NSCAS Practice
Quiz by Chad Bergstrom
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- Q1something added to the beginning, middle, or end of another wordaffixes30sEditDelete
- Q2an ending added to a word to change the part of speech (-ful)suffix30sEditDelete
- Q3a beginning added to a word to change the meaning (un-)prefix30sEditDelete
- Q4alphabetical list of words and meanings found in the back of a bookglossary30sEditDelete
- Q5a short description about a picturecaptions30sEditDelete
- Q6the title for a paragraph, section, or pageheadings, subheadings30sEditDelete
- Q7an alphabetical listing of topics, people, or titles at the end of a text and the location of where they are mentionedindex30sEditDelete
- Q8a diagram or table that shows detailed informationcharts/tables30sEditDelete
- Q9a visual representation that shows all or part of the Earth's surfacemaps30sEditDelete
- Q10the words, phrases, or sentences that come before and after a word that help explain its full meaningcontext clues30sEditDelete
- Q11comparing something or someone with words without using the words "like" or "as" (poetry is a rainbow of words)metaphor30sEditDelete
- Q12a comparison using "like" or "as" (as white as a sheet)similie30sEditDelete
- Q13an expression that cannot be understood by the literal meanings of the words (it was a piece of cake)idiom30sEditDelete
- Q14comparison between things that are similar in some way (win : lose :: stop : start)analogies30sEditDelete
- Q15the reason the author wrote the passage, for example: explain, persuade, inform, entertain.author's purpose30sEditDelete
- Q16the way the author sees a situation or the facts, objective or biasedauthor's perspective/point of view30sEditDelete
- Q17writing in first, second, or third personpoint of view30sEditDelete
- Q18the traits of a character that are revealed to the reader throughout the text.character development30sEditDelete
- Q19time and place of a storysetting30sEditDelete
- Q20a series of related incidents that build on one another as the story develops. Beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.plot development30sEditDelete