ELA STAAR

What is the purpose of including "text features" in an informational text? Check all that apply.

• Text features are included to help the reader better comprehend what the text is about.

• Text features are included to help the reader better visualize what the text is about.

• Text features are included to add color to a text.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The author's attitude toward the subject is called

• rhetoric

• tone

• relevance

• inference

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopeia

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Read the sentence from paragraph 3 of the excerpt from Walden. How does the author use rhetoric to support his view on solitude in this sentence?

• He uses irony to emphasize his preference for solitude.

• He uses a metaphor to reinforce the solitude of his house.

• He uses hyperbole to embellish the loneliness of this solitude.

• He uses an allusion to emptiness to express his feelings of solitude.

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopeia

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair— The bees are stirring—birds are on the wing— And Winter slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring! 5 And I, the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing. What is the purpose of the personification of Winter in lines 3-4?

• to illustrate the positive effect of having a goal

• to provide visual imagery of the speaker’s surroundings

• to reinforce the overall whimsical tone of the poem

• to relay a natural phenomenon using a poetic device

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Select the correctly punctuated sentence:

• Brian, have you seen my pen?

• Lizzie are you going to the party?

• Hey Joey, what's up with you, today?

• Cindy I have not seen you in a while. 

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CCSS.L.2.2C

Is this sentence correct or incorrect?
My sister ate my sandwich, so I kicked her.

• Correct

• Incorrect

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• On Thursday, January 17 2020, I will win the lottery.

• On Thursday, January 17, 2020, I will win the lottery.

• On Thursday, January 17, 2020 I will win the lottery.

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CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.2A