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Grade 9 Making Predictions
What is a hint of what is to come later in the story?
  1. foretelling
  2. guessing
  3. foreshadowing
  4. plot
Grade 9 Story Elements
What is author's purpose?
  1. a short piece of writing that communicates idea or an opinion
  2. a story of the narrator's personal experience
  3. a way to spread through or over
  4. an author's reason for writing
Grade 9 Point of View
Most textbooks are written as if the narrator is speaking directly to you, the reader. This is considered:
  1. first person point of view
  2. second person point of view
  3. third person point of view
Grade 9 Hyperbole
Which is an example of hyperbole?
  1. The young girl shivered with fright.
  2. The young girl grew as tall as a house.
  3. The young girl played with her puppy.
  4. The young girl smiled broadly.
Grade 9 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
When you make an inference, you
  1. read between the lines.
  2. combine information from the text with information you know to come up with an answer.
  3. combine clues to reach a conclusion.
  4. all of the above
Grade 9 Story Elements
What is a deeper meaning or insight in a literary work?
  1. theme
  2. oral tradition
  3. cultural context
  4. point of view
Grade 9 Poetic Devices
Which is a song-like narrative poem, traditionally transmitted orally?
  1. ballad
  2. free verse
  3. ode
  4. lyric
Grade 9 Supporting Details CCSS: CCRA.R.3, RI.9-10.3

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Humans were content to continue to accept the different myths and fables surrounding the position of the Earth, Sun, and Moon.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 9 Fact and Opinion CCSS: CCRA.R.8, RI.9-10.8
Which of the following statements is a fact?
  1. Heart disease is a leading cause of death in America.
  2. Burning the American flag should be a crime.
  3. It is much harder for someone who is 16 to raise a child than someone who is 30.
  4. People who graduate from college are smarter than people who drop out of high school
Grade 9 Figurative Language
"Wayne's whirling winding words were wonderful" is an example of :
  1. cliche
  2. alliteration
  3. onomatopoeia
  4. idiom
Grade 9 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.9-10.5, L.9-10.5a
"Cruel kindness" is an example of which type of figurative language?
  1. oxymoron
  2. hyperbole
  3. idiom
  4. personification
Grade 9 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RL.9-10.4
"Sugar over like a syrupy sweet"

Which literary element does the line represent?
  1. Metaphor
  2. Simile
  3. Personification
  4. Connotation
Grade 9 Poetic Devices

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A lyric poem expressing a single speaker's feeling or opinions on a specific subject.
  1. Ballad
  2. Ode
  3. Lyric
  4. Narrative
Grade 9 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.9-10.5, L.9-10.5a
Which of the following is an oxymoron?
  1. "Water water everywhere nor any drop to drink"
  2. "All the world's a stage"
  3. "Great humility"
  4. "Dusk demands daylight"
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