Semester Review

Rules are extremely important. They help keep things running smoothly. Rules let you know what you can and cannot do whether you are playing a game or explaining how to act in class. You should follow rules; they help people get along.

Which sentence best supports the author's claim?

• They help keep things running smoothly.

• You should follow rules.

• Rules give you options.

• The author's claim isn't clear.

Rules are extremely important. They help keep things running smoothly. Rules let you know what you can and cannot do whether you are playing a game or explaining how to act in class. You should follow rules; they help people get along.

What does the word extremely mean as it's used in sentence 1?

• extending

• greatly

• drastically

• first and last

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Cobras typically live in hot, tropical areas but are also found in savannahs, grasslands, forests and farming areas in Africa and Southern Asia. They like to spend time underground, under rocks and in trees. You can also find cobras in the water.

How does the author organize this information?

• by demonstrating that cobras don't attack unprovoked.

• by comparing cobras and other types of snakes.

• by describing how and where cobras live.

• by persuading the reader to learn more about cobras.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Cobras typically live in hot, tropical areas but are also found in savannahs, grasslands, forests and farming areas in Africa and Southern Asia. They like to spend time underground, under rocks and in trees. You can also find cobras in the water.

The photograph is included to help the read understand -

• the hot, tropical area where cobras live

• when a cobra will go underground

• the size and dimesions of a cobra

• what a cobra looks like in the water

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Is your bedroom a disaster? My room used to be a hot mess. Actual pigs could have lived there, and no one would have noticed. My mom gave me one week to clean my room...or else! I must say, it seemed like such a huge task, and I was not motivated to clean it. However, I decided to tackle it in small bits. I did one thing each day, and I'm proud to say that I've kept it clean for two weeks now!

How does the author develop the idea that the bedroom was extremely messy?

• Pigs could have lived there.

• I've kept it clean.

• It seemed like such a huge task.

• I decided to tackle it in small bits.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What poetic device is used here?

Good as gold

Busy bee

Living the life

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

The snow is a white blanket.

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Refrain

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The teenage boy left behind a cloud of Axe so powerful that it could set off the smoke detectors"

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3