ELA State Test Prep

How is a story told in third person point of view?

• The narrator is in the story and uses words like I.

• The narrator is just observing the character and uses words like they.

• The narrator is an extra character.

• There is no narrator.

What is an affix?

• sound added to the beginning or end of the word

• a repetitive sound

• UHHH FIX WHAT?!

Select the compound sentence.

• I like my new shoes.

• I like my new shoes but not the new shirt.

• I like my new shoes because they are blue.

• I like my new shoes, and they are blue.

What type of figurative language is this sentence?

The clouds are as white as cotton.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

What type of figurative language is this sentence?

Life is a rollercoaster.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Which sentence is present tense?

• I was walking.

• I am walking.

• I will be walking.

Which sentence is past tense?

• I was running down the street.

• I am running down the street.

• I will be running down the street.

Which sentence is future tense?

• We are taking the state test.

• We have taken the state test.

• We will be taking the state test.

"She" is known as a _____________________.

• Preposition

• Pronoun

• Article

• Proper Noun

Read the sentences.

Bats that eat fruit and nectar spread seeds and help flowers grow. Without bats, plants would not thrive.

Based on context clues, thrive means:

• flourish

• die

• deteriorate

• starve