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State Test Review

Total questions: 160

Worksheet time: 3hrs 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This is a word or phrase that has the same or almost the same meaning as another word or phrase. 
a)
Root
b)
Antonym
c)
Synonym
d)
Simile
2.
This can be added to the beginning of a word in to change the word's meaning.
a)
Root
b)
Suffix
c)
Context
d)
Prefix
3.
This is a direct comparison of two things, in which they are said to be (in some sense) the same thing. 
Example: My dad is a bear in the morning.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Homophones
c)
Imagery
d)
Simile
4.
This is a direct comparison of two things, in which they are said to be (in some sense) the same thing. 
a)
Metaphor
b)
Homophones
c)
Imagery
5.
This is a word or phrase that means the opposite of another word or phrase.
a)
Simile
b)
Context Clues
c)
Antonym
d)
Synonym
6.
This is a comparison of two unlike things using the terms /like/ or /as/.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Imagery
d)
Simile
7.
These are images to help the reader see or hear or feel things.  These are details that appeal to the senses.
a)
Imagery
b)
Sensory Details
c)
Pictures
d)
Photograghs
8.
This is the base of a word after all prefixes or suffixes are removed.
a)
Base 
b)
Word
c)
Root
d)
Context
9.
These are in the text surrounding a word and give hints for the meaning of the word. What are they called?
a)
Context Clues
b)
Multiple Meaning Words
c)
Text Features
d)
Picture Clues
10.
This uses sensory images to help readers to picture a person, a place, or an event.
a)
Photographs
b)
Pictures
c)
Drawings
d)
Imagery
11.
This is the framework of meaning which surrounds a specific word, sentence, idea, or passage.
a)
Context
b)
Metaphor
c)
Graph
d)
Chart
12.
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
a)
Multiple Meaning Words
b)
Synonyms
c)
Homophones
d)
Clues
13.
This is when you use pieces of information on a subject to base our opinion or make a decision. You draw a _____?______.
a)
Choice
b)
Decision
c)
Comparison
d)
Conclusion
14.
The goal is to tell a story or describe characters, places, or events.
a)
Entertain
b)
Imagery
c)
Context
d)
Drama
15.
This is the reason for creating written work.
a)
Writer's Work
b)
Sensory Detail
c)
Author's Purpose
d)
Dialogue
16.
This is a problem, disagreement, or other issue which occurs between characters in a story or play.
a)
Problem
b)
Detail
c)
Conflict
d)
Cause
17.
This is a play, written to be performed by actors.
a)
Drama
b)
Performance
c)
Entertain
d)
Characterization
18.
This is the relationship between two or more events in which one event brings about another.
a)
Author's Purpose
b)
Compare and Contrast
c)
Cause and Effect
d)
Context Clues
19.
This is a method of relating how two or more elements or text are SIMILAR.
a)
Contrast
b)
Similie
c)
Conflict
d)
Compare
20.
This is a piece of information that is used to support a main idea.
a)
Context Clues
b)
Detail
c)
Dialogue
d)
Idea
21.
These are the words spoken by the characters in a literary work.
a)
Dialogue
b)
Speech
c)
Compare
d)
Conclusion
22.
This is something in a story or article which makes something happen.
a)
Effect
b)
Comparison
c)
Cause
d)
Root
23.
This is a method of relating how two or more elements or texts are DIFFERENT.
a)
Compare
b)
Contrast
c)
Conflict
d)
Cause and Effect
24.
This is the combination of ways that an author shows readers show what a person in a literary selection is like.
a)
Imagery
b)
Author's Purpose
c)
Text Evidence
d)
Characterization
25.
Select the word that matches the definition 
Find likenesses 
a)
Compare
b)
Summarize
c)
Distinguish
d)
Contrast
26.
Select the word that matches the definition 
Find differences 
a)
Compare
b)
Contrast
c)
Combine
d)
Summarize
27.
