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ELA First 9 Weeks Exam

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A comparison of two ore more different things using like or as

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Simile

2.

A comparison of who different things by stating that one thing is another

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Simile

3.

Giving human qualities to something non-human

a)

Metpahor

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Simile

4.

Repetition of beginning sounds in words

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopeia

c)

Idiom

d)

Alliteration

5.

An extreme exaggeration to make a point

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

6.

Sound words

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopeia

c)

Idiom

d)

Alliteration

7.

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

The students are as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year.

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

8.

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

The runner was a turtle in the race, and they ended up in last place.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

9.

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

The heater yelled as it was turned on during the first winter of the year

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

10.

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

It took me 100 years to finish my homework last night.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Idiom

11.

What does the sentence below actually mean?

Lightning danced across the sky.

a)

The lightning was at a dance party.

b)

There was no lightning in the sky.

c)

There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm.

d)

The lightning was bad at dancing.

12.

What type of figurative language is used in the poem below?

'Hope' is the thing with feathers -

That perches in the soul -

And sings the tune without the words -

And never stops - at all

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

13.

You like exploration and discovery. You ask lots of questions because you want to learn more about anything and everything

a)

Teamwork

b)

Bravery

c)

Curiosity

14.

You are aware of and thankful for good things that happen.

a)

Gratitude

b)

Kindness

c)

Creativity

15.

You believe all people have value. You approach situations with an unbiased mindset and you treat everyone with respect.

a)

Humor

b)

Teamwork

c)

Fairness

16.

You like to laugh and bring smiles to other people.

a)

Love

b)

Creativity

c)

Humor

17.

You complete what you start despite obstacles. You never give up!

a)

Love

b)

Teamwork

c)

Perseverance

18.

You act with mental, moral or physical strength, even when you know things are difficult or scary.

a)

Kindness

b)

Loyalty

c)

Bravery

19.

Carlos promised his mother he would babysit his little brother so his parents could go out for dinner for their anniversary. When the day comes, his friends are all going to the movies and they encourage Carlos to come, too. However, Carlos decides to stay home and take care of his brother.

a)

Hope/optimism: Looks on the bright side

b)

Determination: Works hard to achieve goals.

c)

Loyalty: Stays true through difficult times.

20.

Sophia won two tickets to a band in a radio phone competition. Her older sister and her best friend really want to go as they have been fans of this band for a long time. Sophia decides to gift them the tickets instead.

a)

Creativity: Thinks of many ways to solve challenges

b)

Tolerance: Accepts differences without anger

c)

Generosity: Gives freely of their time and possessions

21.

When looking for indirect charaterization, I will look for

a)

Actions

Thoughts

Dialogue

Interactions

b)

Characters

Movie

Story

c)

PLOT

EXPLAIN

TEXT

CITE

d)

Narrator

Character

Thoughts

Story

22.

Define Analyze

a)

To place characters, situations, or ideas

b)

Examining parts to understand how they work

c)

To tell or write about something, giving it a clear image.

d)

To analyze the text , and plot

23.

What is the ACE strategy ?

a)

A- answer question

C- Cite textual evidence

E- Explain

b)

A- Apple

C- Cat

E- Egg

c)

A- Analyze

C- Copy

E- Erase

d)

A- Add numbers

C- Caluclate numbers

E- Erase numbers

24.

Personal Response Question:

The unit Testing Your Limits has a lot of challenges. Which story can you relate to?

Eleven, The Mighty Miss Malone, and The Red Scarf Girl. Cite evidence from the story that explains your thoughts and opinions.

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25.

Instead of getting started on his work right away, Joey stares out the window, drops his pencil on the floor, and asks his friend to pick it up.

What might this character do next?

a)

Open his book.

b)

Slump down in his seat and refuse to work.

c)

Talk to his friend.

26.

While no one was looking, Dana took a piece of candy out of her brother's lunchbox and put it in her pocket.

What might this character do next?

a)

Find a place to eat the candy.

b)

Take out her sandwich and sit down.

c)

Ask her mom to have lunch with her.

27.

The character says, "It's not nice to talk to my friends that way. If you can't treat us better, we'll find other friends who will."

What might this character say next?

a)

Do you have many friends?

b)

Friends are supportive and kind to each other.

c)

You're not good at that game anyway.

