ELA Final Review

ELA Final Review

Try your best!! These are questions that could be on your final!

Multiple Choice

Read this excerpt from "Types of Volcanoes."

Cinder cones are formed when small pieces of lava, called cinders, fly out of a vent and land around it. The cinders then cool from molten rock into solid rock.

According to the context clues, which term best defines the underlined word?

• liquid

• heavy

• black

• frozen

Multiple Choice

Derrick is creating a public service announcement to persuade people to recycle cans, bottles, and paper. What evidence should he include to support his claim that recycling benefits the environment?

• Cans and bottles can be recycled in many different ways.

• Recycling reduces the amount of trash sent to landfills.

• Recycling programs are very popular at businesses.

• Most cans, bottles, and types of paper are easily recyclable.

Multiple Choice

What multimedia element would best clarify information for a speech about an endangered bird?

• a photograph of the bird feeding its babies

• a map showing the remaining populations

• a video clip of the bird in flight

• a chart comparing various birds’ physical features

Multiple Choice

Read this excerpt from Blanca Flor by Angel Vigil.

JUANITO

What will he do if he catches us?

BLANCA FLOR

He will take us back. I will be watched more closely than ever, and you will --

Based on the text details of this excerpt, it can be inferred that Don Ricardo will

• let Juanito go if he catches him.

• apologize to Juanito.

• do something bad to Juanito.

• watch Juanito more closely if he catches him.

Multiple Choice

What kind of story is “Clever Gretel”?

• a biography

• a folktale

• a memoir

• a novel

Multiple Choice

Which event in space exploration would appear first on a timeline?

• The United States launched its first successful satellite in 1958.

• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the first manned moon landing in 1969.

• Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space in 1961.

• The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, in 1957.

Multiple Choice

According to A Black Hole Is NOT a Hole by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano, astronomers think a supermassive black hole is created when

• radio waves travel through space to Earth.

• there is too much empty space in a galaxy.

• gravity causes many, many stars to collide.

• a single star or planet explodes and collapses.

Multiple Choice

Which statement compares two items?

• To escape the whirlpool, the fish would have to swim faster.

• A black hole works something like that whirlpool.

• Closer to the center of the whirlpool, the pull would grow stronger.

• If the fish couldn’t go much faster, it would be swept away.

Multiple Choice

The introduction in a science text

• describes details involved in completing the experiment.

• shares the data found after an experiment is concluded.

• gives the background and purpose of an experiment.

• interprets the results of a completed experiment.

Multiple Choice

Read the excerpt from "A Friend in Need."

A cloud seemed to pass over Papa's face. "I wish there was something I could do to help them out, but I can't afford to hire a hand," he said.

According to this description, Jeb’s father is

• uninterested.

• concerned.

• annoyed.

• joyful.

Multiple Choice

If the Latin root "port" means "to carry," then the word "transport" means

• to walk across.

• to carry across.

• to cross over.

• to cross out.

Multiple Choice

Read this excerpt.

Ella slowly turned over the graded test. A big smile appeared on her face. "Yes," she thought. "All that studying really paid off."

Which inference can be made from this excerpt?

• Ella did poorly on her test.

• Ella is looking at a biology test.

• Ella should have studied more.

• Ella did well on her test.

Multiple Choice

The theme of Blanca Flor by Angel Vigil teaches its audience

• that family is more important than anything else.

• that evil sometimes cannot be overcome.

• that true love is worth the wait.

• to be determined and never give up.

Multiple Choice

Which statement contrasts two items?

• Anything inside a black hole’s super-pulling zone will stay there forever.

• Nothing in the universe is more powerful than the force of a black hole.

• A whirlpool is powered with water, but a black hole is powered by gravity.

• A black hole powerfully pulls in dust, asteroids, stars, and even starlight.

Multiple Choice

What is a pun?

• a planet in our solar system

• a scientific definition

• a type of black hole

• a humorous play on words

Multiple Choice

A credible source contains which of the following?

• pictures and ideas

• facts and evidence

• thoughts and feelings

• opinions and persuasion