WorksheetsELA Semester 1 Module 3 Study Guide
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 34mins
Read the passage:
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees.
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding—
Riding—riding—
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
Which best explains how the imagery in the passage is used to establish the poem's mood?
The imagery depicts a dark, unsettled night; this creates a suspenseful mood.
The imagery depicts a violent night at sea; this creates a frightening mood.
The imagery depicts a bright, colorful setting; this creates a tranquil mood.
The imagery depicts a brilliant painting; this creates a surprising mood.
Read the passage:
A red-coat troop came marching—
Marching—marching—
King George's men came marching, up to the old inn-door.
Which best explains the effect of the punctuation in this passage?
It indicates that the marching was interrupted.
It gives the passage a breathless, suspenseful feel.
It indicates that the poet is searching for the right words to express himself.
It highlights the rhythm of the approaching soldiers.
His eyes were hollows of madness, his hair like moldy hay,
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.
Read the passage.
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding—
Riding—riding—
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
What elements contribute to the rhythm?
the imagery of the highwayman riding
alliteration
the length of the lines
the repetition of riding
Review the scenario.
You hear Jeremy and his older brother talking about a class you're currently taking. Jeremy's brother took the class last year, and said the teacher gives the same assignments every year. Everyone has to write a paper on the same topic. Jeremy's brother offers him the paper he used the year before to turn in as his own.
Which best explains this scenario?
Jeremy and his brother are related, so this is not plagiarism.
The teacher never changes the assignment and everybody has to write the same one, so this is not plagiarism.
Jeremy forgot to take his brother's name off the top of the report, so this is plagiarism.
Jeremy is presenting his brother's work as his own, so this is plagiarism.
Review the phrase fragment.
Unwinding the hose. The man watered the dry lawn.
Which best corrects the phrase fragment?
The man watered unwinding the hose the dry lawn.
The man watered the dry lawn unwinding the hose.
Unwinding the hose, the man watered the dry lawn.
The man watered the dry lawn. The man unwinding the hose.
claim/klām/
verb
1. assert the truth, often without evidence
2. demand money
noun
3. a statement of the truth
4. a demand for something
5. a piece of land for mining
Which of the following is an alternative definition to the verb form of the word claim?
Review the passage.
In the winter, it was so cold that she emptied her closet, piling the clothes on her bed so she'd be warm enough to sleep. Sometimes she had no money to buy even an egg or a loaf of bread. But then, how could she take the time to stop studying long enough to cook?
Why do you think the author of "Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radioactivity" included these details?
To demonstrate what it is like to be a student.
To show that scientists do not make a high salary.
To make the reader feel sorry for Curie.
To show how determined and committed Curie was to science.
Read the passage:
No one knew how difficult the task would be. But Marie, although still a student, had already shown that she possessed the most important quality of a successful scientist. When it came to the search for knowledge, she never gave up.
Based on the passage, which identifies the most logical conclusion one could draw about the author of "Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radioactivity"?
The author thinks highly of Marie Curie.
The author also works in science.
The author is part of the Curie family.
The author has somehow been helped by Curie's discovery of radioactivity.
Read these words from Marie Curie:
During a particularly rigorous winter, it was not unusual for the water to freeze in the basin in the night; to be able to sleep I was obliged to pile all my clothes on the bedcovers. In the same room I prepared my meals with the aid of an alcohol lamp and a few kitchen utensils. These meals were often reduced to bread with a cup of chocolate, eggs or fruit.
Which of the following details from the historical fiction piece "Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radioactivity" supports Marie's factual statement?
When Marie arrived in Paris in 1891, she studied physics at the greatest university in Europe, the Sorbonne. But how poor she was!
When she was growing up in Russian-occupied Poland, even to study science was forbidden.
A moment later, people passing by the School of Physics and Chemistry were treated to a sight not often seen on the fashionable streets of Paris in the early 1900s: a bareheaded young woman in a laboratory smock, ripping eagerly into the pile of heavy sacks and burying her hands in . . . dirt?
In the winter, it was so cold that she emptied her closet, piling the clothes on the bed so she'd be warm enough to sleep.
What is the most logical conclusion one can draw from this information?
In the story about Daniel Hale Williams, the author writes that Williams "reassured the patient with his calm, dignified manner."
Williams was confident that the patient would recover.
Williams maintained distance from his patients.
William's staff was not available to assist the patient.
William's patient was concerned and troubled.
