Benchmark Grade 6 Unit 1

Giving non-human things or abstract ideas human qualities or characteristics is called:

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

A pronoun used to replace the subject of a sentence is called:

• subjective

• objective

• strong possessive

• weak possessive

A pronoun used to replace the object of a sentence is called:

• subjective

• objective

• strong possessive

• weak possessive

A pronoun used to replace a possessive noun or proper noun to avoid repetition

is called:

• subjective

• objective

• strong possessive

• weak possessive

A pronoun placed in front of a noun that describes who something belongs to

is called:

• subjective

• objective

• strong possessive

• weak possessive

"The wave, always up for fun, would surge forward, playfully trying to engulf the dolphin." Is an example of

• nonfiction

• personification

• pronoun

• simile

Klaus and (I, me) will go hiking with you on Thursday.

• I

• me

The birds are making a nest.

The birds can be replaced with the pronoun:

• You

• They

They set a special table for our family.

our family can be replaced with the pronoun:

• we

• us

Last year, I was on the basketball team with (he, him) and his brother.

• he

• him