Select the word that matches the definition 
Cause someone to adopt a certain position or belief
a)
Evaluate
b)
Summarize
c)
Combine
d)
Persuade
28.
This is the message, usually about life or society, that an author to convey through a literary work.
a)
Evidence
b)
Supporting Evidence
c)
Outcome
d)
Theme
29.
This is a group of related lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in a story.
a)
Stanza
b)
Line
c)
Poem
d)
Peotry
30.
This is to state briefly.
a)
Author's Purpose
b)
Context
c)
Summarize
d)
Opinion
31.
This is the main body of a piece of writing or any of the various forms in which writing exists, such as a book, a poem, an article, or short story. 
a)
Setting
b)
Text
c)
Poem
d)
Fairy Tale
32.
This is a subgenre of folklore. The stories are humorous and often set in the Wild West or the American Frontier.  The main characters have greatly exaggerated skills, size, and strength.  It is called a __?__ Tale
a)
Fairy Tale
b)
Tall Tale
c)
Folk Tale
d)
Mystery Tale
33.
These are the facts or details that back up a main idea, theme, or thesis.
a)
Evidence
b)
Generalization
c)
Prediction
d)
Supporting Evidence
34.
This is the time and place in which a literary work happens.
a)
Setting
b)
Imagery
c)
Time
d)
Purpose
35.
This is the act of forecasting something that may (or may not) occur later.
a)
Inference
b)
Conclusion
c)
Prediction
d)
Event
36.
The regular pattern of rhyme found at the ends of lines in poems is called the rhyme
____?____.
a)
Stanza
b)
Detail
c)
Scheme
d)
Poetry
37.
This is the author's intention, reason, or drive for writing the piece.
a)
Purpose
b)
Evidence
c)
Cause
d)
Inform
38.
This is the musical quality created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
a)
Stanze
b)
Rhyme
c)
Poem
d)
Rhythm
39.
This is the repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words.
a)
Simile
b)
Ryhme
c)
Homophones
d)
Poetry
40.
This is writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.
a)
Realistic Fiction
b)
Biography
c)
Imagery
d)
Fiction
41.
This word means anything that happens to or is done by a character in a story.
a)
Event
b)
Cause
c)
Dialogue
d)
Cause and Effect
42.
This is information that supports a thought or belief. 
a)
Evidence
b)
Conclusion
c)
Thoughts
d)
Cause
43.
This is a mode of writing whose purpose is to convey information or to explain and establish the validity of an idea in a logical, clear, and concrete manner
a)
Narrative Text
b)
Compare and Contrast
c)
Expository Text
d)
Cause and Effect
44.
This is a type of real-world writing that presents material that is necessary or valuable to the reader.
a)
Fiction
b)
Expository Text
c)
Narrative Text
d)
Informational Text
45.
This is an anonymous story handed down by word of mouth with in a certain culture or group of people.
a)
Fairy Tale
b)
Folk Tale
c)
Genre
d)
Fable
46.
This is reading between the lines.  It is taking something that you read and putting it together with something that you already know to make sense of what you read.  What do you make?
a)
Inference
b)
Generalization
c)
Compare
d)
Entertain
47.
This is to give facts, background, and other kinds of knowledge of a subject.
a)
Persuade
b)
Infer
c)
Inform
d)
Evidence
48.
This is the use of language that appeals to the five senses- -touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight.
a)
Imagery
b)
Sensory Details
c)
Causes
d)
Details
49.
This is a fictitious story that teaches a lesson.  Usually, animals speak and act like humans.
a)
Folk Tale
b)
Make Believe
c)
Fables
d)
Fairy Tale
50.
This is the series of events that happen in a literary work.
a)
Plot
b)
Conclusion
c)
Contrast
d)
Outcome
51.
This is an arrangement of words in verse.  It sometimes rhymes, and expresses facts, emotions, or ideas in a style more concentrated, imaginative and powerful than that of ordinary speech.
a)
Poetry
b)
Free Verse
c)
Phrases
d)
Poem
52.
