2nd 6 weeks Review 4th Grade

Why did the author write this selection?

• To entertain the reader

• To persuade the reader

• To scare the reader

• To inform the reader

The author uses certain words to relay how the main character is feeling. In paragraph 1, the author uses the word suitable. What is the best definition for the word suitable as it is used in the passage?

• the word idea ever

• the best thing every created

• not living up to expectations or desires

• a suit that you can wear.

What is the best summary of this story?

• A little boy is at home bored one day and decides to make himself a costume. He finds scissors, glue, and a bed sheet around the house. He uses these items to make a ghost costume, which the people in the neighborhood loved.

• The little boy does not have a costume for Halloween. He begs his mom to take him to the store to buy one. When he gets there, he sees a ghost costume that he gets to decorate.

• It is Halloween night and a little boy does not have a costume. He finds things around the house and makes himself a ghost costume using a sheet. People are really impressed with his costume when he goes trick-or-treating.

• A little boy makes a costume for his Halloween party. He finds things around the house that he can use to make his costume. When he is done, he looks at his new ghost costume. When he goes trick-or-treating, everyone in the neighborhood loves it.

In paragraph 2, the author uses figurative language and imagery most likely to-

• tell the readers what Halloween should feel like

• explain the readers why Sally and Sue were best friends

• highlight the importance of making smart choices

• describe what Sally and Sue were seeing and hearing when they walked through the woods.

Read the sentence from Paragraph 2: "Their feet moved like lightning as they ran towards the end of the woods." What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?

• literal language

• idiom

• similie

• metaphor

The sentence "Sally and Sue were statues." is an example of:

• similie

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

(2)Unfortunately, everyone he encountered was always terrifyd of him.

• change encountered to encounter

• change he to she

• change terrifyd to terrified

• Sentence 2 should not be changed.

How should sentence 6 be changed?

(6)He cautiously floated towards her, hoping that she would be frightened like everyone else.

• change her to him

• change frightened to frightend

• change would to wouldn't

• Sentence 6 should not be changed.

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 9?

(9) The ghost and the little girl spent the entire day together, playing games, and sharing stories.

• take out the comma after together

• change the period to an exclamation point

• change ghost to gost

• No change is needed for sentence 9

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 12?

(12) From that day forward, the ghost and the little girl became the best of friends, proving that true friendship knows no boundaries, not even those of the Supernatural.

• change little to litle

• change became to Became

• change Supernatural to supernatural

• No change is needed to be made in sentence 12.