9 Weeks Exam Review Game

1. 9 Weeks Exam Review Game

2. 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: • Negative • Uncertain • Positive • Clear

3. 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.

4. What was the author’s purpose in the poem “Oranges” by Gary Soto? • Persuade • Inform • Entertain • Bore

5. 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: • Bells • Drums • Hammers • Clocks

6. “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? • To show how hard it is to reach parts of the ocean • To explain why exploring the ocean is such a good idea • To point out that the ocean is important to our survival • To point out that people have a lot to learn about the ocean

7. The word amateur comes from the Latin word, “amo”, which means love. Keeping this definition in mind, the word amateur means • Someone who is in love • Something that someone loves • Someone who loves discovering things • Someone who does something just because they love it

8. 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 as • Careful • Critical • Eager • Knowledgeable

9. 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 is • Small • Delicate • Strong • Weak

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

11. What is the Main Idea in the story, “An American Childhood” from Annie Dillard • To explain what ice balls are • To talk about growing up in America • To inform everyone of the dangers of throwing snowballs at cars • To show everyone that children can run faster than adults

12. 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 • Outstanding • Cowardly • Stupid • Annoying

13. 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.

14. What does the simile, “…like two peas in a pod” mean? • Identical or nearly so • Opposite • They are green • They are small

15. “But your eloquence should be the servant of the ideas in your head”.What does the word eloquence mean in this sentence? • Imagination • Fluency • Persuasive • Attitude

16. “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?

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

18. 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? • Rare • Large • Full • Sparse

19. If the volume of water in a waterfall is small, there is not enough water to produce electricity. In this sentence, volume means • Sound • Amount • Color • Temperature

20. What is the definition of personification? • Giving cat like traits to humans • Giving human qualities to non living objects • Comparing two things using like or as • The formation of a word associated with what it is named.

21. “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?

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

23. 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