NJSLA Prep ELA

Melanie thought the cake tasted remarkable. What is a synonym for “remarkable”?

• Peculiar

• Extraordinary

• Appropriate

• Harch

Adam decided to wash his clothes. He mixed the red and white clothes together in the washing machine.  He washed them using hot water.  All of his white clothes turned pink. What is the text structure?

• Chronological

• Problem and solution

• Cause and effect

• Comparison

(1) Lisa was running late.  (2) She grabbed her books and ran to the car. (3) She started backing out of the driveway, and suddenly stopped. (4) She ran back inside and got her raincoat and umbrella.  (5) She went back into the car and drove away. What can you infer about this situation?

• Lisa arrived early.

• Lisa forgot her books.

• Lisa saw a squirrel in her driveway.

• Lisa noticed that it was going to rain.

Miss Brown went from row to row handing back the essays.  Tanya obviously got an A, since she did a fist pump when she saw her paper.  Alex quickly put the paper away, so no one could see it.  I hope I get a good grade.  Here she comes! What is the point of view?

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Michael was having engine trouble with his car.  He decided to fix the car himself. He worked on it every night.  At first, it seemed like everything was going wrong.  But after a few weeks, he was able to figure out the problem, and fixed it.  He was very pleased with his success. What is a summary of this passage?

• Michael likes to work on cars.

• Fixing your own car engine is impossible.

• Michael worked very hard to fix his car engine.

• Fixing an engine takes two weeks.

When a question is difficult, what should you do?

• Look for key words that will give you clues to finding the right answer

• Eliminate answers you know are not correct

• Always read words that are in BOLD, italics, and underlined carefully

• All of the above

Author's tone refers to...

• an author's background information

• an author's perspective or attitude about a topic

• an author's writing style

• an author's choice of text structure(s)

A theme is...

• What the text is mostly about

• Message or moral of the story

• The opinion of the author

• Evidence from the text

When I make a inference I am combing

• What I read and what the text says

• What I know and the main idea

• The main idea and the theme

• What I read and my background knowledge

One way to figure out a word you don't know on the test is...

• Skip it

• Look for clues in the sentence