9 Weeks Exam Review Game

1. The first review on the Harry Potter movie was favorable. Many people attended and enjoyed the movie. Some people even saw the movie three times!That word favorable means:a.Negativeb.Uncertainc.Positived.Clear

10. Stegosaurus was an unusual looking dinosaur. It had a very small head. Along the back of the stegosaurus was large triangle shaped plates. What was the main idea of this passage? A) Stegosaurus was an unusual

dinosaur.B) Triangle shaped plates.C) A dinosaur with a small head.D) The back of the stegosaurus.

What was the author’s purpose in the poem “Oranges” by Gary Soto?a.Persuadeb.Informc.Entertaind.Bore

Read this sentence: The chime of knives and forks against plates interrupts people’s conversations.The sound made by knives and forks is being compared to the sound made by:a.Bellsb.Drumsc.Hammersd.Clocks

“For example, did you know that more people have walked on the moon than have visited the ocean’s deepest places?”Why does the author compare the ocean to the moon?a.To show how hard it is to reach parts of

the oceanb.To explain why exploring the ocean is

such a good ideac.To point out that the ocean is important

to our survivald.To point out that people have a lot to

learn about the ocean

The word amateur comes from the Latin word, “amo”, which means love. Keeping this definition in mind, the word amateur meansa.Someone who is in loveb.Something that someone lovesc.Someone who loves discovering thingsd.Someone who does something just

because they love it

While growing up, I was a voracious reader, the type of kid who would read all the time. I would even read the cereal box while I ate breakfast.Voracious means almost the same asa.Carefulb.Criticalc.Eagerd.Knowledgeable

In the Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant when she writes, “He has watched a spider work for hours making a web like lace” she is saying that the web isa.Smallb.Delicatec.Strongd.Weak

What was the Essential Message in Chief Dan George’s reflective essay, “I am a Native of North America”?a.To respect nature and other manb.To destroy resourcesc.Never fish for fund.It is awesome to be from two cultures

What is the Main Idea in the story, “An American Childhood” from Annie Dillarda.To explain what ice balls areb.To talk about growing up in Americac.To inform everyone of the dangers of

throwing snowballs at carsd.To show everyone that children can run

faster than adults

I know that Jeff is smart, so I was confused when he did such a vacuous thing as to jump off the roof of our house.

In this sentence, the word vacuous means

a. Outstandingb. Cowardly c. Stupidd. Annoying

It was backward day at school. The students had to do things backwards. Some of them wore their t-shirt backward. They took a test before they studied the lesson! Dessert was served first instead of last at lunch. They tried to walk home backward, but they kept bumping into each other and fell down. What is the main idea in this paragraph?

A) Students failed their test.B) Dessert is supposed to come last.C) It is hard to do things backwards.D) Students had a backwards day.

What does the simile, “…like two peas in a pod” mean?a.Identical or nearly sob.Oppositec.They are greend.They are small

“But your eloquence should be the servant of the ideas in your head”.What does the word eloquence mean in this sentence?a.Imaginationb.Fluencyc.Persuasived.Attitude

“THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General”Why does Kurt Vonnegut provide us with these details?

What does the metaphor, “heart as stone” mean?a. Literally someone’s heart is made of stoneb. They are a very lovable personc. Very cold persond. Has no feelings at all

The boy knew that the lake was teeming, and overflowing with bass, so he brought a big net to help get the fish in the boat. What word teeming means?a.Rareb.Largec.Fulld.Sparse

If the volume of water in a waterfall is small, there is not enough water to produce electricity. In this sentence, volume meansa.Soundb.Amountc.Colord.Temperature

What is the definition of personification?a.Giving cat like traits to humansb.Giving human qualities to non living

objectsc.Comparing two things using like or asd.The formation of a word associated with

what it is named.

“I see him strip the hills bare, leaving ugly wounds on the fact of mountains”. Chief Dan George using personification in order to do what?

“My mind is like an ocean”. This simile compares a mind to an ocean because the minda.Is very vast with possibilitiesb.Looks like an oceanc. Is confusing like the oceand.Do not have many possibilities

Sudden Death

5 points to the teams that buzz in. There are two parts to this question and your team can only answer 1 part not both!

In the poem “Oranges” by Gary Soto, what does the orange symbolize (beginning of poem, end of poem)? There are two ways, only answer 1