NWEA Vocabulary - Set 2

What literary device is used when a person gives hints to what will happen later in the story?

• Foreshadowing

• Headline

• Flashback

• Guide letters

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the purpose of guide letters in a reference book?

• To give examples of word usage

• To explain the origin of words

• To help locate specific words

• To provide definitions of words

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2G

Which phrase is an example of hyperbole?

• The pitcher threw 800 mph.

• I'm hungry for lunch.

• Let the cat out of the bag

• Going back to an earlier time

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What does the idiom 'Let the cat out of the bag' mean?

• To give hints about the future

• To exaggerate a statement

• To reveal a secret

• To have a bad day

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is the purpose of a headline in a newspaper?

• To provide major news stories

• To locate specific words

• To give examples of hyperbole

• To reveal secrets

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Caleb felt under the weather and couldn't go to school. Under the weather is an example of...

• guide letters

• a flashback

• a headline

• an idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"I've seen this movie a million times" is an example of a...

• foreshadowing

• headline

• hyperbole

• guide letters

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

I couldn't believe I'd been tricked! All of a sudden I remembered a summer long ago when my brother and I had gone to stay with our grandparents in the country. This is an example of a...

• hyperbole

• flashback

• guide letters

• headline

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5