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1-22-21 ELA Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is personification?
a)
The same beginning sound repeated
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
c)
A word that is a sound
d)
An exaggeration
2.

"The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail."


What human characteristic is being given?

a)

Whistling

b)

Happiness

c)

Walking

d)

Hiking

3.

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."


What is being personified?

a)

The walls

b)

The scream

c)

The room

d)

The orange

4.

What's the meaning of this personification?


"The camera loves me!"

a)

Photography is one of my hobbies.

b)

I own an expensive camera.

c)

I always look great in pictures.

d)

I like to visit art museums.

5.

Choose the sentence that uses Informal Language:

a)

It was clearly indicated in the document

b)

I regret to inform you...

c)

Should you have a problem, please feel free to call.

d)

Give me the salt, will ya?

6.

Choose the sentence that uses Formal Language:

a)

I don't care if you do it or not.

b)

Just yell of you have any problems.

c)

A loss of your name tag should be reported immediately.

d)

Lots of kids love that kind of music.

7.

Who would you want to write more FORMALLY to?

a)

A teacher

b)

Your mother

c)

A friend

d)

Another kid on the playground

8.

Who would be ok to write more INFORMALLY to?

a)

A police officer

b)

Your cousin

c)

The president of a bank

d)

The director of a museum

9.

The main idea of a text is....

a)

what the text is a little bit about

b)

what the text is never about

c)

what the text is sometimes telling you

d)

what the text is mostly or mainly about

10.

What supports the Main Idea?

a)

outside topics

b)

key details

c)

personification

d)

grammar

11.

What is the main idea of the following paragraph?


Floods can cause tremendous damage. They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood.

a)

Floods take months to clean up

b)

Floods can cause landslides

c)

Floods can cause tremendous damage

12.

What is the main idea of the following paragraph?


When we think of seaweed, we usually picture brown or green plants a foot or so in length. Seaweeds are also of other colors. Some are red. Some kinds grow to lengths of a hundred feet! These form giant seaweed forests, where many kinds of fish take shelter.

a)

Why some seaweed grows so large

b)

Why seaweed is red

c)

What seaweed is like

13.

Winter provides the opportunity for many outdoor activities. Many people enjoy ice skating on a pond. Swimming in the pond during the Summer can be fun, also. Skiing can be a thrilling experience, too. After a new snowfall, you can even build a snowman.


Which of the following is NOT a key detail that supports the main idea?

a)

Swimming in the pond during the Summer can be fun, also

b)

Many people enjoy ice skating on a pond

c)

Skiing can be a thrilling experience, too

d)

After a new snowfall, you can even build a snowman

14.

"You can make all kinds of things with Legos."


Which detail doesn't belong?

a)

You can very easily build a column.

b)

You can make a castle, a monkey, or a car.

c)

It hurts to step on Legos with bare feet.

d)

There are even kits available to make Star Wars ships.

15.

A bat can fly at night or even with its eyes closed. But if you cover its ears, it can't fly very well. Bats make sounds that people can't hear. The bats find their way by listening to these sounds as they echo off things. Bats even locate insects to eat by following the sounds that bounce off the bugs. People use their eyes, but bats use their ears to know where they're going.


This paragraph mainly tells:

a)

how bats use sound

b)

what things bats often eat as food

c)

how bats fly toward people

d)

how people can hear the sounds of bats