NWEA 161-170 Question Preview (ID: 34630)


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Part of a word that is pronounced with one uninterrupted sound. (Example: The word alligator has four ____________)
a) Poem
b) Passage
c) Syllable
d) Question

A sentence, phrase, or gesture that seeks information through a reply. (Example: I raised my hand so I could ask my teacher a ____________.)
a) Sign
b) Root
c) Setting
d) Question

A type of writing that usually uses rhyming, rhythm, descriptive language, and stanzas. (Roses are red, violets are blue…)
a) Personal Narrative
b) Poem
c) Passage
d) Index

Tells the true story of something that happened to you. (Example: I am writing a _________ _________ to share the story of how I broke my arm.)
a) Personal Narrative
b) Folk Tale
c) Index
d) List

The letters A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y. (Example: A is the _________ in the word Far.)
a) Vowel
b) Poem
c) Personal Narrative
d) Base

Words that have completely different meanings. (Example: sun and moon)
a) Poem
b) Opposite
c) Fairy Tale
d) Base

A simple traditional song or poem for children. (Example: Mother Goose is my favorite ________ _______.)
a) Personal Narrative
b) List
c) Nursery Rhyme
d) Main Idea

A short informal letter or written message. (I had to get a _______ from my doctor so I could give it to the nurse at my school.)
a) Nursery Rhyme
b) Index
c) List
d) Note

What the author wanted you to understand the most out of a nonfiction writing, speech, etc. (Example: The _ of the story was that cheaters never win.)
a) Root
b) Base
c) Main Idea
d) Nursery Rhyme

Writing down or making a mental note of things that you have to do. (Example: I made a shopping ___________ before I went to the store.)
a) List
b) Passage
c) Compound Word
d) Root

An alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc., with the page numbers where to find the information. Usually found in the back of the book. (Example: I wanted to know what page contained information about dinosaurs so I looked in the ____________)
a) Passage
b) Opposite
c) Note
d) Index

Any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition (Example: Paul Bunyan)
a) Nursery Rhyme
b) American Literature
c) Fairy Tale
d) Folk Tale

A genre of story that often has princes, kings, dragons, princesses, and uses a lot of magic. (Example: The Princess and the Pea)
a) Advertisement
b) Fairy Tales
c) Opposite
d) American Literature

A specific set of rules to complete a task (Example: The teacher gives the ______________ before taking the test.)
a) Poem
b) List
c) Directions
d) Main Idea

The result of two words being joined (example: toothbrush)
a) Fairy Tale
b) Index
c) Compound Word
d) Problem

A word produced by running two or more words together and leaving out some of the letters or sounds (example: Can + not = Can’t)
a) Contraction
b) List
c) Main Idea
d) Folk Tale

The main word that prefixes and suffixes are added. (Example: port is in the word transportation)
a) Base
b) List
c) Passage
d) Question

Literature written in English produced in the United States of America.
a) Main Idea
b) Personal Narrative
c) Poem
d) American Literature

A paid announcement in newspapers or magazines, on radio or television. (Example:” It’s so easy, a caveman can do it”)
a) Advertisement
b) Opposite
c) Personal Narrative
d) Root

The basis of a new word, but it does not typically form a stand-alone word on its own. (Example: Therm is the _______ word in Thermometer.)
a) Root
b) Base
c) Sign
d) Setting

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