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Week Four Warm-up
Answer these questions on your own paper.
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Multiple choice questions can be answered with an A, B, C, or D.
All other questions must be answered IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.
Popsicle
1One
day in the winter of 1905, eleven-year-old Frank Epperson mixed a jar of powdered soda pop mix and
water. 2Accidently, he left the mix on his back porch that night. 3The next morning Frank found the stuff frozen,
with the stirring stick standing straight up. 4Pulling out the frozen soda pop, stick and all, he realized he had
accidentally invented something pretty good. 5It tasted like a frosty explosion on his tongue.
6 Frank was a smart young man, and he quickly realized opportunity was knocking at his door. 7Calling it the
“Epperson Icicle” (which he eventually changed to “Epsicle”), the next summer he made them in the family icebox
and sold them around the neighborhood at five cents apiece. 8 He became a night owl staying up late carefully
blending the perfect amount of soda pop mix and water to create his refreshing treat. 9Later, he renamed his
product “Popsicle,” since he’d made it with soda pop. 10He dreamed that one day his Popsicle invention would
make him a ton of money.
Monday
1. Sentence five in the first paragraph is an example of
A. metaphor
B. hyperbole
C. simile
D. personification
2. Compare and contrast metaphor and simile. Both metaphor and simile are forms of figurative language that make
comparisons. Simile, however, does so by using the words like or as.
3. Sentence eight in the second paragraph is an example of
A. metaphor
B. hyperbole
C. simile
D. personification
4. Sentence six is an example of which sentence type?
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
Tuesday
5. Sentence six in the second paragraph is an example of
A. metaphor
B. hyperbole
C. simile
D. personification
6. Explain the difference between personification and hyperbole. Personification makes a comparison by giving nonliving items human characteristics, while hyperbole makes a comparison by making an exaggeration.
7. Sentence ten in the second paragraph is an example of
A. metaphor
B. hyperbole
C. simile
D. personification
8. Sentence four is an example of which sentence type?
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
Teenage Voters Unite!
1Government
officials need to give sixteen-year-olds the right to vote. 2Doing so would improve this country
in many ways. 3First, older American citizens would learn to listen to teenagers if their opinions were equal to those
of adults. 4Next, if lawmakers respected and incorporated teenagers’ ideas into our government, more issues could be
solved that relate to the youth of America. 5Finally, everyone knows that being allowed to vote is a tremendous
responsibility, so teenagers would learn to be careful and responsible in order to prove they deserve the right to cast
their vote. 6We are all citizens regardless of age; therefore, make a choice today to support the right for teen voices to
be heard.
Wednesday
1. The author’s purpose for writing this passage is
A. to inform
B. to persuade
C. to entertain
D. to journal
2. The ideas in this passage are organized and presented in
A. cause/effect
B. compare/contrast
C. time order
D. problem/solution
C. prepositions
D. infinitives
3. The underlined portions of this passage are
A. gerunds
B. participles
4. Define infinitive: an infinitive is a verbal that act as a noun, adjective, or adverb; it is the word “to” plus a verb.
Thursday
5. Sentence number four is an example of a
A. simple sentence
B. compound sentence
C. complex sentence
D. compound-complex sentence
C. complex sentence
D. compound-complex sentence
6. Sentence number five is an example of a
A. simple sentence
B. compound sentence
7. Which of these words from sentence five is a verb?
A. is
B. to vote
C. finally
D. tremendous
8. List at least four “be verbs.” Is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being