LA9 Final Review | Spring 2025

Which of the following sentences uses an adverb correctly?

• The cat quickly climbed the tree.

• The quick cat climbed the tree.

• The climbing cat was quick.

• The cat is a Siamese.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

What is a dangling modifier?

• A verb or verb phrase that lacks agreement with the subject of the sentence

• A word or phrase that doesn't clearly connect to the subject of the sentence

• An incomplete sentence or sentence fragment

• A pronoun without a corresponding subject clearly identified in a sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Identify the sentence with a dangling modifier.

• Walking to school, her backpack was heavy.

• She walked to school with a heavy backpack.

• Her backpack felt heavy as she walked to school.

• When she arrived at school, her backpack was heavy.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which sentence below uses an infinitive phrase?

• He enjoys reading books at the park.

• We decided to leave early for the trip.

• The children played by the river.

• She painted a picture of the sunset.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following sentences uses parallel structure correctly?

• He enjoys reading, to jog, and swimming.

• He enjoys to read, jogging, and to swim.

• He enjoys reading, jogging, and swimming.

• He enjoys to read, to jog, and swimming.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

What is the antecedent of the pronoun "she" in the following sentence? "Maria finished her homework before she went to bed."

• Homework

• Maria

• Bed

• She

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is an allusion?

• A deceptive appearance or impression, meant to be interpreted in multiple ways

• An indirect reference to another piece of literature, an event, a person, etc.

• A false idea or belief that has been repeated throughout time

• A connection between an ancient story and a modern story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the best definition of hyperbole?

• A figure of speech that shows contradiction between expectations and reality

• Mild or indirect word used in place of a strong one

• An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or humor

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which scenario best illustrates dramatic irony?

• A character laughs at a joke they do not understand.

• A character finds a lost wallet and returns it to its owner.

• The audience knows a character’s secret, but the other characters do not.

• A character wins a prize in a contest they did not enter.

What is verbal irony?

• When what is said is the opposite of what is meant

• When the outcome is the opposite of what’s expected

• When a speaker tells a lie, but the listener knows the truth

• When characters have different perspectives on a situation