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State Test Questions ELA

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What two lines from the poem support the answer? What does the word support mean?
a)
to give details
b)
to back up your answer with proof or evidence
c)
to give a clear answer
d)
to decide something based on what you read
2.
What description best recounts the poem?  What does the the word recounts mean as used here?
a)
to add details
b)
to choose the best one
c)
to tell in detail or to give the facts
d)
to tell a story
3.
Which sentence from the passage best describes the cowboy?  What does the word describes mean?
a)
to remember
b)
to back up your answer
c)
to write what something is
d)
to tell or show with written words; use facts or details
4.
Which detail from the passage explains why animals play?  What does the word explains mean?
a)
to give the best answer
b)
to make clear or understandable to others
c)
to prove a point
d)
right from the text
5.
Which detail from the passage explains why the girl was upset?  What does the word detail mean?
a)
a fact
b)
to add detail
c)
to account for
d)
right from the text; a piece from the text that support or help explain answers
6.

What is the central idea in the passage? What is this question asking you to do?

a)

to compare the passage to another passage

b)

to find the most important or central thought of the passage

c)

to tell the meaning of the story

d)

to find the authors point of view

7.
Identify the text structure of this passage.  What is this question asking you to do?
a)
to identify how the author organized information in the text
b)
to find the most important or central thought of the text
c)
to retell the passage in sequence
d)
to find the authors point of view
8.
How does the description of the playful cat support that the cat was happy?  Define support.
a)
to combine what you know with what you read
b)
to choose a piece from the text
c)
to decide something based on what you read
d)
to back up your answer with proof or evidence
9.
How are the first 4 paragraphs organized?   What does organized mean?
a)
to tell what the author wanted you to learn
b)
to tell the author's main idea
c)
to tell the text structure
d)
to identify what the first 4 paragraphs were about
10.

What is the central idea of the passage? What does central idea mean?

a)

the author's point of view

b)

the author's most important idea

c)

the details the author used

d)

the author's purpose for writing

11.
Include explicit information from the passage.  What does explicit mean?
a)
using your schema
b)
an opinion
c)
your point of view
d)
clear, right from the text
12.
What is the author's argument?  What does argument mean?
a)
a set of reasons an author give to explain why something is correct/incorrect
b)
to explain why the author agrees
c)
to have a disagreement with the author
d)
when the characters don't agree on something in the text
13.
Cite why the bear and the lion disagreed in the passage.  What does cite mean?
a)
to prove why
b)
to compare lines in the text
c)
to give examples
d)
to quote a line or lines from the text
14.
Summarize the first three paragraphs.  What does summarize mean?
a)
to be clear about what you read
b)
to write about the passage
c)
to write in shorter form, most important parts of the text
d)
to write the facts from what you read
15.

What can you infer from stanza 5? What does infer mean?

a)

combine what you know with the text to figure out what the author wants you to know

b)

to make a guess using what you know based on another text

c)

to combine what you have read and what you know

d)

to guess

16.

What is this selection mostly about? - What is this question asking you to determine?

a)

A Summary

b)

Vocabulary

c)

The Central Idea

d)

The Tone

17.

A new title for the passage could be.... - What is this question stem asking you to determine?

a)

The Central Idea

b)

A Theme

c)

The Topic

d)

The Author's Purpose

18.

The author's reaction when she found a mouse nesting in her car's glove-box suggests that she was---- What is this question stem asking you to do?

a)

Determine central Idea

b)

Make an Inference

c)

Summarize

d)

Determine Theme

19.

Why does the poet include the words "though the books say/it can't be done" in lines 5 and 6? - What is this question asking you to determine?

a)

The Tone

b)

Key Vocabulary

c)

The Summary

d)

The Author's Purpose

20.

Why did the author include paragraph 8 in the blog entry? - What is this question asking you to determine?

a)

Author's Purpose

b)

To Make an Inference

c)

The Central Idea

d)

What a blog is

21.

How do I pick the best summary?

a)

I look to see which one in the longest.

b)

I look to see which one gets the "gist" of the text.

c)

I look for the one that covers the theme.

d)

I look to see which one best covers the beginning, middle and end.

22.
What is the primary message of this story?
a)
Summary
b)
Organization
c)
Author's Purpose
d)
Theme
23.

"How does the use of descriptive language affect the reader?" - What is this question asking you to determine?

a)

The theme

b)

The mood

c)

The central idea

d)

The topic

24.

Which word best describes how the author feels about humans living in colonies on other planets? - What is this question asking you to determine?

a)

The Theme

b)

The Mood

c)

The Central Idea

d)

The Tone

25.

What is the main difference in the way the topic is addressed in these two poems? --- What is this question asking you do?

a)

Make an inference

b)

State an opinion

c)

Compare & Contrast

d)

Determine theme

26.

What do you need to do after attaching the clutch plate to the spindle? --- What is this question asking you to determine?

a)

Sequence of events in the plot

b)

Fact or Opinion

c)

Author's Purpose

d)

Tone

27.
The imagery in these lines contributes to a sense of---
a)
Mood
b)
Literary Device
c)
Theme
d)
Main Idea
28.

How does paragraph 5 in the selection help to develop the conflict in this passage? -- What is this question asking you to determine? (i.e.: What does "develop" mean?)

a)

How the paragraph weakens the passage.

b)

How the paragraph helps to enhance or add to the passage.

c)

What the theme of the passage is.

d)

What the tone of the passage is.

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