to work PowerPoint,

but wishes she could.

D500

Authorities say a Connecticut man accidentally dialed

911 from his cell phone while stealing about 700

pounds of scrap metals. Police say the 46-year-old

man was arrested after the robbery from a

Southington merchant. WFSB-TV reports he was

charged Thursday with third-degree criminal

trespassing and sixth-degree larceny. He was released

on bond and is scheduled to appear in court April 2.

Identify the main idea of this paragraph.

E100

The teacher forgot his lunch at home.

The subject of the sentence is

a. The

b. Teacher

c. Lunch

d. Home

E200

Jack won first prize in the art contest.

Which of these two words function as modifiers in the

sentence?

a. Jack, prize

b. first, contest

c. Art, prize

d. First, art

E300

Ms. Phelan’s students love her creepy ghost pen, and

they are excited when they get to use it.

Correctly identify the simple predicate(s) in the

sentence.

E400

Combine these ideas into one sentence using a

conjunction:

“Kerri is looking for a summer job. Jeff is looking for

a summer job. I am looking for a summer job.”

E500

On pay day, we buy a lot of candy at the store. We

pay at the counter for everything we get.

In the sentence above, how are the underlined words

used?

A. Both as verbs

B. First as a modifier, than as a verb

C. Both as modifiers

D. First as a verb, then as a modifier

F100

Find the best meaning for the underlined idiom in each

sentence.

Ms. Phelan walked her dog and called her mother at

the same time. She was killing two birds with one

stone.

a. Wasting her time

b. Doing two things at the same time

c. Enjoying herself

d. Taking her dog to the pound

F200

Read the passage and identify the synonym of the underlined

word.

According to Napoleon, what the animals must do was

to procure firearms and train themselves in the use

of the them. According to Snowball, they must send

out more and more pigeons and stir up rebellion

among the animals on the other farms.

a. Steal

b. Manufacture

c. Acquire

d. Study

F300

Choose the word which best reflects the meaning of

the underlined word.

When he couldn’t get a candy bar in the grocery store,

the petulant child acted like a crying baby.

a. delighted

b. irritable

c. anxious

d. envious

F400

Choose the appropriate meaning for the underlined

word.

Ms. Foote, djfkadjhfdjhf after a bad night’s sleep and a

16 hour work day, couldn’t wait to get home and finally

get some rest.

A. Angry

B. Exhausted

C. Elated

D. Apathetic

F500

What is the word for the

feeling a reader should have

when reading a certain story

or piece of literature?