Unit 2 Text Set 3

Which word has almost the same meaning as CREATIVE?

• strong

• talented

• understood

• worried

What does the word brittle mean?

• simple to do or try

• difficult to open or close

• horrible to taste or smell

• easily broken or destroyed

Which word is NOT descriptive?

• high

• balanced

• rock

• pretty

What word means the opposite of outstretched?

• closed

• filled

• empty

• open

Which pair of words rhyme?

• cat, mat

• ball, dirt

• chair, desk

• dog, cat

Which one is a simile?

• He was a monster in the morning.

• The garbage truck was a thunderstorm.

• The boy was as sneaky as a fox.

• It is raining cats and dogs.

Which of the following is part of meter?

• length

• rhyme

• syllables

• words

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• The students were a hurricane in the classroom.

• The soccer team was as fast as cheetahs.

• Break a leg!

• BAM!

The same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words is known as....

• similie

• alliteration

• metaphor

• idiom

Which one is an example of alliteration?

• The lightening danced across the sky.

• It was raining cats and dogs.

• The sweet birds sang a silly song.

• She was a ray of sunshine.