ELA MIDTERM REVIEW

CHOOSE THE CORRECT TEXT STRUCTURE.

All candy has a different process by which it is made. M&Ms are popular chocolate treats made from a mixture of liquid milk chocolate and a hard candy shell. First, the chocolate is

poured into small molds. Then, it is left to cool and harden. A conveyor belt transfers the chocolate to another section of a factory, where the chocolates are coated with the hard candy

shell. Finally, they are coated with color!

• description

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• sequence/.chronological order

• problem - solution

CHOOSE THE CORRECT TEXT STRUCTURE.

Although it may be tempting, eating too much candy

can have a negative impact on your body and how you

feel. Munching on too much candy can cause cavities

in your teeth from all of the sugar. It is also very high

in “empty” calories, which means the calories provide

you no nutrients, just fat and calories from sugar!

This can cause you to gain too much unhealthy weight.

Too much sugar can also cause you to have a “foggy”

brain, slowing down your memory and making you

tired.

• description

• sequence/chronological order

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem - solution

The purpose of a compare and contrast text structure is to…

• Explains something that happened and the reasons why.

• Tells about events in the order they happened.

• Explains how things are similar and different.

• Describes a problem and then explains how someone solved it.

In which of the following situations could you compare and contrast?

• You are voting for class president, and there are three students running

• You are writing an essay about which time period you’d rather live in: the 1980s or the 1880s.

• You are deciding what the major differences are between the first and last Harry Potter books.

• All of the above.

The purpose of a cause and effect text structure is to…

• Explains something that happened and the reasons why.

• Tells about events in the order they happened.

• Describes a topic and its characteristics.

• Describes a problem and then explains how someone solved it.

Problem and solution:

Bjorn is painting a picture of snowy mountains. He wants to make it as realistic as possible. He only has red, yellow, and green paints. The issue is that Bjorn will need more colors to paint snow. Bjorn decides to buy white and blue paint so that the snow will be the right color.

What is the problem in the above passage?

• Bjorn has all the paints he needs to paint.

• He needs more green paint for the snow.

• Bjorn needs more colors to paint the snow.

• The mountains are too tall to paint.

Three witches were making a potion. First, they took out their spell book. Then, they put the ingredients into their pot. After the potion began to boil, they poured it into a bottle. Later, the witches sold the potion at the market.

Which event happened last?

• The potion began to boil.

• The witches sold the potion.

• The witches took out their spell book.

What is the purpose of an informative text ?

• To entertain

• To give information

• To persuade

• To give answers

Which of the following is NOT an informative text

• James and the Giant Peach

• A newspaper article

• A book about birds

• instructions on how to make something

What is the purpose of the conclusion ?

• to give an overview of what the text is about

• to describe the subject of the report

• to summarise the text