5th period 7th grade 3rd 9 Weeks Midterm review

Read the following passage:

The stars were burning brightly in the night sky. The evening breeze felt cool on my skin. It was the last night of summer break and I was calm, oddly calm. It's not that I was excited to go back to school. I wasn't. School is a lot of work for me. But I was excited to see my friends again, and I knew that she would be there.

How would this passage be different if it were told in the third person narrative?

• The reader would feel closer to the narrator.

• The reader would know the character's background.

• The reader would know more about what the narrator is thinking.

• The reader would not know the narrator's inner thoughts and ideas.

What is a simile?

• comparing two things USING the words "like" or "as"

• comparing two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

• the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

Which of the following sentences contain a simile?

• My older sister is a monster in the morning before she gets her coffee.

• Her voice is so annoying; when she speaks, she sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard.

• The 6th graders are excited about coming to school next week because they want to know what being in middle school is like.

• Alicia and De'ontae love everything about going to the movies; they especially like eating popcorn and candy.

Which of the following sentences contain a simile?

• She wants to be a singer just like Taylor Swift.

• Her smile is so bright, it is like a ray of sunshine.

• He is hoping to become an influencer on TikTok so that he can start making money.

• Marcus cannot wait until he can eat inside a restaurant without a mask on again.

Mara was feeling apprehensive about the camping trip. She had never slept in a tent before. What if there were bears or mountain lions?

Which word is a synonym for apprehensive?

• worried

• angry

• excited

• in pain

The con man bamboozled the customers by making false promises.

Which of the following means the same as bamboozled?

• surprised

• deceived

• charmed

• angered

“I am going to rescind the permission I gave you to use my toys!” T. J. announced angrily. “I thought you would take good care of them, but I was wrong!”

Which word is a synonym for rescind?

• repeat

• celebrate

• cancel

• continue

Choose the answer that is a synonym for the underlined parts of the words below.

audio, auditory, audible, audience

• hear

• believe

• funny

• animal

Choose the answer that is a synonym for the underlined parts of the words below.

multiplication, multiple, multicolored, multilingual

• one

• against

• many

• hear

Which choice describes the author's main purpose for including the flashback of Luke's sixth birthday in chapter two of "Among the Hidden?"

• To talk about how Luke forgot to make a birthday wish.

• To show how mean his brothers are.

• To provide information about the house they live in.

• To show how and when Luke questioned his mother and learned that he is an illegal child and why he must always hide.