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Week 26 ELA Skills Spiral Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
To use your background knowledge and clues in the text or picture to figure out what is happening
a)
summarize
b)
elaborate
c)
infer
d)
describe
2.

To decide how well something was done, whether it was good or bad

a)

Mood

b)

Explicit/Explicitly

c)

Evidence

d)

Evaluate

3.

What are context clues?

a)

Clues that help you figure out the context.

b)

Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.

c)

A piece of evidence or information used in the detection of a crime or solving of a mystery

d)

A verbal formula giving an indication as to what is to be inserted in a particular space in a crossword or other puzzle.

4.
What is the main idea?
a)
Its the authors point of view
b)
Is what the passage is mostly about
c)
It is the sequence of the story.
5.

Match the following

a)

setting

1.

time and place

b)

conflict

2.

struggle faced by the characters

c)

rising action

3.

the steady increase in tension

d)

climax

4.

the most intense point of a story. The point where the outcome of the conflict be decided

e)

resolution

5.

how the conflict is resolved

6.

Select the text where the author's tone is positive:

a)

Why is that weirdo calling me again after all this time?

b)

I’m so excited that he called! I’ve been hoping to hear from him.

7.

The narrator knows and tells the thoughts and feelings of more than one character and uses pronouns like he, she, they and them.

a)

First Person

b)

Third Person Omniscient

c)

Second Person

d)

First Person Limited

8.

The narrator uses pronouns like he, she, they, and them. The narrator does not reveal the thoughts and feelings of any of the characters. They only reveal dialogue and actions of the characters.

a)

Third Person Limited

b)

Third Person Objective

c)

First Person

d)

Second Person

9.
What text features can give you a clue of what the main idea is?
a)
Title
b)
Headings
c)
Pictures
d)
All of these
10.
Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.  Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball.  They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.  Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates.
What is the main idea?
a)
They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.
b)
Soccer players learn how to dribble.
c)
They learn how to work together as teammates.
d)
Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.
11.

When you paraphrase, you...

a)

Quote a credible author

b)

Express a piece of someone else's idea in your own words

c)

Summarize the piece in your own words

12.

Which person has the best qualifications to write a credible article about the history of food production in the United States?

a)

A former worker in the meat-packing industry that is angry about being fired

b)

A professor of history who has published works about the food production industry

c)

A senator whose proposed law would overhaul the food production industry

d)

A television reporter who visited the Fast-Food Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

13.

Which of the following is a form of media? 

a)

Streaming

b)

Billboards

c)

Spotify

d)

TikTok

14.

Which sentence is correct?

a)

It doesn't really matter anyways.

b)

It doesn't really matter anyway.

c)

It doesn't really matter anyhows.

d)

It doesn't really matter anyhow.

15.

What is the appropriate punctuation for the sentence?

Have you ever watched a honeybee or a bumblebee in a garden

a)

.

b)

!

c)

?

16.

___________ is the new kid.

a)

Their

b)

They're

c)

There