A text that tells a story is called a _____?_____ text.
a)
Entertain
b)
Informative Text
c)
Expository Text
d)
Narrative Text
53.
This is factual writing that present and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, or events.
a)
Biography
b)
Realistic Fiction
c)
Nonfiction
d)
Autobiography
54.
This is an expression of an author's personal belief. It is not something that can be proven to be true or false.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Drama
c)
Fact
d)
Opinion
55.
A diagram made to organize data visually in rows and colums.
a)
Map
b)
Context
c)
Diagram
d)
Table
56.
This graphic is a visual representation of a sequence of events.
a)
Setting
b)
Detail
c)
Timeline
d)
Organization
57.
This is a drawing or picture that shows features of an area or particular part of the earth's surface.
a)
Drawing
b)
Globe
c)
Map
d)
Context
58.
This is factual writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people,  places, objects, or events.
a)
Fiction
b)
Nonfiction
c)
Realistic Fiction
d)
Informative Test
59.
This is to convince.
a)
Persuade
b)
Opinion
c)
Imagery
d)
Evidence
60.
This is a short title within an article that identifies the beginning of each new topic.
a)
Setting
b)
Glossary
c)
Title
d)
Subheading
61.
This is to state briefly.
a)
Summarize
b)
Conclusion
c)
Generalization
d)
Persaude
62.
This is to state briefly.
a)
Summarize
b)
Conclusion
c)
Generalization
d)
Persaude
63.
A group of words which names a piece of writing is called a ___?___.
a)
Subheading
b)
Title
c)
Caption
d)
Conclusion
64.
Person telling a story
a)
viewpoint
b)
refer
c)
attitude
d)
narrator
65.
author's attitude/ feeling/opinion toward a subject or issue
a)
narrator
b)
view point
c)
refer
d)
attitude
66.
a manner , feeling, position, toward a person or thing
a)
narrator
b)
viewpoint
c)
refer
d)
attitude
67.
This is when you use pieces of information on a subject to base your opinion or make a decision.  You draw a ____?____.
a)
Event
b)
Compare
c)
Opinion
d)
Conclusion
68.
The goal is to tell a story or describe characters, places, or events.
a)
Characterization
b)
Event
c)
Entertain
d)
Legend
69.
This is done to part of a text to makes it stand out as a darker, sharper image.  It is an organizational feature to locate specific information.
a)
Text Features
b)
Bold Print
c)
Legend
d)
Purpose
70.
This is when you use pieces of information on a subject to base your opinion or make a decision.  You draw a ____?____.
a)
Event
b)
Compare
c)
Opinion
d)
Conclusion
71.
This is something that happens because of something else happening first.  The thing that happens first is often called the /'cause'/
a)
Effect
b)
Compare 
c)
Cause
d)
Cause and Effect
72.
This is a piece of information that is used to support a main idea.
a)
Context
b)
Opinion
c)
Conclusion
d)
Detail
73.
This is an explanation that goes with a picture or an illustration.
a)
Caption
b)
Text Feature
c)
Dialogue
d)
Supporting Evidence
74.
These should be used instead of underlining.  Do this to most titles of printed material and names of airplanes, trains and automobiles.
a)
Heading
b)
Index
c)
Italics
d)
Detail
75.
This is writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.
a)
Fables
b)
Fiction
c)
Fairy Tales
d)
Nonfiction
76.
This is to give facts, background, and other kids of knowledge of a subject.
a)
Drama
b)
Inform
c)
Moral
d)
Theme
77.
This is a title or subtitle at the beginning of a chapter, section, or unit of a text.
a)
Glossary
b)
Index
c)
Root
d)
Heading
78.
This is an alphabetical list of items contained in a printed work.  It is located in the back of the printed work and gives page numbers where items may be found in the work.
a)
Index
b)
Glossary
c)
Heading
d)
Caption
79.
This is a list found in the back of a book that gives definitions of unusual or hard words found in the text.
a)
Italics
b)
Setting
c)
Glossary
d)
Effect
80.
