ELA Testing Review

Read the sentences from a story.
(1) My brother and I spent the morning riding our bikes in Moon Park, where there are many hilly trails. (2) We pedaled slowly up one of the steepest hills in the park, sometimes stopping to rest. (3) Once at the top, we enjoyed the view of the park and the city beyond. (4) Then, we got down the other side of the hill very fast.
Which revision of sentence 4 best uses details to show what is happening?

• Then, with the air against our faces, we went so fast down the other side of the hill.

• Then, with the cold air in front of our faces, we moved very quickly down the other side of the hill.

• Then, with the cool air rushing against our faces, we raced down the other side of the hill.

• Then, with some air going against our faces, we were on our way down the other side of the hill.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

This is a comparison of two unlike things using the terms "like" or "as".

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• allusion

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This is a phrase in common use that can not be understood by literal or ordinary meanings.

• simile

• idiom

• allusion

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

This is a direct comparison of two things, in which they are said to be (in some sense) the same thing.

• allusion

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

This is the reference to a person, place, or event from history, literature, or religion with which a reader is likely to be familiar.

• simile

• figurative language

• allusion

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

This is extreme exaggeration used in a literary work.

• hyperbole

• allusion

• oxymoron

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A word that has the exact opposite meaning of another word.

• antonym

• synonym

• synopsis

• synecdoche

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

First, next, then, last are all words that are used for what text structure?

• Cause & Effect

• Description

• Problem & Solution

• Order & Sequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Analyzing text structure is one way to identify an author's purpose.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

One reason an author might use descriptive text structure is...

• To appeal to our feelings

• To educate you on a new or complicated topic

• To help you visualize what they are writing about

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5