28.

Even though Marcus knows the answer to his teacher's question, he doesn't raise his hand.

What might this character do next?

a)

Poke his friend with a pencil.

b)

Start tapping his feet.

c)

Try not to make eye contact with the teacher.

29.

Janessa finds out that her best friend Jane stole her favorite pen from her locker.

What might Janessa say to show that she is forgiving?

a)

How could you do that?

b)

I want to be able to trust you. Can you promise you'll never steal from me again?

c)

That was a mean thing to do.

30.

THe character says "I wonder what the first day of school will be like this year? What if it's too hard? What if I don't have any friends in my new class?

What else might this character say?

a)

It's been a great summer!

b)

I'm going to make lots of new friends!

c)

What will I take for lunch?

31.

The character says, "Ms. Smith, can I help pass out the papers? Also, would you like me to take the books back to the library?"

What might this character do next?

a)

Go to lunch.

b)

Offer to clean the desks

c)

Begin his classwork

32.

Amber doesn't want to share her markers for the art project, even though everyone else has shared theirs with her.

What might this character say to the people at her table?

a)

How long with this project take?

b)

What is your favorite color?

c)

The markers are mine - not yours!

33.
Setting tells you where and when a story occurs. Setting includes two things: time and place. Time includes the time period. It can also include elapsed time, or how much time passes for the characters. The place is where a story happens, including details about what that space looks, sounds or smells like or what it is like to live there.

Read the following passage from Alice in Wonderland: 

Once in the wood, she was anxious to get back to her right size again, and then to get into that lovely garden. But how? Peeping over a mushroom, she beheld a large blue caterpillar sitting on the top with its arms folded...

Which detail from the text provides a clue to the place where this passage takes place?

a)
“Once in the wood…"
b)
“A large blue caterpillar..”
c)
“...get back to her right size again...”
d)
“...with its arms folded”
34.
Setting can symbolize, or stand for, other elements of a story. For example, when setting changes, a character might change. Setting can also symbolize what a character is feeling in a particular scene. Setting can also help us understand the choices that characters make.

Read the following passage:
Gilberto had been excited to go to the beach but when he got there and saw how crowded it was, he became annoyed. The sun twinkled in the sky, a warm yellow globe. The sound of the ocean drummed in his ears and the sand itched his ankles and feet. Beside him, his sister slurped loudly on an ice cream cone. “Could you not?” Gilberto asked.

Which detail about the setting tells us that Gilberto is annoyed?
a)
“The sound of the ocean drummed in his ears and the sand itched his ankles and feet.”
b)
“The sun twinkled in the sky, a warm yellow globe.”
c)
“Beside him, his sister slurped loudly on an ice cream cone.”
d)
“Gilberto had been excited to go to the beach...”
35.
In addition to plot and character, setting can shape the mood of a story. A story’s mood is its general atmosphere or overall feeling. The mood of a story can be energetic, nervous, peaceful or many other feeling words.

Which of the following settings suggest a tense and nervous mood?
a)
A city playground full of laughing, playing children and parents.
b)
A long line of people waiting for a few concert tickets.
c)
A stream running through a quiet, isolated forest.
d)
An empty mall parking lot early on a Sunday morning.
36.
Setting can often be connected to theme. A theme is a universal message of a story or novel. Themes are about big topics, like exploration, freedom, love and loss. Themes can include morals or lessons. So how is setting connected to theme? Certain times and places lead to explorations of certain big topics. If a novel is set during a war, for example, it might have themes about freedom and loyalty.

Which option is the most likely setting for a story with the theme “humans vs nature?”
a)
A nursing home
b)
A middle school
c)
A forest
d)
A lawyer’s office
37.

Which of the following might describe the setting of a story?

a)

a frog and a witch

b)

happy and loving

c)

a high school in 1956

d)

love is stronger than fear

38.

What is the setting of the passage below?


One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

a)

winter in a train station of a busy city

b)

a hospital in the future

c)

a summer morning in a castle

d)

a grocery store in the 1980s

39.

In the passage below, what can you infer about Randolph using clues from the setting?


One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

a)

Randolph is a mean person.

b)

Randolph is a prince or king.

c)

Randolph has an older sister.

d)

The setting doesn’t give us any clues about Randolph.

