ELA Final Review

What is the author's purpose of this text?

The Coliseum is an ancient stadium in the center of Rome. It is the largest of its kind. It is very old. They started building it in the year 70 and took 10 years to build.

• To explain how to build the Coliseum

• The give facts about the Coliseum

• To list features of the Coliseum

What is a summary of this text?

The Coliseum is an ancient stadium in the center of Rome. It is the largest of its kind. It is very old. They started building it in the year 70 and took 10 years to build

• The Coliseum was built in the year 70 and is very old. It is a stadium.

• A stadium named the Coliseum was built in Rome and took 10 years.

• The Coliseum, in Rome, is a large stadium built in the year 70 and took 10 yeasrs to build.

The line lengths at the end create-----

If you're a dreamer, come in

If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,

A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer

If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire

For we have some golden tales to spin

Come in!

Come in!

• mood

• rhyme

• rhythm

Why is the setting important in the following text?

It was a cold, dark night and Sarah was walking alone home. She could hear the crunching of the ice under her feet as she moved quickly. Her heart beat scared like a drum.

• The cold weather made her heart beat fast.

• Being outside alone in the dark made Sarah scared.

• The ice and cold made Sarah run.

What does the simile mean in this text?

It was a cold, dark night and Sarah was walking alone home. She could hear the crunching of the ice under her feet as she moved quickly. Her heart beat scared like a drum.

• Her heart beat loudly like a drum.

• Her heart beat in a rhythm of a drum.

• Her heart had a drum machine in it.

The sensory language highlights what?

It was a cold, dark night and Sarah was walking alone home. She could hear the crunching of the ice under her feet as she moved quickly. Her heart beat scared like a drum.

• what Sarah is thinking

• how casually Sarah is moving

• the fear in Sarah

What is the character's motivation?

It was a cold, dark night and Sarah was walking alone home. She could hear the crunching of the ice under her feet as she moved quickly. Her heart beat scared like a drum.

• the fear of being alone at night

• the excitement to get home

• the ice is melting

Which one of the following is the best call to action closing sentences?

• Like I said, you should allow students to have cellphones in class.

• A cellphone is important to students.

• Students should be given the opportunity to use cellphones in class responsibly to help further their education.

The meaning of the following sentence can be better by changing it to----

The dog ran after the ball, and "it" was almost hit by a car. It was able to dodge the car and move onto the sidewalk quickly.

• car

• dog

• ball

Edit the following sentence:

After summer break we have to start school.

• change summer to Summer

• change start to started

• insert a comma after break