The author of "Enrico Fermi: The 'Italian Navigator" said Fermi was like a ship captain.
Why did the author use the comparison that Dr. Fermi was like a ship captain?
He was "lost at sea" in his project.
His experiments occurred on a ship.
He moved through dangerous territory taking readings of the progress.
He had a crew of people who would not cooperate.
Which answer best corrects the phrase fragment?
Along the narrow forest trail, ferns and wildflowers grew.
Ferns and tiny wildflowers. Growing along the narrow forest trail.
We walked along the narrow forest trail. Growing ferns and tiny wildflowers.
Ferns along the narrow forest trail and tiny wildflowers.
When sentence is a run-on sentence?
Opposums move very slowly and are caught easily.
Pigs are intelligent they can be taught tricks.
Ostrich eggs are huge and weigh about three pounds each.
Coyotes are nomads--they usually travel alone.
Which answer best explains the "sickly silence" that falls on the Mudville fans in the first stanza?
Casey is coming to bad.
Casey does not swing at the first two pitches.
Their team is not even trying to win the game.
Their team is very close to losing the game.
Which answer best explains the shift in mood that occurs in "The Cremation of Sam McGee" after Sam's death?
The mood becomes lighthearted and silly.
The mood becomes more serious and somber.
The mood becomes romantic
The mood becomes chaotic.
Which line best develops the setting of "The Cremation of Sam McGee"? (Hint: what details are describing their surroundings?)
And that very night, as we lay packed tight
in our robes beneath the snow,
And the dogs were fed, and the stars o’erhead
were dancing heel and toe,
He turned to me, and “Cap,” says he,
“I’ll cash in this trip, I guess;
And if I do, I’m asking that you
won’t refuse my last request.”
Well, he seemed so low that I couldn’t say no;
then he says with a sort of moan,
“It’s the cursed cold, and it’s got right hold
till I’m chilled clean through to the bone.
Yet ’tain’t being dead—it’s my awful dread
of the icy grave that pains;
So I want you to swear that, foul or fair,
you’ll cremate my last remains.”
Which line from "The Cremation of Sam McGee" helps you to hear the the scene? (Which answer has onomatopoeia?)
Talk of your cold! through the parka’s fold
it stabbed like a driven nail.
Then I made a hike, for I didn’t like
to hear him sizzle so;
And we started on at the streak of dawn;
but God! he looked ghastly pale.
And before nightfall a corpse was all
that was left of Sam McGee.
Which statement best identifies and explains a line that supports this meaning?
The narrator fears his strategy for cremating Sam McGee may not work.
"And the heavens scowled, and the huskies howled,/ and the wind began to blow"; it creates a calm mood.
"I was sick with dread, but I bravely said,/ "I'll just take a peep inside./ I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked"; it creates a suspenseful mood.
"And the greasy smoke in an inky cloak/ went streaking down the sky"; it creates a mournful mood.
"He crouched on the sleigh, and he raved all day/ of his home in Tennessee"; it creates a humorous and comical mood.
Which statement best identifies and explains the evidence that supports this meaning?
The Rover's deed not only puts others in danger but him as well.
"'Canst hear,' said one, 'the breakers roar?/ Methinks we should be near the shore.'”; it creates a tense mood.
"A sound as if with the Inchcape Bell, / The Devil below was ringing his knell"; it creates an ominous mood.
"His heart was mirthful to excess,/ But the Rover’s mirth was wickedness"; it creates an enraged mood.
"Down sank the bell with a gurgling sound; / The bubbles rose and burst around"; it creates a giddy mood.
Read the passage.
Tlot-tlot, in the frosty silence! Tlot-tlot, in the echoing night!
Nearer he came and nearer! Her face was like a light!
Her eyes grew wide for a moment; she drew one last deep breath,
Then her finger moved in the moonlight,
Her musket shattered the moonlight,
Shattered her breast in the moonlight and warned him—with
her death.
What is the best conclusion one could draw about the connection between the imagery and the mood of this passage?
The image of the "frosty silence" creates a restful mood.
The image of the "frosty silence" creates a restful mood.
The image "Her face was like a light!" creates a suspenseful mood.
The image "Nearer he came and nearer!" creates a mood of relief.
Which term is best represented by this example?
She was sleeping like a log.
metaphor
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
Which answer best identifies the term represented by the example?
The flames danced on the horizon.
metaphor
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
