7 ELA Final Exam Study Guide Spring 2023

Which statement best identifies the meaning of this allusion?

He was a Hercules of a man, swinging a refrigerator onto his broad back

and bearing it single-handedly into the house.

• This man is thick and jolly.

• This man is a crabby person.

• This man is big and strong.

• This man is reckless and foolish.

Which word carries the harshest connotation?

• big

• large

• robust

• monstrous

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the lines from “The Courage That My Mother Had.”

That courage like a rock, which she

Has no more need of, and I have.

Which sentence best explains how the simile reflects on the speaker’s mother?

• It shows that she is strong.

• It shows that she is weak.

• It shows she was cold and heartless.

• It shows she lacked courage.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement?

• The kittens in the basket meows loudly for their mother.

• The kitten in the basket meow loudly for their mother.

• The kittens in the basket meowing loudly for their mother.

• The kittens in the basket meow loudly for their mother.

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CCSS.L.3.1F

Read the line from “The New Colossus.”

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

What does the word yearning mean?

• longing

• despising

• rising

• despairing

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Read the lines from “In Spite of War.”

That everywhere and everywhere

A glory liveth through despair.

How does the poet’s word choice affect the tone of the poem?

• It creates a sympathetic tone.

• It creates a melancholy tone.

• It creates a hopeful tone.

• It creates an arrogant tone.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

The root of the word evacuate is vacuus, or “empty.”

Based on this clue, what is the best meaning of the word evacuate?

• to disprove

• to leave a place

• to find a new job

• to destroy something

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Glowering is the antonym of grinning.

Which answer choice best defines glowering?

• lurking

• staring

• scowling

• glancing

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

A writer wants to include more sensory language in her work.

Which sentence best uses sensory language about snow to achieve this?

• It was white.

• It was pretty.

• It covered the lawn and the house.

• It dazzled my eyes with brightness.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Maya wants to revise a sentence to create a sense of fear.

Which sentence uses precise language to best achieve the desired effect?

• The kitten cowered in the corner.

• The kitten rested in the corner.

• The kitten was in the corner.

• The kitten sat in the corner.

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CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5