MyPerspectives Unit 1 Test Review Topics

School uniforms are far cheaper than the currently popular fashions. Many students work long hours at a paying job instead of doing homework because they feel they have to "keep up appearances." If students wore uniforms, there would be no need for most of them to have jobs that take away from their study time.

What is the central idea of this passage?

• popular fashions being expensive

• students working many hours at jobs.

• school uniforms are a good idea.

• teens enjoying wearing uniforms.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The art of training and cutting plants and trees into ornamental shapes is called topiary work. This art dates back to the days of the Romans. They enjoyed training plants to grow in geometric shapes and, later on, created animal designs and designs that resembled furniture. The Romans were also a dominant empire during their time. Due to topiary work, the Romans had many beautiful gardens.

What is the central idea of this paragraph?

• Natural furniture is easily made by hand.

• Topiary work dates back to the Romans.

• Landscaping takes up a great deal of time.

• The Roman Empire existed a long time ago.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

"The snow was as white as a cloud," is an example of what type of figurative language?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"The flute sang out beautifully during the concert," is an example of what type of figurative language?

• silime

• metaphor

• personification

• antonym

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"My flowers were begging for water on the hot summer day" is an example of:

• simile

• synonym

• personification

• antonym

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Identify the Simile.

• The tree danced in the wind.

• That cat is the devil.

• She is as tall as a tree!

• My backpack weighs a thousand tons!

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The Flash is fast like lightning," is an example of what type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Personification is

• The same beginning sound repeated

• A word that is a sound

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• An exaggeration

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Running the mile was like climbing Mt. Everest," is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Personification

• synonym

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which two words are antonyms?

• flat, thin

• house, home

• raise, lower

• book, read

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CCSS.RF.1.2A

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.K.1D

CCSS.RF.K.2A