NYS ELA Practice

Means "to think about how two things are similar"

• Compare

• Contrast

• Group

• Defend

a story that is not true and is made up

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Poetry

• Interview

Chronological

• Arranged in the order that things happened or things came to be

• From end to beginning

• To grow

• restating what happened in your own words

to form an opinion or thought, to end or stop; to infer something after reading the text.

• exclaim

• estimate

• conclude

• summarize

"Seedfolks" is an example of a

• Personal narrative

• informational text

• poem

• narrative

Which inference is best supported by the following sentence?

• The bridge enables many people to go from San Francisco to northern California.

• The bridge has the longest span of any other suspension bridge.

• Thick cables are best.

• The bridge is the most popular bridge in the Bay Area.

What is the meaning of this simile? “My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don’t do my chores on time.”

• Her hair is red.

• She gets really angry.

• She talks really loudly.

• She spits when she talks.

The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow. This is an example of?

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

The author’s attitude (or how the author wants you to feel) is

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

• Main Idea

7.9F: _______ is the feeling the reader gets when reading the text.

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

• Main Idea