This is a word or phrase that has the same or almost the same meaning as another word or phrase. 
a)
Root
b)
Antonym
c)
Synonym
d)
Simile
81.
This can be added to the beginning of a word in to change the word's meaning.
a)
Root
b)
Suffix
c)
Context
d)
Prefix
82.
This is a direct comparison of two things, in which they are said to be (in some sense) the same thing. 
a)
Metaphor
b)
Homophones
c)
Imagery
d)
Metaphor
83.
This is a direct comparison of two things, in which they are said to be (in some sense) the same thing. 
a)
Metaphor
b)
Homophones
c)
Imagery
84.
This is a word or phrase that means the opposite of another word or phrase.
a)
Simile
b)
Context Clues
c)
Antonym
d)
Synonym
85.
These are images to help the reader see or hear or feel things.  These are details that appeal to the senses.
a)
Imagery
b)
Sensory Details
c)
Pictures
d)
Photograghs
86.
This is a comparison of two unlike things using the terms /like/ or /as/.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Imagery
d)
Simile
87.
This is the base of a word after all prefixes or suffixes are removed.
a)
Base 
b)
Word
c)
Root
d)
Context
88.
These are in the text surrounding a word and give hints for the meaning of the word. What are they called?
a)
Context Clues
b)
Multiple Meaning Words
c)
Text Features
d)
Picture Clues
89.
This uses sensory images to help readers to picture a person, a place, or an event.
a)
Photographs
b)
Pictures
c)
Drawings
d)
Imagery
90.
This is the framework of meaning which surrounds a specific word, sentence, idea, or passage.
a)
Context
b)
Metaphor
c)
Graph
d)
Chart
91.
This uses sensory images to help readers to picture a person, a place, or an event.
a)
Photographs
b)
Pictures
c)
Drawings
d)
Imagery
92.
This is the framework of meaning which surrounds a specific word, sentence, idea, or passage.
a)
Context
b)
Metaphor
c)
Graph
d)
Chart
93.
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
a)
Multiple Meaning Words
b)
Synonyms
c)
Homophones
d)
Clues
94.
This is the combination of ways that an author shows readers show what a person in a literary selection is like.
a)
Imagery
b)
Author's Purpose
c)
Text Evidence
d)
Characterization
95.
This is a method of relating how two or more elements or texts are DIFFERENT.
a)
Compare
b)
Contrast
c)
Conflict
d)
Cause and Effect
96.
This is something in a story or article which makes something happen.
a)
Effect
b)
Comparison
c)
Cause
d)
Root
97.
These are the words spoken by the characters in a literary work.
a)
Dialogue
b)
Speech
c)
Compare
d)
Conclusion
98.
This is a piece of information that is used to support a main idea.
a)
Context Clues
b)
Detail
c)
Dialogue
d)
Idea
99.
This is a method of relating how two or more elements or text are SIMILAR.
a)
Contrast
b)
Similie
c)
Conflict
d)
Compare
100.
This is the relationship between two or more events in which one event brings about another.
a)
Author's Purpose
b)
Compare and Contrast
c)
Cause and Effect
d)
Context Clues
101.
This is when you use pieces of information on a subject to base our opinion or make a decision. You draw a _____?______.
a)
Choice
b)
Decision
c)
Comparison
d)
Conclusion
102.
The goal is to tell a story or describe characters, places, or events.
a)
Entertain
b)
Imagery
c)
Context
d)
Drama
103.
This is the message, usually about life or society, that an author to convey through a literary work.
a)
Evidence
b)
Supporting Evidence
c)
Outcome
d)
Theme
104.
This is a group of related lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in a story.
a)
Stanza
b)
Line
c)
Poem
d)
Peotry
105.
This is to state briefly.
a)
Author's Purpose
b)
Context
c)
Summarize
d)
Opinion
106.
This is the main body of a piece of writing or any of the various forms in which writing exists, such as a book, a poem, an article, or short story. 
a)
Setting
b)
Text
c)
Poem
d)
Fairy Tale
107.
