ISTEP REVIEW

A hyperbole is an exaggeration 

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which of the following is an example of a simile: 

• I ate a lot of pizza. 
• The cat cried like a baby.
• Billy is a tree.
• Sarah ran 4,000 miles in ten minutes. 

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Katarina drank 8 billion glasses of water on the hot day is an example of: 

• A metaphor
• A personification
• Hyperbole
• Simile 

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

"I used to be able to jump to the moon when I was a kid." What is this an example of? 

• Simile 
• Metaphor because it has the word "was" in it
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which of the following is the best example of a metaphor? 

• Kelly loved to eat 28 bowls of pasta at once.
• Miss Breeden drove like a maniac. 
• Paul is a beast. 
• Caroline screamed like a monkey. 

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which of following word pairs are synonyms?

• cat, dog
• massive, giant
• right, wrong
• massive, tiny 

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Select the best example of antonyms: 

• healthy, well
• sick, ill
• interesting, boring
• chilly,  cold 

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which sentence uses quotation marks and punctuation correctly?

• Do you want to go to the mall today? "ask Billy."
• "Do you want to go to the mall today" asked Billy.
• "Do you want to go to the mall today?" asked Billy. 
• "Do you want to go to the mall today? asked Billy. 

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which sentence does NOT use quotation marks correctly: 

• "When can we leave?" asked George
• "Are you going to the game?" asked Holly. 
• "Please don't do that. said Kirra. 
• "Please help me." said Milo. 

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Select what is wrong with the following sentence: 
I want to the park today to run on the trails. I was sad when I had to leave because it started raining. 

• want should be went
• it needs a comma 
• the second period should be a question mark
• "when" needs to be changed to "win" 

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3