ELA Review

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Which statement best explains the difference between a first- and third-person narrator?

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A first-person narrator uses pronouns like I or we, while a third-person narrator uses pronouns such as he, she, and they.

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Which best explains the metaphor in line 5? "Warm granite footstools"

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People can prop their feet on rocks in the park.

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Which response best describes the excerpt from the passage? Read the excerpt from "Amelia Earhart." In 1928, Amelia Earhart received a phone call that would change her life. She was invited to become the first woman passenger to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a plane. "The idea of just going as 'extra weight' did not appeal to me at all," she said, but she accepted the offer nonetheless. Options: The excerpt gives a firsthand account of a phone call Amelia Earhart received about a flight that was to cross the Atlantic., The excerpt gives a secondhand account of why Amelia Earhart was invited to be a passenger on a trans-Atlantic flight and a firsthand account of her acceptance., The excerpt gives a firsthand account of how Amelia Earhart felt about being the first woman airplane passenger to cross the Atlantic and a secondhand account of the flight itself., The excerpt gives a secondhand account of Amelia Earhart's invitation to fly across the Atlantic and a firsthand account of her reaction to it.

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The excerpt gives a secondhand account of Amelia Earhart's invitation to fly across the Atlantic and a firsthand account of her reaction to it.

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Survived (in context of soldiers with wounds crawling with maggots)

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remained alive

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Correctly order the adjectives in the sentence: "The old man was excited to see ___ birds at his new feeder." Options: two, beautiful, blue

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two, beautiful, blue

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Which revision fixes this fragment? The sleek, gray seals along the rocky shore. Options: Watched the sleek, gray seals along the rocky shore., The sleek, gray seals dove for fish along the rocky shore., The sleek, gray seals with their barking pups., Along the rocky shore, the sleek, gray seals.

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The sleek, gray seals dove for fish along the rocky shore.

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Which sentence correctly combines the two sentences?
The boys searched everywhere for the missing key. They could not find it.
Options:
1. The boys searched everywhere for the missing key they could not find it.
2. The boys searched everywhere for the missing key, but they could not find it.
3. The boys searched everywhere for the missing key, they could not find it.
4. The boys searched everywhere for the missing key but they could not find it.

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The boys searched everywhere for the missing key, but they could not find it.