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ELA Skills Review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The theme of the story is the

a)

short summary of what the story is about

b)

message about life that the author expresses

c)

sequence of events

d)

main character

2.

What is a theme?

a)

a story line

b)

the topic/subject

c)

universal truth about life and people

d)

the time and place of an event

3.

What is setting?

a)

belief

b)

value

c)

mood

d)

time and place

4.

The character who often creates the conflict.

a)

Protagonist

b)

Antagonist

5.

The character who the audience often likes and can cheer for. Often seen as a hero.

a)

Protagonist

b)

Antagonist

6.

All of the events that lead to the eventual climax, including character development and events that create suspense.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Falling Action

d)

Resolution

7.

Everything that happens as a result of the climax, including wrapping up of plot points, questions being answers, and character development.

a)

Rising Action

b)

Falling Action

c)

Resolution

d)

Protagonist

8.

The most exciting point of the story, and is a turning point for the plot or goals of the main character.

a)

Characters

b)

Conflict

c)

Climax

d)

Conclusion

9.

Not always happy, but it does complete the story. It can leave the reader with questions, answers, frustration, or satisfaction.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Resolution

10.

The introduction to a story, including the primary characters' names, setting, mood, and time.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Falling Action

d)

Resolution

11.
Choose the best description for the following type of conflict:
 Man VS. Self
a)
a conflict between a character and a part of the setting
b)
a conflict that comes from within a character
c)
a conflict between a character and natural elements
d)
a conflict between two characters
12.
Choose the best description for the following type of conflict:
 Man VS. Self
a)
a conflict between a character and a part of the setting
b)
a conflict that comes from within a character
c)
a conflict between a character and natural elements
d)
a conflict between two characters
13.
Choose the best description for the following type of conflict:
 Man VS. Nature
a)
a conflict between a character and a part of the setting
b)
a conflict that comes from within a character
c)
a conflict between a character and natural elements
d)
a conflict between two characters
14.

Which sentence is a fact?

a)

Everyone's favorite season is summer.

b)

Watermelon is a vegetable.

c)

The last day of school is in May.

15.

Which sentence is an opinion?

a)

Saturday and Sunday are weekend days.

b)

There are 12 months in the year.

c)

Online school is better than in person school.

16.

Which sentence is an opinion?

a)

Zebras are black with white stripes.

b)

Zebras are cute.

c)

Zebras live in Africa.

17.

What does it mean when I say, "piece of cake?"

a)

something is yummy

b)

something is easy to do

18.

All poems rhyme.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What word rhymes with shirt?

a)

shoe

b)

dirt

c)

short

20.

What word rhymes with hot?

a)

pot

b)

hat

c)

ten

21.

What is missing in this sentence...

today is a great day!

a)

A capital letter at the beginning

b)

A punctuation mark at the end

22.

What is missing in this sentence?

What time is it

a)

A capital letter

b)

A period at the end

c)

A question mark at the end

23.

What is a common noun?

a)

A noun that names groups of things and people.

b)

Two or more words that join together to make a single noun.

c)

Any person, place, or thing and is not capitalized.

d)

A noun you can add a number to the front of it and add an s at the end of it

24.

What is a proper noun?

a)

Names a real person, place, or thing and is capitalized.

b)

Names groups of things and people as one

c)

Can be experienced with one of the five senses

d)

Any person, place, or thing and is not capitalized

25.

Which of the following is a common noun?

a)

Lil Yachty

b)

Maroon 5

c)

song

d)

Taylor Swift

26.

Which of the following is not a common noun?

a)

bench

b)

Central Park

c)

park

d)

duck

27.

Which of the following is a proper noun?

a)

homework

b)

Thursday

c)

folder

d)

book

28.

Which of the following is not a proper noun?

a)

Harry Potter

b)

Holden Caulfield

c)

Scout Finch

d)

children

29.

How can the following sentence be rewritten to correct the error?


Lysa and Malvin is going to their favorite restaurant for dinner this evening.

a)

Lysa and Malvin is going to there favorite restaurant for dinner this evening.

b)

Lysa and Malvin is going to their favorite restaurant for dinner this evening.

c)

Lysa and Malvin are going to their favorite restaurant for dinner this evening.

d)

Lysa and Malvin is going to they're favorite restaurant for dinner this evening.

30.

What is the error in the following sentence?


The pet store owner and the two customers places the snake into a carrying case.

a)

The subject and verb do not agree.

b)

The sentence is a run-on.

c)

There is a capitalization error.

d)

There is a punctuation error.

31.

Choose the correct spelling of the word.

a)

bownty

b)

bouonty

c)

bounty

d)

bonty

32.

Choose the correct spelling of the word.

a)

solatude

b)

sollitude

c)

solitud

d)

solitude

33.

Choose the correct spelling of the word.

a)

menase

b)

menece

c)

menace

d)

mennace

34.

Identify the adverb in the sentence.


Zamira's sister was talking loudly on the phone.

a)

sister

b)

talking

c)

loudly

d)

phone

35.

Identify the adverb in the sentence.


The little kitten has quickly outgrown its box.

a)

little

b)

kitten

c)

quickly

d)

outgrown

36.

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.


The small puppy nestled ______________ against me.

a)

happy

b)

happier

c)

happily

d)

happiness

37.

Identify the word or phrase that is the subject of the sentence.


In spite of the many warnings from friends, the sailor was determined to make it home in the rough storm.

a)

storm

b)

home

c)

sailor

d)

friends

38.

Identify the word or phrase that is the subject of the sentence.


Following closely behind the lead car, the expert driver began to make her move.

a)

move

b)

car

c)

lead

d)

driver

39.

Identify the word or phrase that is the subject of the sentence.


Although we waited for six hours, Janice failed to show up for her appointment.

a)

appointment

b)

show

c)

hours

d)

Janice

40.
Which is an example of a simile?
a)
His room was a hurricane of a mess.
b)
His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.
c)
A hurricane! AHHH!
d)
The hurricane screamed through the town. 
41.
What is a metaphor?
a)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
b)
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
c)
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
d)
An extreme exaggeration
42.
Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
Boom!
b)
No!
c)
Yes!
d)
Go!
43.
What is the definition of hyperbole?
a)
When a group of of words all start with the same sound.
b)
When words sound like what they mean.
c)
An extreme exaggeration 
d)
A comparison 
44.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
a)
You are as a beautiful as a flower.
b)
The trees danced in the wind.
c)
I waited in line for 10 years!
d)
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 
45.
"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
46.
What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
47.
What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
a)
Her hair is red.
b)
She talks really loudly.
c)
She gets really angry. 
d)
She spits when she talks. 
48.
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
49.
This school is an asylum.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
50.
My stomach did a backflip.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
51.
I bolted out the door like a horse leaving the gate for a race.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
52.
I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.
a)
alliteration
b)
repetition
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
53.
I wouldn't worry wacky worries unless it was something to really worry about.
a)
alliteration
b)
repetition
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
54.
She wasn't exactly running in the same circles as me.
a)
alliteration
b)
repetition
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
55.
The rope SNAPPED in half, and the panic in the child's face was evident.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia

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