Oklahoma ELA Test Prep

What is a narrative

• Words that help connect or link ideas, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs

• The part of a narrative that introduces the setting, characters, and problem

• To make changes that correct or improve

• A story, description, or account of events

What is evidence?

• Information from a text that can be used to support ideas, arguments, opinions, and thoughts

• The materials from which the writer gathers ideas and information

• Words that help connect or link ideas, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs

• What one thinks about something or somebody; viewpoint

What is main idea?

• Information from a text that can be used to support ideas, arguments, opinions, and thoughts

• The most important point of the message the author wants to share

• An idea of conclusion that is drawn from evidence and reasoning

• The part of a narrative that provides and solution and closure

What is a transition?

• An idea of conclusion that is drawn from evidence and reasoning

• Words that help connect or link ideas, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs

• The most important point of the message the author wants to share

• A story, description, or account of events

Which excerpt from Passage 1 helps explain why Jess changed his mind about the forest?

• “‘I used to think this place was haunted,’ Jess had confessed to Leslie the first afternoon he had revved up his courage to bring her there.

• ‘Oh, but it is,’ she said. ‘But you don’t have to be scared. It’s not haunted with evil things.’

• ‘How do you know?’

  ‘I can just feel it. Listen.’

• At first he heard only the stillness. It was the stillness that had always frightened him before, but this time it was like the moment after Miss Edmunds finished a song, just after the chords hummed down to silence.”

Which sentence gives a point made by the author of Passage 1?

• Jefferson enjoyed cooking.

• Jefferson was a great president.

• Jefferson kept trying when his plants failed.

• Jefferson thought everyone should have a garden.

"Shawn ran as fast as lightning." is an example of what kind of Figurative Language? Choose all that apply

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What is a simile?

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• A statement that contradicts itself

• A figure of speech that gives human traits to non-human things

• An exaggerated statement

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

• She don't like apples.

• He go to school every day.

• They was playing outside.

• She doesn't like apples.

What is the main theme of a story?

• The sequence of events

• The central message or insight

• The setting of the story

• The main character's name