State Testing Review ELA

What is the formula for an inference?

• Front-ground Details + More Details = Inference

• Background Knowledge + Evidence = Inference

• background + knowledge = Inference

• trick question - there is no such thing

Whenever Mr. Dingle looked up while his students were working on their morning work, he noticed that Danny kept looking back at him. Mr. Dingle can make an inference that Danny is doing something __________________.

• suspicious

• sporadic

• thoughtful

• expressive

Angel kept testing his mothers patience. His mother responded by telling him that he was skating on thin ice.

• Hyperbole- exaggerating the fact that he was in some trouble

• Idiom- saying he was close to being in trouble

• Metaphor- comparing the boy acting bad to walking on thin ice

• Simile- comparing the thin ice to the boy

Which words indicate that a passage is structured in chronological order? 

• consequently, effect, cause, because, therefore, so

• next, first, finally, then, second, followed by, after

• the question is, problem, one answer is, solution

• different from, similar to, on the other hand, compared with, as well as

Which words indicate that a passage is structured in cause and effect?

• consequently, as a result, because, therefore, so

• next, first, finally, then, second, followed by, after

• the question is, the issue, one answer is, solution

• different from, similar to, on the other hand, compared with, as well as

Which words indicate that a passage is structured in compare and contrast? 

• consequently, effect, cause, because, therefore, so

• next, first, finally, then, second, followed by, after

• the question is, problem, one answer is, solution

• different from, similar to, on the other hand, compared with, as well as

• Personification
• Simile 
• Metaphor 
• Allusion

Determine the type of figurative language being used in the following sentence:  'It took forever to get through the line." 

• Simile 

• Personification

• Hyperbole 

• Alliteration

What is the theme of this story?  

• Eat your vegetables.

• Don't brag. Be modest. 

• Don't talk to strangers. 

• Necessity is the mother of invention.

Identify the main idea of a passage.

• A) The central point or message the author wants to convey.

• B) A detailed description of a character.

• C) The setting of the story.

• D) The author's writing style.