ELA State Test Prep - 6th

What does 'cite' mean?

• To quote a line or lines from the text.

• To summarize the main idea of a text.

• To analyze the themes of a text.

• To provide a personal opinion about a text.

What is a simile?

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

• A type of metaphor that uses 'than'.

• A phrase that describes something in a literal sense.

• A rhetorical question that does not require an answer.

What is the primary message of this story?

• Summary
• Organization
• Author's Purpose
• Theme

Summarize the first three paragraphs.  What does summarize mean?

• to be clear about what you read
• to write about the passage
• to write in shorter form, most important parts of the text
• to write the facts from what you read

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things
• exaggerate
• give person-like qualities to animals and things
• have a different meaning than the words.

What does 'explicit' mean?

• Clear, right from the text.

• Vague and unclear.

• Implied but not stated.

• Open to interpretation.

How do I pick the best summary?

• I look to see which one in the longest.

• I look to see which one gets the "gist" of the text.

• I look for the one that covers the theme.

• I look to see which one best covers the beginning, middle and end.

We walked slowly down the trail with great trepidation. No one who had gone this way had ever been heard from again. Had they simply found a better place to settle on this dark planet? We doubted that. Which word is a synonym of “trepidation”?

• movement
• worry
• enjoyment
• laughter

Cite why the bear and the lion disagreed in the passage.  What does cite mean?

• to prove why
• to compare lines in the text
• to give examples
• to quote a line or lines from the text

Read the sentence from paragraph 3.

Streams, stream banks, and the low lands around them provide important habitats for animals and plants that share the urban/suburban landscape with us.

What does the word habitat mean as it is used in the sentence?

• area

• environment

• shelter

• territory