ELA Literacy Terms and Concepts - Practice Quiz 2

Read the following passage:

Usually I enjoyed the daily feeding of the dogs. But not today; I went through the motions dumbly, silently, not paying any attention to the fine bird dogs crowding around me. I cleaned the watering troughs with my usual care, but my heart was not in it.

From this passage, the reader can infer that

• The character owns several dogs.

• The character has experienced something upsetting.

• The character could have done a better job.

• The character knows a great deal about bird dogs.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Read the following passage:

“I’m old enough to go on the Christmas hunt,” I said. Incredibly, my father laughed. “At ten?” he said. “I’m afraid not.” I stood, stricken. “But--” I said. “No,” my father said, in the voice that meant No, and no more talking about it.

The author uses dialogue mainly to

• Reveal conflicting points of view

• Reveal a side of the narrator’s personality

• Show how a character changes

• Show cause and effect

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the following passage:

But I began to see that I hadn’t even begun to work. There were college players my age and younger who could blow me out of the room. All of them were intensely ambitious about making a career, and I finally realized a career is what I wanted too. At the same time, though, I began to feel I’d come to that realization too late. . .The big question wouldn’t go away. Would I be good enough to make it? Could I make a living as a violinist?

Which response best represents a developing theme?

• When we question ourselves, we fall short of reaching our goals.

• There will always be people trying to deter us from reaching our goals.

• If you want to be a violinist, be prepared to face tough competitors.

• It takes determination and a strong commitment to reach a goal in life.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Read the following sentence:

The children lay out, laughing, on the jungle mattress, and heard it sigh and squeak under them, resilient and alive.

The author uses all of the following literary devices EXCEPT

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

In literature, mood can best be defined as

• the purpose for which the text was written

• the way the text makes the reader feel

• the way the author feels about the subject of the text

• the level of suspense the text creates

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the following passage:

I spent my afternoons sitting cross-legged before the squat Philco radio which stood as a permanent fixture on our porch in Rockville Centre, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York. With my score-book spread before me, I attended Dodger games through the courtly voice of Dodger announcer Red Barber.

How does the setting impact the narrator?

• The narrator is able to attend Dodger games on the South Shore of Long Island.

• The narrator’s Philco radio sits on his porch, where he also has his score-book.

• The narrator grew up in Rockville Center admiring Red Barber and the Dodgers.

• The narrator listens to Dodger games on his porch on Long Island, New York.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the following passage:

I turned and looked at him, waiting. What did he want now? I could feel my heart pounding. Something bitter and vile tasting was coming up in my mouth; I was afraid I was going to be sick.

Which word best describes the author’s tone?

• frustrated

• curious

• tense

• sarcastic

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which response is an example of third-person omniscient point of view?

• Neither Dick Wilcox nor Dolores could figure out why the flowers kept coming, and each of them assumed somebody had a crush on the other.

• The lady there was nice; he could see it right off

• After my father had gone outside, my mother hugged me to her in a sudden rush of affection.

• The next day she heard her sisters calling to her from the mountaintop, and she called back.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read the following passage:

“What’s happened?” we asked each other. “What’s going on?” We pressed our faces against the window and looked inside. Mrs. Pratchett was nowhere to be seen. “Look!” I cried. “The Gobstopper jar’s gone! It’s not on the shelf! There’s a gap where it used to be!”

The author uses dialogue mainly to

• show the narrator’s personality

• advance the action of the story

• cause a character to make a decision

• reveal conflicting points of view

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the following passage:

At one-hour intervals the night guards paced past every room. Each time I heard the approaching footsteps, I jumped into bed and feigned sleep. And as soon as the guard passed, I got back out of bed onto the floor area of that light-glow, where I would read for another fifty-eight minutes—until the guard approached again.

Based on the passage, the word feigned most likely means

• pretended

• hoped for

• tried

• assumed

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4