5th Grade Reading Brain Game Vocabulary Review
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| show | Irony
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| show | Metophor
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| What is a figure of speech in which an idea, object, or animal is given the quality of a person? | show 🗑
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| What term identifies a word or phrase used in a way that gives it a funny twist? | show 🗑
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| show | Sarcasm
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| show | Simile
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| Identify the figure of speech shown in this statement: The streetlight was my security guard. | show 🗑
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| show | Simile
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| What figure of speech is shown by this statement? The rock refused to move. | show 🗑
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| show | Title Page
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| Which part of a book lists the units or chapters and the selections? | show 🗑
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| show | Glossary
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| Which part of a book is a listing of all the topics of the book arranged in alphabetical order? | show 🗑
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| What is the name of a resource book that contains facts about all kinds of topics and is published every year? | show 🗑
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| What is a book of maps? | show 🗑
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| What is a book that gives definitions, parts of speech, and word origins? | show 🗑
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| show | Magazines
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| show | Newspaper
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| What resource is a list of information, usually on a single topic? | show 🗑
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| show | Drama
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| What genre of literature is a made-up story set in the past? | show 🗑
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| show | Autobiography
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| show | Fable
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| What is the name for a book a person writes about someone else's life? | show 🗑
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| show | Folk Tale
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| show | Moral
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| show | Brochure or Pamphlet
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| What is the first step to do when following directions, as in a recipe? | show 🗑
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| Where is a footnote located? | show 🗑
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| What is the effect in this sentence? He made an A on his test because he had studied. | show 🗑
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| show | First-person narrator
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| What is the term for a description or explanation of a picture? | show 🗑
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| show | Setting
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| show | Myths
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| What genre of literature records deeds of past heroes and is presented as being true? | show 🗑
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| What author's technique describes the interruption of story sequence to focus the reader's mind on an event from the past? | show 🗑
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| show | Mystery
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| What is the term for an author's technique in which the reader is given hints or indications of what may occur in the future? | show 🗑
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| show | Context Clues
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| show | Skimming
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| show | Scanning
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| What term identifies talking or conversation between characters in a story? | show 🗑
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| show | Plot
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| Would the author's purpose be to inform, persuade, or entertain in a biography? | show 🗑
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| Identify the cause in this statement: He was proud of his accomplishments because he had worked very hard. | show 🗑
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| Identify the term for the feeling, such as sad or peaceful, that a reader gets from a story. | show 🗑
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| Identify the term for the author's feeling, such as serious or angry, about a piece of writing. | show 🗑
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| show | Entertain
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| show | Tall Tale
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| show | Persuade
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| Identify the figure of speech used in this statement: Tara's feet began working like bicycle pedals. | show 🗑
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| show | it (the ice) melted
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| show | Cathy got a sunburn
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| show | Opinion
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| Is this statement a fact or opinion? I like water skiing better than snow skiing. | show 🗑
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| show | Fact
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| show | Opinion
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| Is the appropriate title for this class or category of words "directions" or "timepieces"? Sundial, Clock, Watch, Stopwatch | show 🗑
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| Which word does not fit in this class? Iron, Nickel, Ocean, Copper | show 🗑
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| show | River
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| show | Music
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| Identify the poetry term that describes the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words like awful, apple, alligator | show 🗑
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| Which type of poetry tells a story in chronological order, usually with a fast plot and humor? | show 🗑
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| show | Limerick
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| Identify a Japanese poem with only 3 lines, usually written about a topic from nature. | show 🗑
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| Identify a kind of poetry with 5 lines that follows a particular syllable pattern such as 2-4-6-8-2. | show 🗑
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| show | Rhyme
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| Identify the cause in this statement: He felt sick after he ate so many green apples. | show 🗑
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| show | Biography
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| Would the author's purpose be to inform, persuade, or entertain in an encyclopedia article on engines? | show 🗑
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