5th Grade Reading Brain Game Vocabulary Review
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| What is the term used to describe the usage of a word or phrase that means the exact opposite of its normal meaning? | show 🗑
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| What is a figure of speech that compares two different things without using a comparison word such as "like" or "as"? | show 🗑
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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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| What term describes praise that actually means the opposite and is meant to put someone down? | show 🗑
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| What term identifies a figure of speech that makes a comparison using either "like" or "as"? | show 🗑
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| Identify the figure of speech shown in this statement: The streetlight was my security guard. | show 🗑
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| Identify the figure of speech shown in this statement: A gentle summer wind feels like a soft cotton sheet. | show 🗑
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| show | Personification
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| Which part of a book tells the name of the book, the author, and the publisher? | show 🗑
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| Which part of a book lists the units or chapters and the selections? | show 🗑
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| Which part of a book is like a small dictionary? | show 🗑
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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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| show | Almanac
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| What is a book of maps? | show 🗑
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| show | Dictionary
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| show | Magazines
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| show | Newspaper
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| show | Directory
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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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| What genre of literature is a book a person writes about his or her own life? | show 🗑
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| What genre of literature is a story using animals with human qualities to illustrate a lesson? | show 🗑
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| What is the name for a book a person writes about someone else's life? | show 🗑
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| What is a traditional story passed down from generation to generation orally? | show 🗑
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| What term identifies the lesson in a fable? | show 🗑
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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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| show | At the bottom of the page
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| show | He made an A on his test
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| show | First-person narrator
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| show | Caption
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| What is the term for the location and time of a story? | show 🗑
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| show | Myths
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| show | Legend
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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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| What is the term for the reading strategy of glancing or studying a passage quickly to look for the general subject or main idea? | show 🗑
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| What is the term for the reading strategy of looking quickly at a passage to find key words, without actually reading the passage? | show 🗑
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| show | Dialogue
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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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| show | Mood
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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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| Which literature genre would describe "Paul Bunyan" and "John Henry"? | show 🗑
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| Would the author's purpose be to inform, persuade, or entertain in a newspaper editorial? | show 🗑
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| show | Simile
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| show | it (the ice) melted
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| show | Cathy got a sunburn
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| Is this statement a fact or opinion? I believe sweet potatoes have an awful taste. | show 🗑
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| show | Opinion
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| show | Fact
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| show | Opinion
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| show | Timepieces
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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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| Which word does not fit into this class? Biography, Fiction, Music, Autobiography | show 🗑
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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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| show | Narrative
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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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| show | Cinquain
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| Identify the poetry term that describes identical or very similar final sounds in words, usually at the ends of lines. | show 🗑
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| show | he ate so many green apples
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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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