Common Assessment #1 Review

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. 

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Jake, my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
• Jake my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
• Jake my black, and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
• Jake, my black and white cat loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 

Choose the correct comma placement in the sentence. 
Miranda a promising figure skater practices every day my favorite figure skater.

• Miranda, a promising figure skater, practices every day, my favorite favorite figure skater.
•  Miranda, a promising figure skater practices every day my favorite figure skater.
•  Miranda a promising figure skater, practices every day, my favorite figure skater.

Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.  Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball.  They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.  Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates.
What is the main idea?

• They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.
• Soccer players learn how to dribble.
• They learn how to work together as teammates.
• Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

Benjamin Franklin invented many things that made life easier in the late 1700’s.  He invented the lightning rod that saved many homes from fires.  He also invented the Franklin stove.  The stove could heat a room better than a fireplace and saved people a lot of fuel.  He also invented a special kind of glasses called bifocals.  This new kind of glasses helped people to read better.

• Benjamin Franklin thought reading was important.
• Benjamin Franklin was not afraid of fire.
• Benjamin Franklin was a great inventor.
• A Franklin stove can heat a whole room.

Tabatha’s favorite television program is on at 10:00 PM. She has an important test in the morning and needs to get to bed early so she will be wide awake. The central problem is that Tabatha...

• is worried about missing her favorite TV show.
• is concerned about missing her test in the morning.
• cannot decide if she should stay up late to watch her favorite TV show or go to bed early for her test.

Point of view is defined as

• The hero or protagonist in the story
• The perspective from which the story is told
• The words, thoughts and actions of the characters
• The villain or antagonist in the story

Plot is defined as

• The arrangement of events in a story
• The climax and rising action
• The resolution 
• Falling action and exposition

Rising action is defined as 

• The turning point of the story
• The background information the reader needs
• The conflict that builds towards the climax
• The tying up of the loose ends

Climax is defined as

• The last event in the story
• The turning point of the story
• The introduction of  the conflict in the story
• The background information