ACAP ELA Review

Main idea

• Is what the whole thing is about

• Is something that happens in the story

• Is the last sentence

• Will always be in the first sentence.

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence: 'The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Making inferences from text: What can you infer about the character based on their actions in the story?

• The character's actions in the story have no relevance to their personality

• The character's actions in the story are purely random and do not reflect anything about them

• The character's actions in the story are only meant to confuse the reader and have no deeper meaning

• The character's actions in the story can provide insights into their personality, motivations, and values.

Figurative language that uses extreme exaggeration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Scott could not find his glasses anywhere. He worried that he might have thrown them away when he was cleaning his room. He began to rummage through the garbage hoping that he would find them.

What does the word rummage mean?

• search

• fight

• run

• smell

Amber took a cookie away from her little sister. She tried to conceal the cookie by putting it in her pocket. She did not want her mom to see it.

What is the meaning of the word conceal?

• hide

• take

• eat

• tease

In the sentence below, what does the word shabbily mean?

"Roberto looked down at his stained shirt and noticed again how shabbily he was dressed."

• costly

• fancy

• poorly

• trendy

Tristin couldn’t see the school building; it was SHROUDED by smoke and dust.” What does the word SHROUDED mean?

• Covered

• ruined

• bounced

• invisible

What is the meaning of "merged" in the line?

"Is merged into the backcloth of the land"

• blended

• elevated

• shimmered

• faded

During the big game on Saturday, Todd dropped the ball and his team lost the game. He felt  _______________. 

• desperately

• frantically

• humiliated

• excited