Waldroup's ELA review #1

Building a snowman is a fun winter activity. First, pack enough snow to make two large snowballs. One snowball should be a little smaller than the other. Stack the smaller one on top for the snowman's head. Then, place two lumps of coal for eyes, a carrot for a nose, and some sticks for arms on the top snowball. Last, put an old hat on top of its head and an old scarf around its neck.

Which definition of pack is used in this paragraph?

• a group of wild animals

• to cram tightly together

• a set of playing cards

• to put in boxes

Identify the simile

• I like apples.
• Apples taste sweet.
• You're the apple of my eye.
• This apple is as sweet as candy.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

Identify the metaphor

• My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.
• My heart is a muscle.
• My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.
• My heart is like a muscle.

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor:
My father is a bear in the morning.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

The North Pole is about more than Santa. It is the northernmost place on Earth. There is no land there, only a fat layer of ice about 8 feet thick. The closest land to the North Pole is actually 700 miles away. During the summer, the sun is always up. It rises in March and sets in September. The warmest it ever gets is in July, when the temperature might just get up to freezing level, or 32 degrees.

Based on the information given, what conclusion can be drawn about summer at the North Pole?

• You can't swim there because of the thick ice.

• It can be freezing outside even when the sun is out.

• Summer lasts longer there than in other countries.

• It is a summer of beautiful sunsets.

What is an idiom?

• A bird?
• A device used to confuse the reader.
• A word or phrase that does not mean what it says.
• A group of words that begin with the same sound.

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5B

What is a couch potato?

• A person who likes to eat potatoes on the couch.
• A potato pillow.
• A person who likes to sit and watch tv on the couch.
• A person who likes to play hot potato.

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.4

Why do author's use idioms?

• To make their writing more interesting.
• To confuse the audience.
• To be mean.
• To cause frustration in the reader.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.RL.4.4

Why would an author MOST LIKELY use the phrase lit up her face to describe a character?

• to show her face is red with embarrassment

• to show her skin is glowing

• to show she is feeling happy

• to show she is feeling sweaty from heat

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is the BEST meaning of the underlined phrase in the sentence?

I guess the cat is out of the bag now, she thought.

• a pet is missed

• a bag is emptied

• a cat is discovered

• a secret is uncovered

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.RL.5.4