ELA State Testing Review

How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?

• pronouns like I, my and him are used
• the author is addressing the reader
• the narrator is not in the story
• pronouns like I, my and we are used

What is a synonym?

• A word with the same meaning to another word.
• A word with the opposite meaning to another word.
• Words that sound the same, but are spelled different.
• Words that are spelled the same, but sound different.

What is an antonym?

• Words that mean the same.
• Words that are opposite of one another.
• Words that sound funny.
• Don't pick this one.

Choose the sentence that is a FACT.

• It is hard to learn to ride a bike.
• Everyone loves jeans day at school.
• The American flag has 50 stars on it.
• Snow is the prettiest when the sun shines on it. 

Clouds are formed in the following way.  First, water on the ground evaporates and turns into vapor.  Next, the vapor condenses into tiny droplets and forms clouds.  Finally, the clouds lose the water in the form of precipitation.

• Problem and solution
• Description
• Sequence
• Compare and Contrast

When and where a story takes place is the ______ of a story.

• Characters
• Point of View
• Setting
• Climax

The point of view where the narrator is telling his or her own story. Uses words such as I, me, we, our, etc.

• 3rd Person
• 2nd Person
• 1st Person
• 4th person

Max was baking some cookies, but then he got an important phone call. He returned a few minutes later to a smoke filled kitchen. What can you infer?

• The oven has turned off.
• Max forgot about the cookies and they are burning.
• A candle was blown out in the kitchen.
• The cookies are cooling on the baking pan.

Jenny held her stomach and leaned back on the sofa. She grabbed a blanket and curled up in a ball. All she could think about was that big funnel cake she ate earlier.

Jenny probably :

• a. hasn’t slept in a while
• b. wants another funnel cake
• c. has a stomachache from the cake

Theme is the author's 

• story
• message
• characters
• setting