ELA Review

Which statement best explains the difference between a first- and third-person narrator?

• A third-person narrator shares personal thoughts and feelings, while a first-person narrator shares the thoughts of others.

• A first-person narrator uses pronouns like I or we, while a third-person narrator uses pronouns such as he, she, and they.

• A third-person narrator tells a story from a personal point of view, while a first-person narrator uses an outsider's point of view.

• A first-person narrator describes all of the characters' points of view, but a third-person narrator does not.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which best explains the metaphor in line 5?

1 A day at the park

2 Is just what we need!

3 Grassy sofas, leafy cushions,

4 Tall bark recliners,

5 Warm granite footstools,

6 Red flower carpets,

7 And glassy pond rugs, blue and white.

• People can prop their feet on rocks in the park.

• There are many granite rocks in the park.

• People think the park is full of rocks and footstools.

• The park has footstools.

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CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

What is a theme of the poem?

• Making the world a better place is a human responsibility.

• An individual's actions can affect a community's well-being.

• In order to be respected, you must show respect to others.

• Sometimes a problem requires a creative solution.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Read the excerpt from "Amelia Earhart."

In 1928, Amelia Earhart received a phone call that would change her life. She was invited to become the first woman passenger to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a plane. "The idea of just going as 'extra weight' did not appeal to me at all," she said, but she accepted the offer nonetheless.

Which response best describes the excerpt from the passage?

• The excerpt gives a firsthand account of a phone call Amelia Earhart received about a flight that was to cross the Atlantic.

• The excerpt gives a secondhand account of why Amelia Earhart was invited to be a passenger on a trans-Atlantic flight and a firsthand account of her acceptance.

• The excerpt gives a firsthand account of how Amelia Earhart felt about being the first woman airplane passenger to cross the Atlantic and a secondhand account of the flight itself.

• The excerpt gives a secondhand account of Amelia Earhart's invitation to fly across the Atlantic and a firsthand account of her reaction to it.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Read the excerpt from "Creepy, Crawly Healers."

During a war in Europe in the early 1800s, doctors found soldiers with wounds crawling with maggots. They discovered that these soldiers survived more often than soldiers whose wounds were free of these creatures.

What is the most likely meaning of survived?

• were wounded

• remained alive

• were lively

• resisted difficulties

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which excerpts from "Creepy, Crawly Healers" use a problem-and-solution structure?

• "But scientists are finding that the fine silk these creatures spin may have medical benefits."

• "Scientists have found no evidence that spider silk kills germs. But it could be used to help reproduce tissue that has been damaged in common knee injuries."

• "Tissue is cells that work together to perform a specific function in the body."

• "In the late twentieth century, maggots were used only when modern practices failed to heal a wound."

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

The old man was excited to see birds at his new feeder.

Correctly order the adjectives in the sentence.

• two, beautiful, blue

• blue, two, beautiful

• beautiful, two blue

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CCSS.L.4.1D

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Which revision fixes this fragment?

The sleek, gray seals along the rocky shore.

• Watched the sleek, gray seals along the rocky shore.

• The sleek, gray seals dove for fish along the rocky shore.

• The sleek, gray seals with their barking pups.

• Along the rocky shore, the sleek, gray seals.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which sentence correctly combines the two sentences?

The boys searched everywhere for the missing key. They could not find it.

• The boys searched everywhere for the missing key they could not find it.

• The boys searched everywhere for the missing key, but they could not find it.

• The boys searched everywhere for the missing key, they could not find it.

• The boys searched everywhere for the missing key but they could not find it.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Marie is writing a funny story about a girl's attempts to give her dog a bath.

Which two sentences best help readers get to know the characters in the story.

• After it rained, Lela's dog Rufus got all muddy running through the puddles.

• Lela's mom said Rufus could not come into the house until he had a bath.

• Every time she went to the pet store, Lela loved to watch the groomers at work.

• Lela had never give a dog a bath by herself, but how hard could it be?

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1