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Language Arts Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The sad student sat silently in the room. 
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
idiom
d)
personification
2.
What is evidence?
a)
What the story is about.
b)
Supporting details in a text.
c)
An argument based on feelings.
d)
The author's point of view.
3.
What is Background Knowledge?
a)
The main character in the story
b)
Comparing two different things without using like or as.
c)
The theme of a passage
d)
Your previous experiences.
4.
What do you need to make an Inference?
a)
Evidence from the text and the Main Idea.
b)
Compare and Contrast.
c)
Background Knowledge and Evidence from the text.
d)
Facts that can be proven 
5.
How is "lazily" used in the sentence?
He lazily climbed out of bed.
a)
noun
b)
adverb
c)
verb
d)
adjective
6.
An adverb...
a)
is a verb
b)
describes a noun
c)
is a noun
d)
describes a verb
7.
An adjective is...
a)
is a noun
b)
is an adverb
c)
describes a noun
d)
is a verb
8.
How is "silently" used in the following sentence?
The thief crept silently into the empty house.
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adverb
d)
adjective
9.
The crown jewels were kept in a glass safe.
How is the word "glass" used in this sentence?
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adverb
d)
adjective
10.
When summarizing a story you must include...
a)
Everything that happened
b)
The most significant information
c)
An Inference
d)
My background knowledge
11.
Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is true?
a)
The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
b)
The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
c)
 The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
d)
The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.
12.
Which of the following has a negative connotation?
a)
gaze
b)
look steadily
c)
stare
13.
Which word has a positive connotation?
a)
brainwash
b)
persuade
14.
A compliment would be to say that the owl in the picture is...
a)
bizarre
b)
strange
c)
unique
15.
always, in fact, generally, overall, usually, typically, commonly 
Thes transition words all signal
a)
sequential-chronological
b)
comparison-contrast
c)
cause-effect
d)
generalization-principle
16.
just as, like, likewise, moreover, similarly, too, although, but, however, in spite of, instead, nevertheless, on the other hand, yet 
These transition words all signal a--
a)
sequential-chronological
b)
comparison-contrast
c)
cause-effect
d)
generalization
17.
I am as hungry as a bear! 
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
simile
d)
metaphor