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WorksheetsELA Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 35mins
To infer the mood of a text, you should look at:
The summary of the text.
The author's choice of words and the feeling the author creates.
The structure of the text or how the words are displayed.
The comparison of two or more texts.
Comparing the tone of two different texts requires an understanding of:
The summary of each text.
The themes of each text.
The authors' attitudes toward their subjects.
The credibility of each text.
To analyze the structure of a poem, you should look at:
The summary of the poem.
The rhyme scheme and stanzas.
The comparison to another poem.
The credibility of the poem.
When you determine the theme of a story, you are identifying:
The main characters and their roles.
The setting and time period.
The underlying message, moral, or lesson of the story.
The sequence of events in the plot.
the exact, literal definition of a word
This type of character does not change or develop over the course of a story.
Static character
Dynamic character
Flat character
Round character
This type of character changes or develops over the course of a story. These characters learn about themselves and are different at the end of the story.
Static character
Dynamic character
Flat character
Round character
What is a protagonist?
A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
The main character in a story.
The main character's opponent in a story. The character who is trying to stop the main character from achieving a goal.
What is an antagonist?
A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
The main character in a story.
The main character's opponent in a story. The character who is trying to stop the main character from achieving a goal.
The repetition of initial consonant sounds. For example, she sells seashells by the seashore.
Alliteration
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
Alliteration
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
A word that imitates the sound it represents. For example, snap, crackle, pop
Alliteration
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. For example, "I'm so hungry that my stomach is trying to eat itself."
Alliteration
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
What is a metaphor?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
A comparison without using like or as; a direct comparison
A common, often-used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. For example, "It's raining cats and dogs."
The sequence of events in a story
What is plot?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
A comparison without using like or as; a direct comparison
A common, often-used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. For example, "It's raining cats and dogs."
The sequence of events in a story
What is a genre?
A type of text, or a way to sort texts into groups
Fiction
A way of understanding difficult texts
How readers approach the world
Dialogue is...
a memory or experience the author writes about
a conversation between characters or people in a story
a type of figurative language used to make your writing interesting
a part of speech that describes a noun
Find all the nouns.
dog
run
small
pencil
school
Find all the proper nouns.
school
Sycamore High School
Ohio
book
Mrs. McKenna
Find all the verbs.
study
speak
friend
dance
nice
Find all the adjectives.
nice
red
house
happy
big
Find all the adverbs.
loudly
sing
quickly
write
beautiful
Find all the prepositions.
on
in
he
play
purple
Which part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea?
adverb
verb
noun
pronoun
What part of speech describes nouns and pronouns?
adjective
adverb
adjunct
conjunction
Which part of speech joins words, phrases, and clauses?
verb
interjection
preposition
conjunction
What does a preposition do?
shows action or being
shows position or relationship
modifies ad verb or an adjective
takes the place of a noun
What part of speech shows an action or state of being?
proverb
adverb
verb
noun
What part of speech takes the place of a noun?
preposition
proposition
adjective
pronoun
What does an adverb do?
Modifies a preposition or pronoun
Modifies a verb, adjective or adverb
Describes nouns and pronouns
Connects words. phrases and clauses
Three common conjunctions are...
and, but, or
dancing, swimming, running
he, her, them
am, is, are
What part of speech are the words: under, in, over, through, from
adverb
preposition
interjection
pronoun
Mary's voice is the music to my ears.
A) Repetition
B) Simile
C) Hyperbole
D) Metaphor
My life is like a roller coaster.
A. simile
B. idiom
C.hyperbole
D. metaphor
Peter Piper picked a pair of peppers.
A) Simile
B) Hyperbole
C) Alliteration
D) Pun
I am the happiest person on earth.
A.)idiom
B.)pun
C.)hyperbole
D.)simile
The flowers were dancing in the wind.
A. personification
B. pun
C. simile
D. metaphor
I joyfully jumped like the joyful jelly beans.
A) Personification
B) Metaphor
C) Onomatopoeia
D)Alliteration
What is a Simile?
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
Comparing two things NOT using like or as
A saying with a little bit of wisdom
He drew a line as straight as an arrow.
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
idiom
Which technique is being used in the example below?
Life is too much like a pathless wood
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
Which technique is being used in the example below?
Beauty calls and gives no warning
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
Which technique is being used in the example below?
You are a frightened owl, Blinded by the light of life
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
