ELA Unit Review

Read the passage.

You are watching a commercial that encourages viewers to send money to build wells in poor villages in Africa. The commercial contains text that states, "Water is a basic human right. Yet, in this village, only 15% of residents have access to drinking water within a mile of their residence."

Which is best represented by the highlighted text?

• rhetorical question

• fact

• bandwagon appeal

• persuasive language

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

Read the passage from "Veterans Appreciate Our Gratitude, But What They Need Most Is Our Help."

After the trumpet was sounded and the flag folded, a member of the honor guard knelt in front of my frail, aging mother, looked her directly in the eye and in a soft voice, thanked her--and my father--for his service.

Which best explains how word choice establishes tone?

• The words trumpet, honor, and guard create

  a tone of ferocity.

• The words frail, aging, and soft create

  a sense of weakness.

• The words trumpet, honor, and knelt create

  a tone of respect.

• The words mother, honor, and service create

  a tone of patriotism.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word means "many legs"?

• plentiful

• regenerate

• millipede

• pedestrian

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Veterans and servicemembers are frequently honored in similar ceremonies and with special discounts at restaurants and theaters, but those small gestures are inadequate compared with the challenges they face when they come home. Consider:

An

estimated 13-17 percent of homeless individuals in the U.S. are veterans.

No matter how you calculate this number, it's more than their 7-9.5

percent share of the overall adult population, which the Department of

Veterans Affairs acknowledges. Many

veterans who are not homeless are nonetheless "precarious."

Among the estimated 21.8 million veterans in this country, more than 1.5

million spend more than half of their income on housing—well above the

recommended maximum threshold of 30 percent. A similar number live in

poverty. Among

the most recent veterans—18-to-24-year-olds returning from Iraq or

Afghanistan—unemployment was 30.2 percent in 2011 (compared with 16.1

percent for nonveterans the same age).

Which best represents the author's main argument?

• Among the most recent veterans—18-to-24-year-olds

  returning from Iraq or Afghanistan—unemployment was 30.2 percent in 2011

  (compared with 16.1 percent for nonveterans the same age).

• Many veterans who are not homeless are nonetheless

  "precarious."

• An estimated 13-17 percent of homeless individuals in the

  U.S. are veterans.

• Veterans and servicemembers are frequently honored in

  similar ceremonies and with special discounts at restaurants and theaters,

  but those small gestures are inadequate compared with the challenges they

  face when they come home.

Which word means "not speaking clearly"?

• subordinate

• incoherent

• unfathomable

• impede

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the answer.

Consider the text from an advertisement for Ivory Soap.

You need only one soap: Ivory Soap . . . will wash anything.

Which persuasive technique is being used in this text?

• bandwagon appeal

• loaded language

• circular reasoning

• overgeneralization

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

You can't trust a teenager, because all teenagers lie!

Which logical fallacy is best represented by this example?

• ad hominem

• overgeneralization

• circular reasoning

• loaded language

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

Which contains a correctly formed comparison?

• Her clothes were the more finest of any woman of her time.

• Her clothes were the finest of any woman of her time.

• Her clothes were the finer of any woman of her time.

• Her clothes were the most finest of any woman of her time.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Review the thesis.

Community service should be mandatory.

Which source would be most useful for a persuasive essay with this thesis?

• The opinion of your next-door neighbor on whether or not

  he enjoys community service.

• A scientific article on the benefits of community service.

• An encyclopedia article from the 1950s on different types

  of community service.

• A webquest created by an elementary school student about

  serving meals to the homeless.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Review the scenario.

Khianna wishes to change her research question.

Which describes the best revision she can make to her research process?

• Look for sources of information that help answer the new

  question

• Focus on Internet sources instead of print sources

• Figure out how her existing sources of information can be

  modified to fit the new question

• Edit and proofread while she rewrites her draft