10TH GRADE FAST QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Adages and Proverbs - Correct Answers -traditional sayings about common
experiences that are often repeated; for example, a penny saved is a penny earned.
Alliteration - Correct Answers -the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of
words near each other in a text; for example, Bob's big balloons.
Antonyms - Correct Answers -words that have opposite meanings; for example,
happy/sad.
Biography - Correct Answers -an informational text that tells the story of a person's life,
but is told by someone else.
Cause and Effect - Correct Answers -a text structure in which the events are organized
around causes and effects. A cause is an event or action that makes something
happen. An effect is what happens as a result of the cause. Signal words such as
because, so, and as a result indicate cause-effect relationships.
Character - Correct Answers -the people (or animals) in a story. They are whom the
story is about.
Chart - Correct Answers -summarizes information and compares related details from
the text in graphic form. It is designed to be quick and easy to read.
Clarify - Correct Answers -clear up confusion while reading.
Metaphor - Correct Answers -a direct comparison that refers to one thing as another,
but does not use the words like or as; for example, the sun was a giant flashlight in the
sky.
Myth - Correct Answers -a story told to explain the unknown or teach what is important
in a culture and passed down from generation to generation. It often includes non-
human characters and may offer explanations for natural occurrences (e.g., storms,
earthquakes, sun rising).
Narrative Nonfiction - Correct Answers -a type of text that gives factual information
about a topic in "story" form. It may tell one person's experiences related to that topic or
present the author's point of view through a particular voice or tone.
, Author's Point of View - Correct Answers -the attitude an author has or the position the
author takes about a text's subject.
Compare and Contrast - Correct Answers -a text structure in which events are
compared (to determine how they are similar) and contrasted (to determine how they
are different). Signal words such as like, same, similar to, or different than can be used.
Conclusion - Correct Answers -the ending to a piece of text.
Connotation - Correct Answers -the feeling or idea associated with a word from its
context, rather than the dictionary definition.
Denotation - Correct Answers -a word's straightforward dictionary meaning.
Diagram - Correct Answers -a text feature that is a visual representation of ideas and
information such as a drawing. It often contains call-outs to identify the parts of the
drawing.
Dialect - Correct Answers -a style of speech or narration that shows the way characters
speak in a specific place or during a specific time.
Dialogue - Correct Answers -what the characters say. Their exact words are placed
inside quotation marks.
Drama - Correct Answers -a story in the form of a play, written to be performed.
Context Clues - Correct Answers -words in a sentence surrounding an unfamiliar word
that help the reader figure out the word's meaning.
Counterarguments - Correct Answers -arguments against, or in opposition to, the main
arguments presented in a persuasive text. They are included to give the reader a wider
perspective on a topic.
Fantasy - Correct Answers -a highly imaginative story about characters, events, and
settings that cannot exist in real life.
First-Person Point of View - Correct Answers -point of view in fiction is when one
character is the narrator telling the story. The author uses the pronoun I.
Flashback - Correct Answers -a literary technique in which the author describes events
and actions that occurred before the main action of the story. The author uses key
words and phrases such as once or I remember.
Foreshadowing - Correct Answers -clues or hints an author gives to upcoming plot
events.
ANSWERS
Adages and Proverbs - Correct Answers -traditional sayings about common
experiences that are often repeated; for example, a penny saved is a penny earned.
Alliteration - Correct Answers -the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of
words near each other in a text; for example, Bob's big balloons.
Antonyms - Correct Answers -words that have opposite meanings; for example,
happy/sad.
Biography - Correct Answers -an informational text that tells the story of a person's life,
but is told by someone else.
Cause and Effect - Correct Answers -a text structure in which the events are organized
around causes and effects. A cause is an event or action that makes something
happen. An effect is what happens as a result of the cause. Signal words such as
because, so, and as a result indicate cause-effect relationships.
Character - Correct Answers -the people (or animals) in a story. They are whom the
story is about.
Chart - Correct Answers -summarizes information and compares related details from
the text in graphic form. It is designed to be quick and easy to read.
Clarify - Correct Answers -clear up confusion while reading.
Metaphor - Correct Answers -a direct comparison that refers to one thing as another,
but does not use the words like or as; for example, the sun was a giant flashlight in the
sky.
Myth - Correct Answers -a story told to explain the unknown or teach what is important
in a culture and passed down from generation to generation. It often includes non-
human characters and may offer explanations for natural occurrences (e.g., storms,
earthquakes, sun rising).
Narrative Nonfiction - Correct Answers -a type of text that gives factual information
about a topic in "story" form. It may tell one person's experiences related to that topic or
present the author's point of view through a particular voice or tone.
, Author's Point of View - Correct Answers -the attitude an author has or the position the
author takes about a text's subject.
Compare and Contrast - Correct Answers -a text structure in which events are
compared (to determine how they are similar) and contrasted (to determine how they
are different). Signal words such as like, same, similar to, or different than can be used.
Conclusion - Correct Answers -the ending to a piece of text.
Connotation - Correct Answers -the feeling or idea associated with a word from its
context, rather than the dictionary definition.
Denotation - Correct Answers -a word's straightforward dictionary meaning.
Diagram - Correct Answers -a text feature that is a visual representation of ideas and
information such as a drawing. It often contains call-outs to identify the parts of the
drawing.
Dialect - Correct Answers -a style of speech or narration that shows the way characters
speak in a specific place or during a specific time.
Dialogue - Correct Answers -what the characters say. Their exact words are placed
inside quotation marks.
Drama - Correct Answers -a story in the form of a play, written to be performed.
Context Clues - Correct Answers -words in a sentence surrounding an unfamiliar word
that help the reader figure out the word's meaning.
Counterarguments - Correct Answers -arguments against, or in opposition to, the main
arguments presented in a persuasive text. They are included to give the reader a wider
perspective on a topic.
Fantasy - Correct Answers -a highly imaginative story about characters, events, and
settings that cannot exist in real life.
First-Person Point of View - Correct Answers -point of view in fiction is when one
character is the narrator telling the story. The author uses the pronoun I.
Flashback - Correct Answers -a literary technique in which the author describes events
and actions that occurred before the main action of the story. The author uses key
words and phrases such as once or I remember.
Foreshadowing - Correct Answers -clues or hints an author gives to upcoming plot
events.
