Common Assessment 2 Review

Common Assessment 2 Review

Main Idea and Supporting Details

• Read the entire passage.

• Ask, "What is the topic?"

• Ask, "What did I learn about this topic?"

• Supporting details give you information about the main idea.

Look at these details from a paragraph about the same topic. What would the main idea be?

• You can locate things more quickly when everything has its place.

• Knowing your house is organized can make you feel calmer and happier.

• Having a neat bedroom can help you sleep better.

The main idea is:

Having things in order can make your life easier and better.

• You can locate things more quickly when everything has its place.

• Knowing your house is organized can make you feel calmer and happier.

• Having a neat bedroom can help you sleep better.

Multiple Choice

Antarctica: Not What You Think

When people think of Antarctica, they think of snow and ice. When they think of deserts, they think of sun, heat, and sand. Yet in spite of its cold temperatures, Antarctica is actually a desert. In fact, it is the largest desert on the planet. A desert is a very dry environment that receives less than ten inches of precipitation yearly. On average, Antarctica gets less than two inches. Most of that precipitation is in the form of snow, but rain or ice can sometimes fall as well.

• Most precipitation in Antarctica is in the form of snow, though it can also get rain and ice.

• Even though Antarctica is cold and has snow, it is a desert.

Multiple Choice

Small Steps to a Happier Planet

Recycling things like paper, plastic, and metal helps the earth by cutting down on trash. Yet many people throw away their newspapers, bottles, and cans instead of recycling them. The question, then, is how to encourage more people to recycle. One way that works is to put recycling containers in more places. Seeing more recycling bins helps people remember to use them. Another way is to teach people why recycling is important. If we make recycling easier and teach people why it matters, more people will join in.

• We can get more people to recycle by putting out more bins and by teaching people about how recycling matters.

• We need to get more people to recycle so that we stop throwing out so much trash.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following details does not support the following main idea: "Goggles are worn to protect peoples' eyes during different activities.

• Scientists wear goggles to keep chemicals out of their eyes.

• Goggles protect swimmers' eyes from the water.

• Googles must have a tight seal completely around the eyes in order to work effectively.

• Skiers wear goggles to keep snow and ice out of their eyes.

Context Clues should be used to determine the meaning of an unknown word or phrase.

• Read the entire sentence. Read all sentences that surround that sentence as well.

• Ask yourself, "What clues can help me determine this word's meaning."

• Clues may be: a synonym, an antonym, the definition, examples, or an inference.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Austria in 1756. When he was very young, he showed great musical aptitude. For example, he could play the keyboard by the age of three, and he was writing musical compositions by the age of five.

• the ability to do or learn something

• enjoyment of something

• lack of interest in something

Multiple Choice

Our dog Twizzler keeps running away. We keep him confined, but he always finds a way out of the backyard. He likes to dig under the fence.

The word confined most likely means the same as

• shut in

• loose

• well fed

• away

Multiple Choice

Campbell finished her second piece of cake. She reached for another piece, but her mother stopped her. She said that Campbell had eaten sufficient pieces of cake for one day.

What does the word sufficient mean?

• delicious

• enough

• large

• small

Multiple Choice

There are small yellow flowers growing in the field by the school. Please be careful not to trample the flowers as you walk across the field. Watch each step you take so the school can keep these pretty flowers safe.

What does the word trample mean in this paragraph?

• pick up

• jump over

• step on

• throw down

Dialect or informal language

• This is a way people/characters speak.

• Dialect can be unique to a certain area

• This would be an example of a Southern Dialect: "Ya'll come on over for supper one night this week. We'll have a good ol' time."

Multiple Choice

^{Which word(s) is an example of dialect?}
“My goodness! If I’d known you felt that way ’bout it, I never would have a said anything in the first place.”

• My goodness
• I'd known you
• 'bout it
• said anything

Multiple Choice

^{Which word(s) is an example of dialect?}
Music is a good thing; and after all that soul-butter and hogwash I never see it freshen up things so

• Music is a good thing;
• after all that soul-butter
• I never see it
• freshen up things

Multiple Choice

^{Which word(s) is an example of dialect?}
The axe got so heavy I could hardly swing it. My breath got harder and harder to breathe. An hour before sundown, I was worn down to a nub.

• The axe got so heavy
• My breath got harder
• An hour before sundown
• worn down to a nub

The conflict of a story....

• Is the main issue or problem in the story.

• The character is often trying to overcome this problem.

Multiple Choice

Which question presents the main conflict in the story, "Bud, Not Buddy."

• How will Bud make new friends?

• Will Bud have to go back to the Home?

• Will Bud's Mama come back to get him?

• Will Bud find the man who he thinks is his Daddy?

