1st Semester Review 7th Grade ELA

 1.  According to the article, which statement explains Phillis Wheatley's relationship with her master and his family?

• A. They treated her as a servant.
• B. They supported her as a writer.
• C. They provided her with transportation.
• D. They named her after a ship.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.1

2. Which statement best expresses the main ideas of the article? *

• A. Phillis memorized her poetry by copying it, and she was fully prepared to pass her exam.
• B. Phillis was grateful to her new family, and she wrote poetry to describe her experiences with them.
• C. Phillis enjoyed writing poetry, and she was encouraged to publish her work.
• D. Phillis was motivated by literature to express herself, and she overcame challenges to become a poet.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

3. Which detail from the article helps the reader best understand the main idea? 

• A. "She knew every line, every syllable, by heart." (paragraph 3)
• B. "She survived only by the kindness of her masters, especially the Wheatley's twins..." (paragraph 6)
• C. "As she began to read poetry, glorious sonnets had inspired her to try her own hand at writing." (paragraph 10)
• D. ""Over time she had come to appreciate her own time and place, her very own role in the chain of events..." (paragraph 10)

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

4. What is the difference between Phillis's audience at the Wheatley's home and the men at the exam? *

• A. The Wheatley audience reads her poetry before she recites it.
• B. The men at the exam require her to prove herself.
• C. The Wheatley audience includes highly educated people.
• D. The men at the exam are greater in number.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

5.  What point of view is used in this passage about Phillis Wheatley?

• 1st person
• 2nd person
• 3rd person

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

6.  Comparing two things using like or as

• assonance
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

7.   The giving of human qualities to an animal, object or idea

• denotation
• connotation
• personification
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

8.  When a portion of the story goes back in time

• flashback
• actor
• stage directions
• prop

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.W.7.3C

9.  Conversation between characters

• dialogue
• irony 
• flashback 
• actor

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.W.7.3B

10.  Dolphins and porpoises belong to a group of mammals called cetaceans and they are both warm-blooded animals.

• simple
• compound
• run-on

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CCSS.L.7.1B