ELA Test Review

To popularize a concept, that positively impacts the Presidents, Congress, and citizens in general mean...

• It has been a motivation

• It has been revolutionized

• It has not been successful

• It's focusing on a concept

Answer explanation

Popularized means: cause (something) to become generally liked.

Which example is using the logos appeal to achieve a purpose?

• Detailing the result of a person's work and influence on others

• Showing the power someone else had over creating a new activity

• Showing the perseverance after being rejected due to desires

• Detailing the relationship between 2 people prior to their work

Answer explanation

The key word is "result". These are facts

Read these sentences and answer the question below.

“When Thomas began his agricultural career in the late 1890s, America saw its communities as reservoirs of products needed to drive its mechanical machines. When he died in 1924, the America was committed in spirit to the wise use of its farming.
 How does the author use a rhetorical device to advance an appeal?

• It appeals to the credibility of the author, by showing the importance of farming.

• It appeals to the emotion of the reader, by highlighting the process of agriculture.

• It appeals to the logic of the audience, by providing the contribution that Thomas's work had on society.

• It appeals to the sadness of the author, by showing what would happen if farms weren’t protected.

Answer explanation

The simile is the rhetorical device. This is logical reasoning being discussed. The evidence makes sense

The words: Force, Might, Strength could also mean....

• Power

• Weakness

• Mindset

• Faithful

Read this sentence and answer the question below.

Edward helped found, together with Tim, the Livestock Club, to protect the newly created Farmlands.

       What does the word “found” mean as it is used in this sentence? (V.1.3)

• to do often

• to discover

• to get rid of

• to start something

Read the sentence from a text section and answer the question below.

“The land is made up of textured soils, vast in size, a section dedicated to the production of crops , another to rear livestock, and so detailed and harmoniously arranged on level grounds, that the aerial view, comprehensively seen, looks like beauty from above.”

How does the author use this sentence to convey the purpose of the text? (R.2.1)

• He gives details of the Livestock Club to emphasize its significance.

• He provides a description of the Livestock Club to highlight its location.

• He compares the Livestock Club to other farms to show its superiority.

• He provides a list of qualities that the Livestock Club has to persuade the reader to visit.

Answer explanation

Keyword in the answer is details. This section of the text is full of details about the Farmland.

Read the sentence from a text section and answer the question below. 

  

..."the aerial view of the Livestock Club, comprehensively seen, looks like beauty from above.”

What does the author’s use of a simile in paragraph 1 suggest? (R.2.3)

• It suggests that the Livestock Club is as big as well known farmlands.

• It suggests that the Livestock Club is as beautiful as Factories.

• It suggests that the Livestock Club was created to look like a desert.

• It suggests that the Livestock Club can be appreciated when seen from above.

Answer explanation

Aerial View.....Above: means seen from the sky; up high

Read the excerpt from a text section to answer the question below.

“things weak and momentary and types of endurance meeting here and blending in countless forms, as if into this one farmland Nature had gathered her choicest treasures, to draw people into close and confiding contact with her.”

 How does the author use personification to support an appeal? (R.3.4)

• to appeal to the reader’s logic by providing facts of the farmland to nature

• to appeal to the reader's logic by comparing the farmland to religion

• to appeal to the reader’s emotions by highlighting the deeper relationship Livestock Club can create

• to appeal to the reader’s emotions by emphasizing the need for Livestock Club to be preserved

Answer explanation

Nature is personified. It has action verbs associated with it. It is not human

Read the excerpt then the word parts for the word harmoniously.

“The land is made up of textured soils, vast in size, a section dedicated to the production of crops , another to rear livestock, and so detailed and harmoniously arranged on level grounds, that the aerial view, comprehensively seen, looks like beauty from above.”

Based on the word parts, what does harmoniously mean in paragraph 1? (V.1.2)

• Shiny

• Melodic

• Disjointed

• Coordinated

Answer explanation

Being in harmony means, things are together. Aligned just right. Coordinated.