ELA Test Prep

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

When answering multiple choice questions, what is the first thing you should do?

• always choose C

• read all answer choices first

• look for a pattern with the letters

• choose your favorite letter

When eliminating or "x-ing" out an answer always select the choices that?

• the shortest answer

• cannot possibly be correct

• the answer that repeats the question in it

Based on this sentence, what does the word admire mean?

• Dislike

• Appreciate

• Hurtful

• Underdstand

“I admire the way you have worked so hard throughout your life.” Based on this sentence, what does the word admire mean?

• Dislike

• Appreciate

• Hurtful

• Underdstand

“I admire the way you have worked so hard throughout your life.”

Based on this sentence, what does the word admire mean?

• Dislike

• Appreciate

• Hurtful

• Underdstand

Evidence means

• Long answer

• Proof of the answer

• Random sentence

• A quote