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ELA Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Instructions in a play or script that tell actors where to go or what to do when they are acting

a)

Director's notes

b)

Stage Instructions

c)

Author's preference

d)

Stage Directions

2.

. Thomas wants to improve his opening paragraph. How can he rewrite sentence 1 to provide more detail and imagery?

a)

The old man swayed back and forth as he rode a donkey along a winding dirt road.

b)

A donkey traveled along a road with an old man on his back.

c)

An old man was on the back of a donkey on a dirt road.

d)

The old man moved on a donkey in order to get to town.

3.

What is the correct definition of an argument?

a)

making a claim and supporting it using opinions

b)

pointing my finger in another person's face so they focus

c)

making a claim and supporting it using logic and evidence

d)

talking until the other person hears my side

4.

The definition of claim in an argument essay:

a)

the position that you share

b)

the position you are trying to get your readers to accept

c)

the paper you get from insurance

d)

the paper that your teacher gave you

5.

What is evidence in an argument essay?

a)

images that we look at

b)

fluffy stuff that makes me feel happy

c)

facts that make sense

d)

facts that support your claim

6.

Credibility is....

a)

how accurately a method measures what it is intended to be measured.

b)

the degree to which an assessment tool produces stable and consistent results.

c)

the quality of being trusted and believed in.

d)

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

7.

Reliability is....

a)

how accurately a method measures what it is intended to be measured.

b)

the degree to which an assessment tool produces stable and consistent results.

c)

the quality of being trusted and believed in.

d)

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

8.
Which of the following is an example of THEME?
a)
Carry your laptops with two hands at all times.
b)
Cereal is the healthiest food you can eat.
c)
How much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
d)
Life is short; make the most of it.
9.
One way you could figure out the theme is to...
a)
Skim through the story
b)
Just read the beginning of the story
c)
Think about what the character has learned
d)
Read the ending of the story
10.

What are the properties of a simile?

a)

Uses like or as

b)

Does not use like or as

c)

Is always written in italics

d)

Compares two unlike things

11.

Choose the metaphor

a)

She was a ray of sunshine

b)

Her smile was a piano

c)

His car is a cheetah

d)

All of the above

12.

Which of these is not a type of figurative language?

a)

Flashback

b)

Allusion

c)

Idiom

d)

Simile

13.

What color is a banana

(a)  

14.

The final ending of the story is known as the

a)

resolution

b)

point of view

c)

rising action

d)

theme

15.

The place and time a story takes place make up the

a)

setting

b)

theme

c)

plot

d)

point of view

16.

The struggle in the plot is the

a)

theme

b)

conflict

c)

setting

d)

point of view

17.

Tone can best described as

a)

attitude of the reader

b)

the overall mood or feeling in a story

c)

the author's attitude toward his writing

d)

reader's point of view

18.
The tone and mood of a text can be very different
a)
true
b)
false
19.
What is the mood?
a)
afraid
b)
bossy
c)
hopeful
d)
irritated (annoyed)
20.

What is plagiarism?

a)

to use your own work.

b)

to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source

c)

to paraphrase

d)

to write original work

21.

restatement of a text giving the meaning in another form

a)

analyze

b)

explicit

c)

clarify

d)

paraphrase

22.

A grouped set of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph is referred to as a __________.

a)

refrain

b)

I don't know.

c)

verse

d)

stanza

23.

Who’s is taller

a)

Will

b)

Subhash

c)

Brandon

24.

What is the capital of China

(a)  

25.

What is the 15 letter of the alphabet

(a)  

26.

who fake drowned to kiss Wendy peffercorn in the sandlot

a)

Micheal “Squints” palledorous

b)

Hamilton “Ham” Porter

c)

Benny Rodriguez

d)

Scotty smalls