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ELA State Test Prep

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The author's attitude or feelings towards the writing and the readers is the ________.
a)
mood
b)
tone
2.
_________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.
a)
mood
b)
tone
3.
Authors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through ________.
a)
space
b)
height
c)
words
d)
funny faces
4.
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
5.
What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA. 
a)
Theme is a universal lesson, and main idea is what a story is about.
b)
Theme is what a story is about, and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.
6.
During a baseball game, Tanner tried to tag a player leaving first base. When the umpire called the player out, Tanner immediately informed the umpire that he in fact did not tag the runner. Two weeks later, the very same umpire was at another one of Tanner’s baseball games. Tanner was playing short stop and tagged a runner as they approached third base. When the umpire called the player safe, Tanner didn’t say a word, but the umpire noticed the surprised look on Tanner’s face. “Did you tag the runner?” she asked Tanner. When Tanner told her that he did tag the runner, the umpire changed her decision and called the player out. The coaches and parents were furious, but the umpire stood by her decision.
What is the theme?
a)
You should cheat to win.
b)
Always work hard.
c)
It pays to be honest.
d)
Teamwork is best.
7.
Point of view is...
a)
the author's opinion
b)
who the narrator is
c)
the vantage point, or perspective of a story
d)
the reader's opinion or perspective
8.
How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?
a)
Pronouns like I, my, and him are used.
b)
The author is addressing the reader.
c)
The narrator is not in the story.
d)
Pronouns like I, my, and we are used.
9.
She liked ice cream, but he liked cake. So they bought both.
a)
3rd person OMNISCIENT
b)
3rd person limited
c)
3rd person objective
d)
1st person
10.
Ana keeps telling us to stop taking her gum. She thinks that it is us, but it is really Frank who takes her gum. What do you think should be done?
a)
2nd person
b)
3rd person objective
c)
3rd person OMNISCIENT
d)
1st person
11.

Read the following selection: Alexander, who was an inquisitive child, was the middle of three brothers and taught by his mother until he was 10 years old. When he was a young man he took a challenge from a mill operator and created a machine that removed the husks from grain. He would later call it his first invention.


Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word inquisitive.

a)

It means not wanting to learn more about something or become involved in something.

b)

It means have the ability to understand or know something without any direct evidence.

c)

It means to change or adapt something to fit its environment.

d)

It means to be eager to learn and is often characterized as someone who asks many questions.

12.
something handed down from generation to generation
a)
endure
b)
timid
c)
legacy
d)
nostalgia
13.
gloomy; no hope
a)
sneer
b)
seclusion
c)
bleak
d)
console
14.
to put in your own words
a)
wrath
b)
incentive
c)
paraphrase
d)
scapegoat
15.
bonus for doing something
a)
wrath
b)
incentive
c)
paraphrase
d)
scapegoat
16.
typical way of behaving; personality
a)
seclusion
b)
bleak
c)
console
d)
demeanor
17.
to suffer through something difficult
a)
timid
b)
seclusion
c)
endure
d)
legacy
18.
A struggle or battle a character experiences in a story
a)
conflict
b)
definition/explanation
c)
root word
d)
description
19.
Hints an author gives to help define an unknown word
a)
metaphor
b)
author's perspective
c)
prediction
d)
context clues
20.
The overall idea of a text
a)
description
b)
main idea
c)
text features
d)
thesis
21.

A category used to classify types of literary work.

a)

anecdote

b)

genre

c)

point of view

d)

plot

22.

The place and time a story takes place.

a)

genre

b)

point of view

c)

bias

d)

setting

23.
Descriptive writing?
a)
story of a person.
b)
tells why an event.
c)
tells why a story..
d)
appeals to five senses.