ACAP ELA Review

When you cite details to support your answer, you cite or show __.

• strong examples or evidence from the text

• your own comments or commentary

• what you think is the right answer

Again, before you start answering questions that require you to read first, make you sure read each text or passage __.

• carefully

• quickly

Which one uses commas correctly to join coordinate adjectives (adjectives that describe the same word)? Remember to place a comma between each adjective except the last one.

• He's a smart, young athletic student.

• He's a smart, young, athletic student.

• He's a smart, young, athletic, student.

Match the following kinds of sentences:

• compound-complex

• Because I want to play football in 8th grade, I must make good grades in my classes.

• simple

• Jennifer is my sister; Shun is my brother.

• complex

• Randy cooked barbeque ribs on the grill.

• compound

• While running across the yard, Mike found he missed the bus, so he had to walk to school.

Don't forget the rules about capitalization and especially the rules about subject-verb agreement. Which sentence uses subject-verb agreement correctly?

• The girl with the pink shoes plays in the school band.

• The girl with the pink shoes play in the school band.

The theme is the main meaning or message of a work of literature; it is an idea about life that is revealed through some part of the story. Which statements are examples of a story's theme? (Select 2 choices.)

• Good always wins over evil.

• Hard work and dedication pay off at the end.

• She is a strong character.

An objective summary is a summary that (a)   any opinions or judgments about what is written in the text. Instead, it only includes information that comes from the text.

• does include

• does not include

A poem contains lines and stanzas (paragraphs); it may or may not rhyme (rhythm). The narrator of a poem is called the __ (the "voice" that talks to the reader).

Match the following reading terms to their definitions:

• infer

• to form or draw conclusions based on evidence found in a text

• contrast

• to tell the differences

• summarize

• to make changes and corrections after you look at something

• compare

• to give a brief statement of the main points of a text, telling what the text is about

• revise

• to tell the similarities

What is the author in the Works Cited entry below? (Click on the explanation for help--if needed.)

• Austen, Jane

• Emma

• Dover Publications

Answer explanation

When writing research papers, you will often be asked to follow a particular style guide for your citation page. One popular style guide is the Modern Language Association (MLA) Handbook. The MLA Handbook identifies the important elements of a citation. These elements should always appear in this order:

SAMPLE FORMAT (in order):

Author. Title of the Source. Publisher, Publication Date

Author Note: This is the name (or names) of the work's creator(s). The first author's name is written in last name, first name format (Smith, Jane).