SBAC (ELA) Review

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

What does infer mean?

• When you form an opinion based on what you have read.
• To argue with a neighbor.
• To persuade someone.
• To begin the essay.

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

When making a conclusion about something in a story you are also making...

• an inference

• a prediction

• a new ending

• a new beginning

The theme of a text is...?

• the moral or lesson.

• the conflict of the story.

• Is always told at the end of a story.

• Is found only in informational texts.

An idiom ________________.

• gives human qualities to non-human things

• is a common expression that means something other than what the words say

• is the repetition of the same beginning sound in a string of words

• is an exaggeration that can not possibly be true

A metaphor ________.

• compares two things that are not alike

• is an exaggeration that can't possibly be true

• adds sound effects to writing

• compares two things that are not alike using like or as

Mood is?

• author purpose.

• feelings created by a piece of writing.

• an event in a story.

• information.

What does source mean?

• Where you find information from and where a reading passage gets facts.
• The last opinion given at the end of a passage.
• Reading comprehension questions.
• Providing reasons.

What pronouns describe the first person point of view?

• I, we and my.
• you
• he, she, it, them and they.