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Language Arts Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What word describes actions that make something else happen?

a)

Climax

b)

Cause

c)

Plot

d)

Hyperbole

2.

What grammar word means "to take the place of a noun?" (It, Her, Him, She, etc.)

a)

Pronoun

b)

Effect

c)

Adjective

d)

Conjunction

3.

Persuade, inform, and entertain are all examples of:

a)

Plot

b)

Author's Reason

c)

Author's Purpose

d)

Author's Intentions

4.

When writing an argument essay, you MUST have a...

a)

biography

b)

sequence

c)

noun

d)

claim

5.

What type of figurative language compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as"?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Idiom

6.

An educated guess about what will happen next in a story.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Prediction

d)

Conclusion

7.

Using context clues to make a statement about a text (same as drawing a conclusion)

a)

Thesis

b)

Summarize

c)

Analyze

d)

Infer

8.

The hero of a story.

a)

Antagonist

b)

Climax

c)

Parenthesis

d)

Protagonist

9.

A figure of speech that exaggerates.

a)

Idiom

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Imagery

10.

Point of view where the narrator is a character in the story.

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person limited

d)

3rd person omniscient

11.

The text structure that explains the similarities and differences between two things.

a)

Cause and effect

b)

Problem and solution

c)

Chronological

d)

Compare and contrast

12.

Restating the main idea and details of a text in your own words.

a)

Synthesize

b)

Summarize

c)

Conclude

d)

Describe

13.

"She sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of:

a)

Alliteration

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Personification

14.

"Break a leg, Bob!" is an example of:

a)

Imagery

b)

Idiom

c)

Interjection

d)

Pronoun

15.

The part of speech that is a person, place, thing, or idea.

a)

Pronoun

b)

Interjection

c)

Adjecitve

d)

Noun

16.

The part of speech that describes a noun.

a)

Verb

b)

Adjective

c)

Conjunction

d)

Past tense

17.

The part of speech that connects a phrase or clause (F.A.N.B.O.Y.S.)

a)

Interjection

b)

Conjunction

c)

Pronoun

d)

Clause

18.

The theme of a story:

a)

The message

b)

The moral

c)

The life lesson

d)

All of the above

19.

The setting of a story:

a)

Describes the characters

b)

Describes the time, place, and mood

c)

Describes the author's purpose

d)

Catches the readers' attention

20.

A conversation between two or more people

a)

Description

b)

Dialogue

c)

Climax

d)

Exposition

21.

The part of speech that describes a verb:

a)

Noun

b)

Pronoun

c)

Adverb

d)

Verb

22.

Links a noun to another word (tells location: on, around, to, after)

a)

Conjunction

b)

Preposition

c)

Clause

d)

Adverbial Phrase

23.

An exciting word inserted into a sentence

a)

Interjection

b)

Interaction

c)

Disruption

d)

Exclamatory

24.

The turning point in a story. This will resolve the conflict.

a)

Plot

b)

Theme

c)

Tone

d)

Climax

25.

Name the text feature that lists the chapters and page numbers at the beginning of a book.

a)

title page

b)

heading

c)

table of contents

d)

graph

26.

What is the text feature called that LABELS an illustration or photograph?

a)

action

b)

colorful

c)

capital

d)

caption

27.

What point of view has the reader know the thoughts and feelings of MORE than one character?

a)

3rd person limited

b)

1st person

c)

2nd person

d)

3rd person omniscient

28.

Which text structure would a recipe use?

a)

compare/contrast

b)

sequence

c)

problem/solution

d)

cause/effect

29.

In nonfiction, the author's viewpoint is their __________ about a topic.

a)

opinion

b)

hatred

c)

summary

d)

supporting details

30.

The author's attitude or feelings towards the topic is the _______.

a)

mood

b)

tone

c)

serious

d)

happy