ELA CAASSP

What is it to imply something or arrive at a conclusion based on reasoning and what you have read?

• infer

• summarize

• explain

• describe

What do you call a brief statement of the main points of something you have read?

• summarize

• infer

• denote

• imply

A writer's attitude toward his or her subject is called...

• tone

• mood

• theme

• opinion

How a reader feels about the text he or she is reading is called...

• tone

• mood

• opinion

• theme

What kind of essay attempts to convince the reader of a claim by means of logic and persuasion?

• Argumentative

• Narrative

• Expository

• Compare and Contrast

What kind of essay explains, informs, or presents information?

• argumentative

• expository

• narrative

• personal narrative

What is the term for a scene in a film, play or book that returns to events in the past?

• Accurate information

• Flashback

• Resolve

• Affix

What is an affix?

• A group of letters added to the beginning or the end of a word to form a new word

• The center of attention or the main point

• To alter or correct something

• Break something down into parts or investigate it carefully

What does it mean to 'analyze' something?

• To alter or correct something

• Break something down into parts or investigate it carefully

• The center of attention or the main point

• A scene in a film, play or book that returns to events in the past

What is the term for a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole