WorksheetsELA Mid-Year Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Examples, ideas, or direct quotations from the text that support your answer...
a)
conjunction
b)
figurative language
c)
theme
d)
evidence
2.
Using your ideas to tell the key ideas from the text...
a)
main idea
b)
comprehension
c)
theme
d)
summary
3.
When use what you already know and evidence from the text to figure something out...
a)
text evidence
b)
summary
c)
passage
d)
inference
4.
Crack! Thunder struck and rain poured. Max stared blankly out the window, trying to contain his emotions that raged like the weather. He was beginning to lose it. Dropping the kite from his hand, Max broke out into full sob. His mother comforted him, "There, there, Max. We'll just find something else to do." She began to unpack the picnic basket that was on the counter and offered him a sandwich. Max snapped, "I don't wanna sand-mich!" A flash from the sky lit up the living room. Boom! Mom sighed.
What lines from the text support the idea that Mom and Max were going to go on a picnic?
What lines from the text support the idea that Mom and Max were going to go on a picnic?
a)
She began to unpack the picnic basket
b)
Max stares blankly out the window
c)
Mom offers Max a sandwich
d)
His mother conforted him
5.
The big idea or lesson from a reading is called the ______________________.
a)
theme
b)
compare and contrast
c)
resource materials
d)
evidence
6.
What is the theme of this story?
a)
Necessity is the mother of invention.
b)
You shouldn't take things that don't belong to you.
c)
Respect your elders.
d)
Slow and steady wins the race!
7.
What is the theme of this story?
a)
Slow and steady wins the race!
b)
Don't be lazy.
c)
We are stronger together than we are apart.
d)
If you try to go on your own, you will get eaten by a big fish.
8.
During a baseball game, Tanner tried to tag a player leaving first base. When the umpire called the player out, Tanner immediately informed the umpire that he in fact did not tag the runner. Two weeks later, the very same umpire was at another one of Tanner’s baseball games. Tanner was playing short stop and tagged a runner as they approached third base. When the umpire called the player safe, Tanner didn’t say a word, but the umpire noticed the surprised look on Tanner’s face. “Did you tag the runner?” she asked Tanner. When Tanner told her that he did tag the runner, the umpire changed her decision and called the player out. The coaches and parents were furious, but the umpire stood by her decision.
What is the theme?
What is the theme?
a)
You should cheat to win.
b)
Always work hard.
c)
It pays to be honest.
d)
Teamwork is best.
9.
The theme is a lesson learned; the moral of the story.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
How a person is on the inside...
a)
character
b)
character trait
c)
opinion
d)
theme
11.
Observing two or more similarities and differences between objects situations, or characters is called __________________________.
a)
compare and contrast
b)
inference
c)
theme
d)
figurative language
12.
Grandpa was in a jovial mood, making jokes and laughing at everything.
a)
crazy
b)
happy
c)
irritable
d)
angry
13.
As the students generated
ideas for solving the
problem, Mr. Smith wrote them on the board so they would not be forgotten.
ideas for solving the
problem, Mr. Smith wrote them on the board so they would not be forgotten.
a)
came up with
b)
disscussed
c)
discovered
d)
applied
14.
We are depleting the Earth's reserves of oil. Someday there will not be any left.
a)
using up
b)
adding to
c)
creating
d)
saving up
15.
What a piece of writing is mostly about.
a)
summary
b)
main idea
c)
analogy
d)
characters
16.
If you are feeling sad, you can make yourself feel better by doing a few simple things. You can take a walk (or get another form of exercise), you can talk to a friend, or you can write down your feelings. Writing down the good things in your life will help too. Doing something good for someone else will also help you feel better. If you still feel a little sad, act happy. It works like magic to make you feel better!
What is the main idea?
What is the main idea?
a)
Sometimes people feel sad.
b)
You should do good things for others.
c)
We're not always happy.
d)
There are many ways to make yourself feel better.
17.
What's the meaning of this hyperbole?
"Shawn would move mountains for Angela."
"Shawn would move mountains for Angela."
a)
Shawn and Angela like to climb mountains together.
b)
Shawn paints pictures of mountain scenes.
c)
Shawn would do anything for Angela.
d)
Angela is really pretty.
18.
Compares to unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
idiom
19.
Compares to unlike things using a word or phrase
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
idiom
20.
a word or phrase that has a different meaning than what is being said
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
idiom
21.
"My flowers were begging for water on the hot summer day" is an example of:
a)
antonym
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
22.
"Life is like a box of chocolates."
This is an example of a what?
This is an example of a what?
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
analogy
d)
example
23.
The reason an author writes a story or text...
a)
theme
b)
main idea
c)
summary
d)
author's purpose
24.
What the author wants you to learn and take away from the text is called the ________________
a)
central idea
b)
text evidence
c)
Theme, Lesson, or Moral
d)
main idea
25.
The way a poem looks is its ____________.
a)
stanza
b)
set-up
c)
structure
d)
sentences
26.
Action that makes something else happen...
a)
sequence
b)
cause
c)
effect
d)
main idea
27.
The author's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of the poem
a)
tone
b)
mood
c)
simile
d)
theme
28.
A type of writing that is used to describe or inform is _________________.
a)
informational writing
b)
persuasive essay
c)
context writing
d)
personal narrative
29.
Calligraphy is a form of handwriting . A special pen must be used. Letters are formed using up and down strokes. Old documents are usually written in this form. Diplomas , certificates and other awards are written in calligraphy. It is an interesting form of handwriting.
a)
to Inform
b)
to Entertain
c)
to Persuade
30.
Letters added to the beginning of a root word changing its meaning are identified as a____________________.
a)
compare and contrast
b)
inference
c)
prefix
d)
theme
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