SAT Practice ELA

A ___________________compares two objects or ideas by saying one thing is something else.

My dog is a pig when she eats.

• simile

• metaphor

Choose whether their, there, or they're is correct for the sentence. It turned out that it was _________ dog we found.

• their

• there

• they're

Choose whether their, there, or they're is correct for the sentence.

_____________ all going to the park on Saturday.

• their

• there

• they're

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

A hurricane is much ___________ than a thunderstorm.

• badder

• worse

• worst

Choose whether their, there, or they're is correct for the sentence.

I needed to go over ____________ to pick something up.

• their

• there

• they're

Which inference is best supported by the following sentence? "The Golden Gate Bridge spans the San Francisco Bay, connecting northern California to the peninsula of San Francisco."

• 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