Multiple Choice

How has Bud changed from the beginning of the story till now?

• In the beginning Bud is a scared young boy who just wants to find his way back home. Now, he is strong and brave found a great home at Hooverville.

• In the beginning, Bud is an independent boy who just wants to find where he belongs. Now, he is determined to find out who his real father is.

Figurative Language

• A creative way way of writing that makes a story more interesting.

• Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Personification, Idiom, Proverb

• Use context clues to determine the meaning of figurative language.

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of this metaphor?
"After all the fans left the stadium, the bleachers were a disaster area."

• Trash and leftover food and drinks littered the ground.
• Lots of caution tape was used to block off sections.
• Reporters were everywhere trying to catch a story.
• After the game, a tornado hit.

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.
• I own an expensive camera.
• Photos of me are always really good. 
• I like to visit art museums.

Multiple Choice

The following line is an example of:

"The boards themselves seemed to remain upright not from being nailed together but rather from leaning together, like a house that a child might have constructed from cards."

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

Poetry

• Poems are split into stanzas (like a paragraph) and lines (like a sentence)

• Rhyme Scheme- Which lines rhyme?

• Example: ABAB- Means lines 1 and 3 rhyme and lines 2 and 4 rhyme

• Refrain-When a line or words are repeated in a poem.

Multiple Choice

Several lines grouped together in a poem

• line

• stanza

• poetry

• repetition

Multiple Choice

How many stanzas are in this poem?

• 1

• 2

• 8

• 4

Multiple Choice

Which line from the poem is an idiom?

• A penny for your thoughts

• The chicken was slimy, undercooked.

• And wish my disgust away

Multiple Choice

What does the following idiom mean in the poem?

"it didn't cut the mustard"

• it tasted great

• it tasted bad

• it looked beautiful

• it tasted like mustard

Multiple Choice

Which line from the following poem, is an example of refrain?

The woods are lovely,

dark, and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

• The woods are lovely

• dark, and deep

• But I have promises to keep

• And miles to go before I sleep

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?

The woods are lovely,

dark, and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

• Lines 1, 2, and 3 rhyme. Lines 4 and 5 don't.

• Lines 2, 3, 4, and 5 rhyme. Line 1 doesn't rhyme.

• Lines 2, 3, and 4 rhyme. Lines 1 and 5 don't rhyme.

Commas are needed to punctuate some sentences!

• Direct address- Aunt Martha, we need to go shopping.

• Tag questions- I love to look at the sunset, don't you?

• Dependent Clauses- When you get here, we will eat dinner.

• To separate yes/no- No, we are not having chicken nuggets tonight.

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence that uses commas correctly.

• Tom will you bring, me the wrench?

• Tom will you, bring me the wrench?

• Tom, will you bring me the wrench?

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• No, I can't play today because my mom told me to clean my room.

• No, I can't play today, because my mom told me to clean my room.

• No I can't play today, because my mom told me to clean my room.

• No I can't play today because my mom, told me to clean my room.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do.

• Since, I was absent on Tuesday I have a lot of make-up work to do.

• Since I was absent, on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do.

• Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot, of make-up work to do.

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct way to punctuate the sentence?

• You completed your math homework yesterday right?

• You completed your math homework, yesterday right?

• You completed your math homework yesterday, right?

Correlative Conjunctions (Best Friend Conjunctions)

• Either/or

• Neither/nor

• Not only/but also

• Whether/or

• If/then

• rather/or

Multiple Choice

I like _____ potato chips _____ pretzels.

• either/or

• both/and

• both/or

• these/those

Multiple Choice

In this game, you _______ win _____ lose. It depends on you.

• either .. or

• neither .. nor

Multiple Choice

Would you _________ have cheese cake _________ blueberry pie?

• neither, nor

• either, or

• rather, or

• not only, but also

Editing Paragraphs

• Sometimes sentences need to be removed if they are off topic

• Sometimes you have to pick a good introduction sentence.

• Sometimes you have to pick a good closing sentence.

Multiple Choice

Look at the following paragraph. Which sentence doesn't belong?

• He went to medical school and worked all his life as a doctor.

• He published many poems from the 1910s to the 1960s.

• An American poet named Edna St. Vincent Millay also wrote during this time period.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence belongs as the introduction sentence in the following paragraph?

• Animals sometimes have similar names in different languages.

• Different languages have different words for the sounds that animals make.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be a good concluding sentence for the following paragraph?

• Not surprisingly, only a few horses have managed to win the Triple Crown.

• In short, the Kentucky Derby is the most popular race in the series.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence belongs as the introduction sentence in the following paragraph?

• Animals sometimes have similar names in different languages.

• Different languages have different words for the sounds that animals make.