These are the facts or details that back up a main idea, theme, or thesis.
a)
Evidence
b)
Generalization
c)
Prediction
d)
Supporting Evidence
108.
This is the time and place in which a literary work happens.
a)
Setting
b)
Imagery
c)
Time
d)
Purpose
109.
This is the act of forecasting something that may (or may not) occur later.
a)
Inference
b)
Conclusion
c)
Prediction
d)
Event
110.
This is the time and place in which a literary work happens.
a)
Setting
b)
Imagery
c)
Time
d)
Purpose
111.
The regular pattern of rhyme found at the ends of lines in poems is called the rhyme
____?____.
a)
Stanza
b)
Detail
c)
Scheme
d)
Poetry
112.
This is the author's intention, reason, or drive for writing the piece.
a)
Purpose
b)
Evidence
c)
Cause
d)
Inform
113.
This is the musical quality created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
a)
Stanze
b)
Rhyme
c)
Poem
d)
Rhythm
114.
This is the repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words.
a)
Simile
b)
Ryhme
c)
Homophones
d)
Poetry
115.
This is writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.
a)
Realistic Fiction
b)
Biography
c)
Imagery
d)
Fiction
116.
This word means anything that happens to or is done by a character in a story.
a)
Event
b)
Cause
c)
Dialogue
d)
Cause and Effect
117.
This is a subgenre of folklore or folktales.  It usually has an unknown and has magic or talking animals. /'Once upon a time'/ is a familiar way to start these.
a)
Realistic Fiction
b)
Folk Tale
c)
Fable
d)
Myth
118.
This is information that supports a thought or belief. 
a)
Evidence
b)
Conclusion
c)
Thoughts
d)
Cause
119.
This is information that supports a thought or belief. 
a)
Evidence
b)
Conclusion
c)
Thoughts
d)
Cause
120.
This is a mode of writing whose purpose is to convey information or to explain and establish the validity of an idea in a logical, clear, and concrete manner
a)
Narrative Text
b)
Compare and Contrast
c)
Expository Text
d)
Cause and Effect
121.
This is a type of real-world writing that presents material that is necessary or valuable to the reader.
a)
Fiction
b)
Realistic Fiction
c)
Narrative Text
d)
Informational Text
122.
This is to give facts, background, and other kinds of knowledge of a subject.
a)
Persuade
b)
Infer
c)
Inform
d)
Evidence
123.
This is the use of language that appeals to the five senses- -touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight.
a)
Imagery
b)
Sensory Details
c)
Causes
d)
Details
124.
This is the restatement of a written work in one's own words that keeps the basic meaning of the original work.
a)
Context
b)
Compare
c)
Evidence
d)
Paraphase
125.
In writing, this is the process of ordering, structuring, and presenting information.  It is called the ____?____ of the text.
a)
Context
b)
Organization
c)
Compare
d)
Generalization
126.
This is an arrangement of words in verse.  It sometimes rhymes, and expresses facts, emotions, or ideas in a style more concentrated, imaginative and powerful than that of ordinary speech.
a)
Poetry
b)
Free Verse
c)
Phrases
d)
Poem
127.
This is an expression of an author's personal belief. It is not something that can be proven to be true or false.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Drama
c)
Fact
d)
Opinion
128.
This is factual writing that present and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, or events.
a)
Biography
b)
Realistic Fiction
c)
Nonfiction
d)
Autobiography
129.
This is a lesson about life illustrated by a story.
a)
Moral
b)
Myth
c)
Conflict
d)
Inference
130.
This is a drawing or picture that shows features of an area or particular part of the earth's surface.
a)
Drawing
b)
Globe
c)
Map
d)
Context
131.
This is factual writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people,  places, objects, or events.
a)
Fictions
b)
Nonfiction
c)
Expository Text
d)
Informative Test
132.
