3rd Nine Weeks Reading Test

I ran up a steep hill. I was very hot and exhausted. It was a long race, but I was in the lead. I knew if I could keep my pace I would be able to win the race. 

• 1st person POV
• 2nd person POV
• 3rd person POV

Even though the class is loquacious, you must focus on the assignment so you can do well on the test. Your hard work will pay off in the end.

• 1st person POV
• 2nd person POV
• 3rd person POV

Adrian was anxious when he got home from school Thursday afternoon. Ms. Arellano gave so much homework and he knew that his mom wouldn't let him play video games unless all of his homework was done. 

• 1st person POV
• 2nd person POV
• 3rd person POV

"Hold your horses!" said Mom as I reached for a cupcake. "I still need to add the frosting!" What is the meaning of this idiom?

• stop or wait

• apologize or admit that you are wrong

• unable to think of something to say

• teasing someone

The sun was a gleaming pearl.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• alliteration

Apples and oranges are both fruits, which means that they have seeds inside of them. Each has a skin, but orange skins are thick and easy to peel. Apple skins are thinner and do not peel easily. Oranges also contain more acid than apples, but both fruits are delicious.

• Problem and solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological order

• Cause and Effect

Tyler stood up, popping out of his seat like a toaster strudel.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• personification

• Idiom

We laughed so hard that milk came out of our noses. 
From which point of view is the sentence written?

• third person, omniscient
• third person, objective
• first person

The Loggerhead is an easy turtle to identify. The Loggerhead has a reddish-brown upper shell and a dull brown to yellowish lower shell. Hard scales cover the shells and the number of scales is used to figure out what type of Loggerhead it is.

• Cause & Effect

• Chronological Order

• Descriptive

• Problem & Solution

• Compare & Contrast

Tells what happened and why it happened.

• Compare & Contrast

• Problem & Solution

• Chronological Order

• Cause & Effect

• Descriptive