Kentucky Academic Standards Language Arts Review

What is a theme?

• the gist

• the main idea

• the moral, message, or lesson

• the plot

Which of the following are similes? (check all that apply)

• Her hair was like a sunflower.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• The dog moved as slow as a turtle.

• Her face turned as red as a tomato.

What is the highest point of action in the plot of a story?

Type a sentence that uses an idiom.

Which word may indicate first-person narration?

• her

• they

• you

• I

Which are the following are examples of prefixes? (check all that apply)

• pre-

• un-

• -ment

• dis-

What is the phrase used to remember how to cite evidence from a text?

What is the genre that uses made up characters and settings, but could happen in real life?

• Historical Fiction

• Fantasy

• Poetry

• Realistic Fiction

Type a sentence that uses onomatopoeia.

What was your favorite topic we learned about in ELA this year?

• Genres

• English

• Writing

• Novel Studies

• Figurative Language