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1-29-21 ELA Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins

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Class
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1.

THE PROBLEM: Hank came home from school and he was hungry. He decided to see if there was anything in the cupboard to eat. He checked the shelf and couldn't find any chips or crackers. He looked in another cupboard and there weren't any snack there either. Finally he looked in the frig and there he found some apples to eat.


What is the SOLUTION?

a)

Hank found apples to eat.

b)

Hank likes chips.

c)

Hank looked for snacks.

2.

THE PROBLEM: Wendy can't reach the package of lightbulbs in the garage.


Which answer is the best SOLUTION?

a)

She could just stay in the dark.

b)

She could stack random things to create steps.

c)

She could use a broom to knock the box down.

d)

She could ask somebody taller for help.

3.

THE SOLUTION: Ted used screws on his skateboard.


What could be the PROBLEM?

a)

Ted can't ride a skateboard well.

b)

Ted fell and broke his glasses.

c)

Ted snapped a wheel off his board.

d)

Ted is clumsy and scratched his board on the sidewalk.

4.

What is the Main Idea of this passage?


Native Americans dried strips of meat, pounded it into a paste, and then mixed it with fat. Sometimes they added berries and sugar. Then they pressed it into small cakes. They called these cakes pemmican. Pemmican didn't spoil, and it provided lots of energy for people traveling or going hunting. Today explorers still carry and eat this food.

a)

who uses pemmican today

b)

what can be put into pemmican

c)

how pemmican was prepared by Native Americans

d)

why people eat pemmican today

5.

MAIN IDEA: It takes a lot of hard work to become a professional athlete.


Which of these sentences could be a supporting detail to the Main Idea?

a)

Professional athletes live the good life.

b)

Professional football players make a lot of money.

c)

Professional athletes spend countless hours practicing their sports.

d)

Everyone can be a professional athlete.

6.

What is a FACT?

a)

Your thoughts about something.

b)

Something you can prove.

7.

What is an OPINION?

a)

Something you can prove.

b)

Someone's thoughts on a topic.

8.

Which of the following is a FACT?

a)

I received a 98% on the reading test.

b)

Gary Paulsen is my favorite author.

c)

I think I'm the smartest student in the 11th grade.

d)

Math is very easy.

9.

Which of the following sentences is an OPINION?

a)

Marvel characters are the best.

b)

Shaquille O'Neal played for the Los Angeles Lakers.

c)

We live on Earth

d)

DC characters include Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman.

10.

What is alliteration?

a)

the repetition of vowel sounds inside of nearby words

b)

the repetition of consonant sounds inside of nearby words

c)

the repetition of the beginning sounds of nearby words

d)

the feeling a reader gets from a text

11.

What is a simile?

a)

A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"

b)

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

c)

Words that sound like their meaning

d)

A comparison between two things not using like or as

12.

What is a metaphor?

a)

A direct comparison that does NOT use the words "like" or "as"

b)

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

c)

A comparison that does use like, as, or than

d)

Words that sound like their meaning

13.

What is onomatopoeia?

a)

Words that are spelled like what they sound

b)

an exaggerated statement

c)

a comparison using like, as, or than

d)

an expression not meant to be taken literally (ex. On cloud 9, raining cats and dogs)

14.

Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

15.

An exaggerated statement is a...

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopeia

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole