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3-A-DAY ELA Weeks 1-4 Set 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"We must do something. We can't let them kill us like that, like cattle in the slaughterhouse. We must revolt."

What type of figurative language is used in this excerpt from Night?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

none

2.

"I started to breathe normally again as I listened to the rhythmic pounding of the wheels on the tracks as the train raced through the night. "

What type of figurative language is used in this excerpt from Night?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

none

3.

"As for my mother, she was walking, her face a mask, without a word, deep in thought."

What type of figurative language is used in this excerpt from Night?

a)

metaphor

b)

similie

c)

personification

d)

none

4.

Who is the protagonist in the novel Night?

a)

Elie Wiesel

b)

Moishe the Beadle

c)

Mrs. Schachter

d)

Tzipora

5.

Choose the correct spelling.

a)

acquire

b)

adquire

c)

acqire

6.

Because of Kevin's aptitude for basketball, the coach announced that he would be a starting player in the first game.

a)

great skill

b)

chaos

c)

slow stroll

d)

disappointment

7.

Select the proper nouns.

a)

vehicle

b)

Nissan

c)

Walmart

d)

restaurant

8.

Select the correct spelling.

a)

acceptible

b)

accepteble

c)

acceptable

9.

"There was no time to think, and I already felt my father's hand press against mine: we were alone."

Identify the pronouns in the sentence.

a)

There, I, my, in

b)

I, my, mine, we

c)

already, my, I

d)

was, felt, were

10.

Crammed into ​cattle cars by the Hungarian police, they cried silently.

Identify the part of speech of the underlined words.

a)

adjectives

b)

adverbs

c)

nouns

d)

verbs

11.

"A wretched stench floated in the air. Abruptly, our doors opened."

What part of speech is the underlined word?

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

c)

noun

d)

verb

12.

The word geology means the study of the Earth. Which word part means "relating to earth"?

a)

geo-

b)

-ology

c)

-gy

d)

geolo-

13.

What character in the novel Night is characterized as a "cultured man" and "rather unsentimental"?

a)

Elie

b)

Moishe the Beadle

c)

Tzipora

d)

Elie's father

14.

Which of the following words has something to do with water?

a)

biology

b)

aquarium

c)

geology

d)

dynamite

15.

Spell the plural form of the word story.

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