Tornados and Hurricanes
  • 1. What factor do tornadoes and hurricanes share?
A) Both begin over water as tropical storms.
B) Both are dangerous weather events.
C) Both have a central eye where it is calm.
D) Both include thunder, lightening, and hail.
  • 2. What is the difference between tornadoes and hurricanes?
A) Tornadoes include a strong storm surge.
B) Tornadoes last for hours to days.
C) Tornadoes create powerful funnel clouds.
D) Tornadoes are made up of ocean water.
  • 3. What does a hurricane have that a tornado does not?
A) a high risk of danger
B) a thunderstorm
C) a funnel cloud
D) a central eye
  • 4. Language Arts Skills Review: Identify the type of figurative language used in this sentence: Because I was embarrassed, my face was as red as a ripened tomato.
A) onomatopoeia
B) alliteration
C) simile
D) metaphor
  • 5. Language Arts Skills Review: Identify the type of figurative language used in this sentence: Every cloud has a silver lining.
A) personification
B) idiom
C) simile
D) metaphor
  • 6. Language Arts Skills Review: Identify the type of figurative language used in this sentence: My computer throws a fit every time I use it.
A) metaphor
B) personification
C) simile
D) idiom
  • 7. Language Arts Skills Review: Which is an example of personification?
A) The wind grabbed onto my arms.
B) The wind is the thundering sea.
C) The wind is like a thundering sea.
D) The wind winds wonderously around the yard.
  • 8. Language Arts Skills Review: Which is an example of metaphor?
A) The wind winds wonderously around the yard.
B) The wind grabbed onto my arms.
C) The wind is like a thundering sea.
D) The wind is the thundering sea.
  • 9. Language Arts Skills Review: Which is an example of simile?
A) The wind is like a thundering sea.
B) The wind is the thundering sea.
C) The wind winds wonderously around the yard.
D) The wind grabbed onto my arms.
  • 10. Language Arts Skills Review: Which is an example of alliteration?
A) The wind winds wonderously around the yard.
B) The wind grabbed onto my arms.
C) The wind is the thundering sea.
D) The wind is like a thundering sea.
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