ELA SCREADY REVIEW

Figurative Language

100

What Type of Figurative Language is used in this sentence? 

I felt like a broken chain!

A) Hyperbole        C)Simile

B) Metaphor         D)Personification

C)Simile

200

Which of the following sentences is an example of personification?

A)The slimy eel slithered through the seaweed.

B)The stand of trees was a festival of color that fall.

C)The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard.

D)The snails crept along the sidewalk, moving as slowly as a glacier.

C)The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard.

300

Which is an example of hyperbole?

A)My feet are very sore.

B)I have more homework than you.

C)I have a ton of homework.

D)This sweet tea tastes fantastic.

C)I have a ton of homework.

400

Which of the following is NOT an example of personification?

A)The star I wished on winked at me.

B)The trout danced on the water's surface.

C)The angry mirror showed every wrinkle on his face.

D)The sun was warm on the child's face.

D)The sun was warm on the child's face.

500

"I have a million things to do!" is an example of an extreme exaggeration used to make a point. The term used to describe this is called a                .

A)simile

B)metaphor

C)idiom

D)hyperbole

D)hyperbole

Text Structure

100

Because a plate of grapes were left out in the hot sun for several hours, they turned into rasins.

A)Cause/Effect

B)Problem/Solution

A)Cause/Effect

200

What text structure explains how things are same or different?

A)Sequential 

B)Problem/Solve

C)Compare/Contrast

D)Cause/Effect

C)Compare/Contrast

300

Before putting the model car together, we gathered our supplies. Then we were able to read and follow the directions. Before long our car was done. 

A)Descriptive

B)Chronological

B)Chronological

400

What text structure tells more about someone, something, or someplace? 

A)Compare/Contrast

B)Descriptive

C)Cause/Effect

D)Problem/Solution

B)Descriptive

500

What text structure has steps?

A)Problem/Solution

B)Compare/Contrast

C)Description 

D)Chronological

D)Chronological

Elements of the plot

100

The story's time and place is

A)tone

B)plot

C)setting

D)voice

C)setting

200

The part of the story that ties up all the loose ends and takes care of the conflict

A)the climax

B)the theme

C)the resolution

D)the introduction

C)the resolution

300

A character who stays the same over the course of a story is a 

A)flat character

B)round character

C)dynamic character

D)static character

D)static character

400

In this element of plot the problem is introduced...

A)Climax

B)Inciting Incident

C)Resolution

D)Exposition

B)Inciting Incident

500

The series of events that make up a work of fiction:

A)plot

B)conflicts

C)character development

D)action

A)plot

Character Traits

100

True or False: Characters can only be humans.

A)True

B)False

B)False

200

An author writes, “The girl was very patient.” This is an example of ________. 

A)the author telling you directly what a character is like

B)the author showing you indirectly what a character is like

A)the author telling you directly what a character is like

300

What are traits?

A)the struggles in the plot of a story

B)all of the events that happen in a story

C)descriptive adjectives that tell you what a character is like

D)he places where the story happens

C)descriptive adjectives that tell you what a character is like

400

What can you use to figure out what a character’s traits are? 

A)what the character says

B)how other characters react to the character

C)what the character thinks

D)all of the above

D)all of the above

500

A character, Nicki, is friendly. The author shows this by having Nicki sit down at a lunch table with a group of kids she doesn’t know and introduce herself. What is the author using to show Nicki’s trait? 

A)Nicki's thoughts

B)Nicki's feelings

C)Nicki's actions

D)the other characters' reactions to Nicki

C)Nicki's actions

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100

What Type of Figurative Language is used in the following sentence? 

Sally sold seashells by the seashore

A)Simile

B)Alliteration

C)Hyperbole

D)Personification

B)Alliteration

200

What is the correct order of plot sequence?

A)rising action, conflict, climax, exposition, falling action, resolution

B)exposition, rising action, falling action, climax, resolution, conflict

C)exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

D)exposition, resolution, conflict, rising action, falling action climax

C)exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

300

We went to the basketball, and had dinner afterwards.
Choose the best answer to correct the sentence above. 

A)We went to the basketball game and had dinner afterwards. 

B)We went to the basketball game and we had dinner afterwards. 

C)We went to the basketball game, and we had dinner afterwards. 

D)The sentence is correct as is. 

C)We went to the basketball game, and we had dinner afterwards.

400

Choose the correctly written sentence. 

A)My sister a wild child can never keep a job for very long. 

B)My sister, a wild child can never keep a job for very long. 

C)My sister, a wild child, can never keep a job for very long.

D)My sister a wild child, can never keep a job for very long. 

C)My sister, a wild child, can never keep a job for very long.

500

What is the rule of thumb to avoid plagiarism?

No more than 4 words in a row from the text