ELA State Test

What is hyperbole?

• A type of figurative language that makes a comparison using like or as

• A type of figurative language that makes a direct comparison

• A type of figurative language that gives human qualities to a nonhuman object

• An extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What are inferences in literature?

• The order of events in the story

• The perspective from which the story is told

• The clues that readers use to determine the meanings of unknown words

• The conclusions that readers draw from the story and their background knowledge

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the main idea?

• The belief, opinion, or argument that the author is claiming or proving

• The way an author views or looks at the topic being described

• To combine information from two or more sources to write one text about the topic

• The most important idea that the author wants the reader to understand about a topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What are supporting details?

• The effects of an event

• Details used by the author to support or elaborate on the main idea

• The belief, opinion, or argument that the author is claiming or proving

• How two or more topics are similar and different

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What does it mean to integrate in the context of reading?

• To analyze the facts, details, and word choice to determine an author’s viewpoint

• To list characteristics, features, and examples of a topic

• To combine information from two or more sources to write one text about the topic

• To describe an event and the effects of that event

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

What is a firsthand account?

• A description of an event by someone who was not there and did not experience it personally

• A description of an event by someone who was actually at the event

• A text that explains how two or more topics are similar and different

• A text that lists characteristics, features, and examples of a topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is a secondhand account?

• A description of an event by someone who was actually at the event

• A text that explains how two or more topics are similar and different

• A description of an event by someone who was not there and did not experience it personally

• A text that lists characteristics, features, and examples of a topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which text structure describes an event and the effects of that event?

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological Order

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What does the author's viewpoint refer to?

• The most important idea that the author wants the reader to understand about a topic

• The belief, opinion, or argument that the author is claiming or proving

• The way an author views or looks at the topic being described

• To combine information from two or more sources to write one text about the topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What do we call the main character of a story?

• Protagonist

• Good guy

• Antagonist

• Whatever we want to

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3