This is to convince.
a)
Persuade
b)
Opinion
c)
Imagery
d)
Evidence
133.
This is a short title within an article that identifies the beginning of each new topic.
a)
Setting
b)
Glossary
c)
Title
d)
Subheading
134.
This is to state briefly.
a)
Summarize
b)
Conclusion
c)
Generalization
d)
Persaude
135.
A diagram made to organize data visually in rows and colums.
a)
Map
b)
Context
c)
Diagram
d)
Table
136.
This is a short title within an article that identifies the beginning of each new topic.
a)
Setting
b)
Glossary
c)
Title
d)
Subheading
137.
This graphic is a visual representation of a sequence of events.
a)
Setting
b)
Detail
c)
Timeline
d)
Organization
138.
A diagram made to organize data visually in rows and colums.
a)
Map
b)
Context
c)
Diagram
d)
Table
139.
A group of words which names a piece of writing is called a ___?___.
a)
Subheading
b)
Title
c)
Caption
d)
Conclusion
140.
This is a short title within an article that identifies the beginning of each new topic.
a)
Setting
b)
Glossary
c)
Title
d)
Subheading
141.
A group of words which names a piece of writing is called a ___?___.
a)
Subheading
b)
Title
c)
Caption
d)
Conclusion
142.
This graphic is a visual representation of a sequence of events.
a)
Setting
b)
Detail
c)
Timeline
d)
Organization
143.
summarize
a)
to make known
b)
to shorten up
c)
to demonstrate
d)
to give information
144.
dialogue
a)
information shared publicly
b)
conversation between two or more people
c)
to make known
d)
where and when the story takes place
145.
synonym
a)
words that have opposite meanings
b)
a spice for baking
c)
words that have the same meaning
d)
instructions in a play
146.
setting
a)
conversation between two or more people
b)
the reason something exists
c)
when the sun goes down
d)
where and when a story takes place
147.
evidence
a)
reason something exists
b)
proof of something
c)
to demonstrate
d)
to make known
148.
shows
a)
to demonstrate
b)
proof of something
c)
to make known
d)
to back up evdence
149.
reveal
a)
to shorten up
b)
to demonstrate
c)
to give information
d)
to make known
150.
This is done to part of a text to makes it stand out as a darker, sharper image.  It is an organizational feature to locate specific information.
a)
Text Features
b)
Bold Print
c)
Legend
d)
Purpose
151.
The goal is to tell a story or describe characters, places, or events.
a)
Characterization
b)
Event
c)
Entertain
d)
Legend
152.
This is something that happens because of something else happening first.  The thing that happens first is often called the /'cause'/
a)
Effect
b)
Compare 
c)
Cause
d)
Cause and Effect
153.
This is an explanation that goes with a picture or an illustration.
a)
Caption
b)
Text Feature
c)
Dialogue
d)
Supporting Evidence
154.
These should be used instead of underlining.  Do this to most titles of printed material and names of airplanes, trains and automobiles.
a)
Heading
b)
Index
c)
Italics
d)
Detail
155.
This is an explanation that goes with a picture or an illustration.
a)
Caption
b)
Text Feature
c)
Dialogue
d)
Supporting Evidence
156.
This is to give facts, background, and other kids of knowledge of a subject.
a)
Drama
b)
Inform
c)
Moral
d)
Theme
157.
This is a title or subtitle at the beginning of a chapter, section, or unit of a text.
a)
Glossary
b)
Index
c)
Root
d)
Heading
158.
This is an alphabetical list of items contained in a printed work.  It is located in the back of the printed work and gives page numbers where items may be found in the work.
a)
Index
b)
Glossary
c)
Heading
d)
Caption
159.
This is a list found in the back of a book that gives definitions of unusual or hard words found in the text.
a)
Italics
b)
Setting
c)
Glossary
d)
Effect
160.
To "infer" means to 
a)
locate the answer in the text.
b)
Give your own opinion.
c)
Make a wild guess.
d)
Make a guess about the story that is based on the text and your background knowledge.