Worksheets7th Grade CAASPP TEST PREP ELA
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
An inference is ...
The lesson the author wants you to learn.
The main idea of a text.
A logical conclusion or guess based on facts.
A word that has the same definition.
A theme is ...
The main character of a fiction text.
The setting of a story.
The lesson the author wants you to learn.
A word that has the opposite meaning.
On the SBAC test the first thing you should do after logging on is...
Take a quick nap!
Read the text.
Pre-read the questions.
Count the total number of questions.
To cite from a text is...
To provide evidence from the text to support your answer.
The attention grabbing first sentence of a fiction story.
The lesson the author wants you to learn.
The main idea or theme.
Define author bias.
A change or growth over time
A sudden or unfortunate accident
The most exciting part of a story
When the author's opinion affects his or her writing.
A synonym is a word that:
Is spelled the same
Means the opposite
Means the same thing
Is spelled the same forwards and backwards
An antonym is a word that:
Means the opposite
Is spelled the same forward and backwards
Means the same thing
Has multiple meanings
To persuade is to:
To tell a story
To convince or change someone's mind
To yell
To inform
Two consecutive lines in a poem that rhyme is called a
double rhyme
couplet
poetic duo
duplex lines
Language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to create imagery is known as...
Politically correct language
Literal Language
Second Language
Figurative language
A phrase that is not meant to be literal, but is understood to mean something else to a culture
Joke
idiom
comparison
irony
Which of these is an IDIOM?
cute as a puppy dog
the star winked in the night sky
the cat purred happily
it rained cats and dogs.
Symbolism is
an object's meaning that is different from its literal sense
changing a word to an emoji
writing in cryptic symbols
an instrument used by drummers
"I'm like a leaf in the wind." The leaf could be symbolic of...
A) heartbreak
B) injustice
C) freedom to go wherever
D) devastation
In "Masque of the Red Death," the ebony clock was a symbol for...
Joy of music
Disease and cures
Time moving slowly
Death is coming
Which of the following is not a simile?
A) A sapphire shines as blue as heaven
B) Does it dry up/like a raisin in the sun?
C) My soul has grown deep like the river.
D) How dreary- to be somebody!
What is the word for a paragraph in poetry?
Stanza
Haiku
Verse
Lines
In a compare and contrast essay, the author...
A) explains something that happened and the reason why.
B) tells about events in the order they happen
C) explains how things are similar and different
D) describes the problem and explains the solution
Which of the following is a synonym statement for "infer"
logical guess
support and cite
answer
convey symbolically
Dialogue is
words the character says
a type of essay
the end of the story
the events of a story
To paraphrase is to:
Quote word for word
write the story
use your own words to retell
acknowledge the title and author of the text
The conflict is...
the events of the story
a criminals words
words the character says
the main character's problem
Tone in the text is:
the color of a paper
the overall feeling of the text
the author's opinion
the feeling of the reader
Mood of the text is:
the feeling the reader gets while reading
the feeling the writer gets while writing
The authors best writing
the moral of the story
Which are examples of a variety of transition words?
give, receive, get, own
text, article, story
In addition, in conclusion, another reason
first, last, and
A good short written response includes all of the following items except...
restating the question.
circling the keywords.
cite evidence from the text.
explaining why your evidence supports your answer.
A good conclusion always has:
Evidence from the text to support your claim.
Quotes from the story.
Your three reasons summarized and a final thought.
An interesting grabber/hook sentence.
Your 1st paragraph is called the...
A) Beginning
B) The introduction
C) The body paragraph
D) Your thesis statement
A good introduction has:
An interesting opening
The reasons for or background of the topic
A thesis statement
All of the above
Imagery means
Make believe things
Magical elements
Describes seeing, hearing, touch, taste, and smell
Showing the reader another option
Which is NOT included in a summary.
The title and author
Topic Sentence
main ideas from the text
your opinion
Where does the comma go? Before he left he gave his mom a big hug and told her he loved her.
Before, he
left, he
mom, a
no comma needed
Where does the comma go? Mr. Benson was a tall distinguished man in his late 40's.
A) Benson, was
B) man, in
C) tall, distinguished
D) no comma needed
All of the following can be an author's purpose except...
to retrofit
to persuade
to entertain
to inform
Why is it important to evaluate online resources?
to avoid fake news
to identify bias
to find accurate/factual information
all of the above
