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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the primary message of this story?

• Summary
• Organization
• Author's Purpose
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

Hyperboles are phrases that

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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What does 'explicit' mean?

• Clear, right from the text.

• Vague and unclear.

• Implied but not stated.

• Open to interpretation.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4