Caring Unit Test Review

Read the sentence a student wrote.

As he listened to the haunting notes of the song the author realized he had found the inspiration for his next suspense novel.

The teacher reviewing this sentence would point out that since this is a

• complex sentence, there should be a comma after “song.”

• compound sentence, there should be a comma after “realized.”

• complex sentence, there should be a comma after “inspiration.”

• compound sentence, there should be a comma after “found.”

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Read the sentence.

The squirrel who ran in circles around the circumference of the tree chattered angrily at the curious cat.

Which correctly revises the sentence?

• The squirrel, who ran in circles around the circumference of the tree, chattered angrily at the curious cat.

• The squirrel who ran in circles around the circumference of the tree, chattered angrily at the curious cat.

• The squirrel, who ran in circles around the circumference of the tree chattered angrily, at the curious cat.

• The squirrel who ran in circles around the circumference of the tree chattered angrily, at the curious cat.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Read the compound sentence.

Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant with the secret formula but she was afraid her assistant was a spy.

Which is the correct way to punctuate the sentence?

• Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant with the secret formula; but she was afraid her assistant was a spy.

• Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant, with the secret formula: but she was afraid her assistant was a spy.

• Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant with the secret formula but, she was afraid her assistant was a spy.

• Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant with the secret formula, but she was afraid her assistant was a spy.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• The aliens suffered from exhaustion, after traveling several light years.

• They needed some relaxation, when they finally landed their spaceship.

• After they rested a few days, the aliens revived sufficiently to explore.

• They needed all their energy, once they started hiking the rough terrain.

Which line(s) from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe" reveal a plot detail?

• ringed by the tall brick walls Semíramis

  had built—so we are told.

• no boy in Babylon

  was handsomer than Pyramus.

• and sun had left the brine-soaked meadows dry,

• Delighted with their plan—impatiently—

• they waited for the close of day.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In poetry, meter is the pattern of

• rhyming words

• figurative language

• sound within the poem’s lines

• stressed and unstressed syllables.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Read the paragraph.

Kev leaned heavily against the kitchen table where he sat, elbows propped, chin in his hands. Inspiration would not come, though he had long pondered the essay topic in front of him. He exhaled a dreary sigh, the sound of which was interrupted by a drip from the kitchen faucet. Kev’s eyelids drooped, and his thoughts drifted.

Which words reveal the pace of the story? Select 3 options.

• kitchen table

• long pondered

• dreary sigh

• kitchen faucet

• eyelids drooped

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Question 8

Read the excerpt from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe".

Now the girl

again seeks out the tree: though trembling still,

she would not fail his tryst; with eyes and soul

she looks for Pyramus; she wants to tell

her lover how she had escaped such perils.

She finds the place—the tree's familiar shape;

but seeing all the berries' color changed,

she is not sure.

Ovid creates a tense situation, as Thisbe does not realize that

• Pyramus is dying

• Pyramus no longer loves her

• she is lost in the woods

• she is in grave danger.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Read the poem.

Friends crouched low

Without words

Before she came.

Stifled giggles

Hushed and shushed

And waited.

Finally,

the door swung wide

Surprise!

Which words create an order of events in the poem?

• “friends” and “giggles”

• “without” and “words”

• “crouched” and “low”

• “before” and “finally”

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which sentence demonstrates the connotative meaning of the word “breath”?

• To breathe means to take in air.

• A breath is a single inhalation.

• Breath implies life and strength.

• A gust of air is called a breath.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4