ELA Test Review

What is a 'supporting detail' in a text?

• Information that supports the main idea.

• The main point or message of a text.

• The summary of an entire text.

• The text feature below an image.

What punctuation mark is needed to mark dialogue between characters?

• Apostrophe Marks

• Commas

• Quotation Marks

• Periods

This mode of writing uses pronouns such as 'I, Me, and My.'

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

• First Person

• Second Person

What is a 'context clue?'

• A type of literary device used in poetry.

• A method of summarizing a text.

• A hint within a text that helps define an unfamiliar word.

• A synonym for a well-known word.

What is the 'tone' of a written work?

• The narrator of the story.

• The author's reason for writing the piece of text.

• The villain in a story.

• The author's feelings about the subject they are writing about.

What is the 'mood' of a written text?

• The author's writing style and technique.

• The emotions or feeling evoked by the text.

• The main idea or theme of the text.

• The genre or category of the text.

Select the option that uses figurative language.

• His smile was bright as the sun.

• She frowned angrily at me.

• The boy giggled.

• The girl danced around excitedly.

A metaphor is _____________.

• a comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• a statement that is literally true

• a comparison without using 'like' or 'as'

• a type of poem that uses rhyme

What are the three different types of rhetoric?

• Pathos, Kairos, Mythos

• Ethos, Pathos, Logos

• Ethos, Kairos, Kratos

• Alpha, Beta, Gamma

What is a inference?

• A guess

• A conclusion reached based on text evidence

• Going back to the past with a character

• We learned about inferences?