Beginning of the Year ELA Check

The following is an example of which type of figurative language?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

TRUE or FALSE. These are examples of onomatopoeia.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

TRUE or FALSE. The coordinating conjunctions shown here help form compound sentences.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

The following poem has _________ lines.

• 6

• 5

• 4

• 1

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

A good writer always must _______________ when starting a new paragraph (as shown by the red arrow in the paragraph shown).

• punctuate

• skip lines

• indent

• revise

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Jeff's head was a melting pot of good ideas. This is an example of ____________________ in figurative language.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

TRUE or FALSE. The genre of this book is non-fiction.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE. A glossary is found in a fiction book.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Which type of graphic organizer or visual aid would best highlight similarities and differences found in a text?

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• 
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Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

After analyzing the title and photographs on the front cover, you can determine the following book's genre is:

• fantasy.

• science fiction.

• historical fiction.

• horror.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9