End of the Year Test ELA

What does it mean when a theme is implied?

• It is a secret.

• You can't figure out the theme by reading the story.

• The author tells the reader directly what the theme of the story is.

• The reader has to make an inference or educated guess about the theme.

WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?

Please don't spend a lot of money on my birthday present. I'm just thankful to have such a wonderful mother and father. I'll just use the little money I have to buy myself an inexpensive coat. And if I can only find coats that cost more than what I have saved up, I'll just continue wearing the coat I have, even if the zipper is broken.

• I don't want a gift.

• Buy me a coat.

• The zipper on my coat is broken.

Getting a New School

They are building a new school near my house. Every day I watch the workers drive huge tractors and push a ton of dirt. They have big cranes that help them place tall beams in the ground. The workers build walls using bricks. Every day it looks more and more like a school. Mom says I will go there in the fall.

Why so you think this story is called "Getting a New School?"

• Because a tractor can move a lot of dirt.

• Because big cranes help put tall beams in place.

• Because school walls are made with bricks.

• Because a new school is being built.

WHAT IS THIS PARAGRAPH MAINLY ABOUT?

Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind! Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.

• Someday we will have robots that will be our personal servants.

• We will be able to talk to robots and they will be able to respond.

• Robots will look and behave much like real humans.

• Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience.

What does the term "main idea" mean?

• Where a story takes place

• Who the story is about

• What the story is mostly about

• How to make something

WHICH FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS USED?

When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears,

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

WHICH FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS USED?

Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

WHAT TYPE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS THE AUTHOR USING?

"It SHUSHES.

It hushes

The loudness in the road.

It flitter-twitters,

And laughs away from me.

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

WHICH FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS USED?

Betty Botter bought some butter.

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

• imagery

"I have a million things to do!" is an example of an extreme exaggeration used to make a point. The term used to describe this is called a _________________________ .

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole