4th Grade ELA Review Pt. 1

A student is writing a research report about silent movies. Read the sentences from her report and the directions that follow.

The first motion pictures, or movies, were invented in the late 1800s. These were not movies that told a story, though. They were moving pictures of scenes from real life. The first movie that told a story was The Great Train Robbery. This movie was made in 1903, and it was about eleven minutes long. Like all early movies, it was a silent movie. This means that it had no sound.

Which source would most likely give the student more information about the ideas she has written?

• a book called The Greatest Movies of the Last Ten Years

• a magazine article called “How to Make Your Own Movie”

• a chapter called “Silent Movies” in the book A History of Movies

• a dictionary that has the meanings of the words “silent” and “movie”

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Read the sentence.

The runner ran down the track at the start of the 100-meter race.

Which word BEST replaces ran to make the sentence more precise?

• stepped

• dashed

• walked

• hurried

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This question has two parts. Answer part A, and then answer part B.

Read the paragraph.

In chess, there are six kinds of pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. Each kind of chess piece moves a certain way. The object of the game is to checkmate your opponent’s king. Checkmate means your opponent cannot make a move without his or her king being captured. At the same time, you must protect your own king. The more you play chess, the less difficult the game will become.

Part A: Which sentence is the BEST topic sentence for the paragraph?

• The most powerful piece in chess is the queen.

• The game chess is like checkers, but it is more complicated

• Chess has become a popular program for schools

• In recent years, computers have been programmed to play chess.

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This question has two parts. Answer part A, and then answer part B.

Read the paragraph.

In chess, there are six kinds of pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. Each kind of chess piece moves a certain way. The object of the game is to checkmate your opponent’s king. Checkmate means your opponent cannot make a move without his or her king being captured. At the same time, you must protect your own king. The more you play chess, the less difficult the game will become.

Part B: Why is your choice in part A the BEST choice?

• It states a fact and an opinion.

• It provides a reason to learn about the topic

• It offers a reason for the opinion.

• It presents the topic and an opinion about it.

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During which season does the poem most likely take place?

• spring

• summer

• fall

• winter

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Choose the phrase that BEST completes each section of the chart and shows how the poet uses literary devices.

PICK AN ANSWER FOR #1 ON THE CHART

• EXAMPLE SECTION

  the bushes join them in their dance

• EXAMPLE SECTION

  a bird zooms through the air

• WHY SECTION

  compares an animal to something familiar

• WHY SECTION

  shows the wind is blowing

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Choose the phrase that BEST completes each section of the chart and shows how the poet uses literary devices.

PICK AN ANSWER FOR #2 ON THE CHART

• EXAMPLE SECTION

  the bushes join them in their dance

• EXAMPLE SECTION

  a bird zooms through the air

• WHY SECTION

  compares an animal to something familiar

• WHY SECTION

  shows the wind is blowing

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Choose the phrase that BEST completes each section of the chart and shows how the poet uses literary devices.

PICK AN ANSWER FOR #3 ON THE CHART

• EXAMPLE SECTION

  the bushes join them in their dance

• EXAMPLE SECTION

  a bird zooms through the air

• WHY SECTION

  compares an animal to something familiar

• WHY SECTION

  shows the wind is blowing

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Choose the phrase that BEST completes each section of the chart and shows how the poet uses literary devices.

PICK AN ANSWER FOR #4 ON THE CHART

• EXAMPLE SECTION

  the bushes join them in their dance

• EXAMPLE SECTION

  a bird zooms through the air

• WHY SECTION

  compares an animal to something familiar

• WHY SECTION

  shows the wind is blowing

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Which feature of “Hidden Kingdom” makes it a poem?

• events that take place in a common setting

• a detailed description of the pond animals

• a rhyming pattern that creates rhythm and flow

• facts about the different parts of a pond habitat

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