ELA Semester One Review

What is the message the author is trying to get across in an informational text?

• theme

• subject

• topic

• main idea

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What provides additional information to prove, explain, or justify what was stated in the text?

• main idea

• footnotes

• supporting details

• glossary

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which text structure is in order of time and includes dates?

• sequential order

• chronological order

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which text structure organizes ideas to show similarities and differences?

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• chronological order

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which text structure uses transitional words such as consequently, as a result, cause, and subsequently?

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• sequential order

• problem and solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which is an example of a primary source of information?

• biography

• text book

• autobiography

• newspaper article

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A sentence that has one independent clause is a..

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• simple sentence

• declarative sentence

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Comparisons of two unlike things that use the words like and as are called..

• metaphors

• idioms

• similes

• oxymorons

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The following is an example of which figure of speech? “The exam was a piece of cake.”

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which part of the plot diagram includes introducing the characters, conflict, and setting?

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

• exposition

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3