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ELA Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a habit of a good reader?

a)

They do not read at all.

b)

They read often and ask themselves questions as they read.

c)

The always check their answers in math class.

d)

The read ONLY if they HAVE to.

2.

What is main idea?

a)

The supporting details in a story

b)

The moral lesson of the story

c)

What the story is mostly about

3.
___________ is the time and place in which the story occurs. In some stories, it can affect events and characters.
a)
Plot
b)
Setting
c)
Climax
d)
Resolution
4.
____________ is the series of events that make up a story. 
a)
Setting
b)
Climax
c)
Exposition
d)
Plot
5.

the feeling or emotion the reader gets when reading a passage

a)

mood

b)

expression

c)

impact

d)

effect

6.

A story that is not true is _____

a)

Nonfiction

b)

Fictional

c)

Awesome

d)

A song

7.

While you are reading, it might be a good idea to

a)

fall asleep

b)

stop and notice and wonder about the text

c)

skip a paragraph

d)

stop and quit

8.

How the author chooses to organize his or her ideas in a paragraph or text (cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast) is called:

a)

Text structure

b)

Vocabulary

c)

writing

d)

Text evidence

9.
Where would you find a caption?
a)
Close to a picture
b)
At the top of a section
c)
On the table of contents
d)
In the glossary
10.
When I come across a word I don't know, I should...
a)
just keep reading and not worry about what the word means
b)
use the context clues in the text to help me figure out what the word means
c)
skip over the word and forget about it
d)
stop reading the book 
11.
To make an inference you take what you know, and what the author tells you to….
a)
come up with something the author doesn't tell you.
b)
know the wrong answer.
c)
not think about the story at all.
d)
stop reading.
12.
The main character is
a)
the best person or animal in the story
b)
my favorite person or animal in the story
c)
the most popular person or animal in the story
d)
the person or animal that the story is 'all about'
13.
When answering multiple choice questions, what is the first thing you should do?
a)
always choose C
b)
read all answer choices first
c)
look for a pattern with the letters
d)
choose your favorite letter
14.
What can you use to figure out what a character’s traits are?
a)
what the character says 
b)
what the character thinks 
c)
how other characters react to the character 
d)
all of the above
15.
What are traits? 
a)
the struggles in the plot of a story 
b)
descriptive adjectives that tell you what a character is like
c)
all of the events that happen in a story
d)
the places where a story happens
16.

Tristin couldn’t see the school building; it was SHROUDED by smoke and dust.”


What does the word SHROUDED mean?

a)

covered

b)

built

c)

bounced

d)

made

17.

We thought that Mrs. Kerner would be very DISTRAUGHT when Joe told her he dropped her vase; however, she took the news very calmly.


What does the word DISTRAUGHT mean?

.

a)

calm

b)

upset

c)

happy

d)

fearful

18.

Skylar won the election for School President because she was a DEPENDABLE leader. She was always there when you needed her.


What does the word DEPENDABLE mean?

a)

sassy and sarcastic

b)

rude and mean

c)

sad and distant

d)

trustworthy and reliable

19.

Ms. Hallett did not have lunch or breakfast, so she was FAMISHED by dinnertime.


Based on the sentence above, what does FAMISHED mean?

a)

tired

b)

full

c)

dizzy

d)

hungry

20.

The SWELTERING weather made the baseball game very uncomfortable. We tried using paper fans, but it didn't help much. We still were soaked in sweat.


What does the word SWELTERING mean?

a)

rainy

b)

windy

c)

stormy

d)

very hot

21.

Which answer choice best describes what the "theme" of a passage is?

a)

A message or lesson the author is trying to convey in the text.

b)

The most important idea the author is trying to get across in the text.

c)

The important details found in the text.

22.

What is a stanza?

a)

When the ending words in a line of poetry have the same sound

b)

The type of pattern that the rhyme makes.

c)

The "sentences" that make a poem.

d)

The "paragraphs" of a poem.

23.
True/False: We should ALWAYS look at the text features.
a)
True
b)
False
24.

"As fast as cheetah" is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Rhyme

25.

When you explain what you believe you are stating your _____

a)

opinion

b)

fact

c)

problem

d)

solution

26.

Which type of point of view tells the story from the main character's perspective?

a)

Second person point of view

b)

First person point of view

c)

Third person point of view

d)

Third person omniscient

27.

For what 3 purposes do authors write?

a)

enterain, inform, engage

b)

entertain, inform, contain

c)

inform, persuade, entertain

d)

inform, depict, retain

28.

When I answer questions about the text, I should...

a)

guess.

b)

find evidence in the text to support my answer.

29.

A word that means the same as another word...

a)

antonym

b)

synonym

c)

homonym

30.

A word that means the opposite of another word...

a)

antonym

b)

synonym

c)

homonym