SBAC ELA Review

Read the excerpt from The Diary of a Young Girl.

We started off immediately the first day sewing curtains. Actually, you can hardly call them that, since they're nothing but scraps of fabric, varying greatly in shape, quality and pattern, which Father and I stitched crookedly together with unskilled fingers. These works of art were tacked to the windows, where they'll stay until we come out of hiding.

Which portion of the excerpt best supports the idea that Anne has a sense of humor?

• “where they'll stay until we come out of hiding”

• “which Father and I stitched crookedly together with unskilled fingers”

• “These works of art were tacked to the windows”

• “We started off immediately the first day sewing curtains”

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Read the excerpt from The Diary of a Young Girl.

“The van Daans are going with us. There will be seven of us altogether.” Silence. We couldn't speak. The thought of Father off visiting someone in the Jewish Hospital and completely unaware of what was happening, the long wait for Mother, the heat, the suspense – all this reduced us to silence.

Which word best describes the mood of this excerpt?

• tense

• excited

• angry

• calm

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Which detail from The Diary of a Young Girl best supports the mood of terror and anxiety?

• “I don't think I'll ever feel at home in this house, but that doesn't mean I hate it.”

• “Whatever we do, we're very afraid the neighbors might hear or see us.”

• “Until Wednesday, I didn't have a chance to think about the enormous change in my life.”

• “And we have to be quiet so the people downstairs can't hear us.”

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Which of these best states a theme of The Diary of Anne Frank?

• Miep and Mr. Kraler risk their own lives to bring cake to those in the annex.

• Challenging times can often bring out both the best and worst in people.

• Peter and Anne become closer friends through the experience they share.

• It is always better to be truthful than it is to purposely deceive someone.

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Which detail from this passage of The Diary of Anne Frank best supports the theme that sharing a difficult experience can sometimes strengthen a friendship?

• Anne and Peter become close friends during the time they hide in the annex.

• Peter is supportive of his mother and believes that he must protect her feelings.

• Margot is very protective of Anne and believes that she must always support her.

• Mrs. Van Daan and Mrs. Frank become very close and confide in one another.

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Read this student’s rough draft.

On the day of the festival, the parking lot was full, and cars overflowed in tidy rows in the grass. Smiling families emerged from the cars, toting kites of every size and shape. A live music performance was tuning up on the outdoor stage, and vendors prepared hot dogs, snow cones, and other warm-weather fare. By noon, all the kites were flying.

What sentence would best add descriptive details to the end of this paragraph?

• The kite festival was a grand success, and the crowd was bigger than the previous year.

• When all the kites were in the sky, many photographers took pictures for the local paper.

• Across a cloudless blue sky, dragons loomed, butterflies fluttered, and shapes soared.

• With so many people in attendance, kite vendors were a popular attraction, and many people made purchases.

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Read the excerpts.

“Fish Cheeks”

For Christmas I prayed for this blond-haired boy, Robert, and a slim new American nose.

“Broken Chain”

Alfonso studied the magazine pictures of rock stars for a hairstyle. He liked the way Prince looked—and the bass player from Los Lobos.

Which theme do both texts address?

• Sometimes people want to look like others to fit in.

• Growing up can be very challenging.

• Not everyone gets what they want in life.

• Achieving what you want takes hard work.

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The difference between a metaphor and a simile is that a simile

• uses “like” or “as.”

• compares two things.

• exaggerates things for effect.

• uses phrases specific to a region.

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Read the sentences.

The siblings were like cats and dogs when left alone together. As a result, the babysitter was careful to keep them separated as much as possible.

The author most likely uses the simile to emphasize that

• the siblings were unusually hairy.

• the siblings did not get along well.

• the babysitter was not fond of animals.

• the babysitter was actually taking care of animals.

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The shirt was old.

Which revised sentence describes the shirt by using a simile?

• The old shirt was a memorial of days gone by.

• The old shirt looked tired and sad, as though it missed days gone by.

• The old shirt had been around forever, but it reminded him of days gone by.

• The old shirt was like a wearable scrapbook, reminding him of days gone by.

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