40.

If the passage below were set at Lena’s birthday party, what could you infer?


Lena laughed loudly. “I can’t believe you did that!” she said, smiling.

a)

Lena might have received an unexpected present.

b)

Lena might be a very selfish character.

c)

Lena might be mad at her best friend.

d)

Lena might be talking to her uncle.

41.

If the passage below were set in a snowy park where children were playing, what could you infer?


Lena laughed loudly. “I can’t believe you did that!” she said, smiling.

a)

Lena might have been gently hit by a snowball.

b)

Lena might be lost.

c)

Lena might be playing a boardgame or card game.

d)

Lena might be talking to herself.

42.

Which description of a setting would best create a mood of loneliness for a story?

a)

“The sun was bright, and the breeze was warm in the park. In the distance, there was the pleasant noise of children laughing.”

b)

“The restaurant was packed. The waitress balanced three dishes on her arm and moved carefully around the large, round tables. Everyone’s plates were full.”

c)

“At the amusement park, the ticket counter hadn’t opened yet. It was still too early. But the warm smell of hot dogs and pretzels was already filling the air with the promise of fun.”

d)

“The sky was gray that cool November afternoon in the empty playground. The swings were rusted. The wood was rotted. There was silence except for the wind blowing through the dead leaves.”

43.

In the passage below, what can you infer about the setting of the story?


When the men reached Oregon, they stepped out of their wagons and embraced. The journey was long and dangerous, but they made it. Soon, their families would follow their trail in their own wagons, leaving their homes in the East to meet them in this brand new land: the West.

a)

The story might take place on a different planet.

b)

The story might take place in the past.

c)

The story might take place in a desert.

d)

We can’t make any inferences about the setting from this passage.

44.

What can you infer about the setting based on the passage below?


Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife. Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles. There were four walls, a floor and a roof, which made one room; and this room contained a rusty looking cooking stove, a cupboard for the dishes, a table, three or four chairs, and the beds. Uncle Henry and Aunt Em had a big bed in one corner, and Dorothy a little bed in another corner. There was no garret at all, and no cellar—except a small hole, dug in the ground, called a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds arose, mighty enough to crush any building in its path. It was reached by a trap-door in the middle of the floor, from which a ladder led down into the small, dark hole.

a)

The story is set in a place where the weather is always mild and pleasant.

b)

The story is set near a river that sometimes floods.

c)

The story is set on a farm where only very rich people can afford to live.

d)

The story is set on a farm where there are sometimes cyclones.

45.

Poison ivy and poison oak are woody plants that grow in almost any habitat and are very similar in appearance. Both poison oak and poison ivy have berrylike fruit and brown stems. But poison ivy acts more like a vine than a bush and can grow high in trees. The fruit of poison ivy is gray and smooth. On the other hand, poison oak acts more like a bush than a vine. The fruit of poison oak is hairy instead of smooth.

How are poison ivy and poison oak similar?

a)

Both are vines

b)

Both look exactly alike

c)

Both have hairy fruit

d)

Both have berrylike fruit

46.

Poison ivy and poison oak are woody plants that grow in almost any habitat and are very similar in appearance. Both poison oak and poison ivy have berrylike fruit and brown stems. But poison ivy acts more like a vine than a bush and can grow high in trees. The fruit of poison ivy is gray and smooth. On the other hand, poison oak acts more like a bush than a vine. The fruit of poison oak is hairy instead of smooth.

How are poison ivy and poison oak different?

a)

Poison ivy is a woody plant, but poison oak is not.

b)

Poison oak can live in almost any habitat, poison ivy cannot.

c)

Poison ivy has smooth fruit, poison oak has hairy fruit.

d)

Poison oak has a brown stem and poison ivy has a green stem.

47.

The main character or the character that the story revolves around

a)

Protagonist

b)

Characterization

c)

Third Person Perspective

d)

First Person

48.

The character (person or animal) working against the main character

a)

Conflict

b)

Protagonist

c)

Antagonist

d)

Force

49.

What is the SETTING of a story?

a)

the main events

b)

the time and location of the story

c)

the person or animal the story is mostly about

50.

What is the name for the people, animals, or things participating in a story?

a)

Characters

b)

Plot elements

c)

Setting

d)

Personnel