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  • Bears consume 30,000 calories a day, causing them to gain weight quickly. What does consume mean?
    eat
    get fat
    count
    sleep
  • Which word best completes the sentence? The hungry kids began to _____the chicken nuggets.
    polish
    devour
    sculpt
    shrill
  • What does generate mean based on this sentence? Windmills generate electricity using the energy of wind.
    watch
    stop
    copy
    make
  • What is third person point of view?
    when someone points to the third person in line
    when someone is the third person in line
    when someone in the story is the narrator
    when someone outside the story is the narrator
  • If a large asteroid ever crashed into Earth, it would be a catastrophe. What does catastrophe mean?
    a large group of flying cats
    an exciting surprise
    something that happens all the time
    something that causes great damage or suffering
  • What does "inference" mean?
    the reason an author writes a story
    a guess based on the details
    an ending to a story
    what the story is mostly about
  • Which sentence is written correctly/
    Mrs. Rachel had to give a test.
    Mrs. Rachel hadded to give a test.
  • Curious means_________
    wanting to know; asking lots of questions
    not caring about other people
    very busy
    working together with others
  • What does firsthand account mean?
    a person used one hand before the other
    a person actually saw or experienced something themselves
    a person put money into a bank account
    a person told about what they heard from someone else
  • Which sentence is written correctly?
    Mrs. Rachel wasted two hours reading at the library.
    Mrs. Rachel spent two hours reading at the library.
  • Which sentence is correct?
    I had saw monkeys at the zoo.
    I saw monkeys at the zoo.
    I have saw monkeys at the zoo.
    I seen monkeys at the zoo.
  • What does "summarize" mean?
    to make a guess
    to tell the most important parts of a story
    to tell the effect of a cause
    the opposite of winterize
  • I was too ________to stay awake and watch the whole movie.
    sincere
    cruel
    drowsy
    unique
  • What does "theme" mean?
    a weird kind of meme
    the reason the author wrote a passage
    the lesson or central message of a story
    the way something is different from another thing
  • What is NOT an element of a poem?
    rhyme
    stanzas
    lines
    stage directions
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