kb Literature 2013 #3 Flashcards
Consider this sample of writing: It’s new! It’s refreshing! It’s Slurpy Soda! This is the best soda in the world! If you drink this soda, you will jump higher, run faster and be smarter in school. Try one today! What is the author’s purpose?
to persuade
What do we call the text under a picture in a newspaper, magazine, or book?
caption
Finish this analogy: botanist is to plants as geologist is to ___.
rocks
What is a synonym for the word “raw”?
uncooked
What is an antonym for the word “dead”?
alive
Correct this sentence: The election resulted in a runoff between he and I.
between him and me
Finish this poem:
Old King Cole was a merry old soul and a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, and he called for his___.
fiddler’s three
In the book “Peter Pan” by James Barrie, what was the name of the Darling family’s dog?
Nana
What was the name of the thin school teacher in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”?
Ichabod Crane
Trey attends classes every day. What is the direct object of the sentence?
classes
In the book “The Wizard of Oz,” in what state did Dorothy live?
Kansas
In the nursery rhyme, what was Jack expected to do because he was nimble and quick?
jump over the candlestick
What famous character lives at 221b Baker Street and smokes a pipe?
Sherlock Holmes
What kind of animal was the literary character Stuart Little?
a mouse
In the Action Comic series “Superman,” what can kill Superman?
kryptonite
