Georgia Milestone ELA

Identify the Main Idea of the story.

What is this question asking you to do?

• Make up your own main idea of the story.

• Tell the theme of the story

• Find the main idea of the story.

Explain how you know that the third pig was the smartest. CITE evidence from the text to support this.

• Find the mood of the story.

• Guess how the pig was smart.

• Support answer with proof from the text.

What is the CENTRAL IDEA for Goldilocks and the Three Bears?

• Do not take things that don't belong to you.

• Goldilocks goes into the Bears' House and eats their porridge, sits on their chairs, sits in their beds until the bears find her!

• Don't be a thief!!

Discuss how the plot DEVELOPS throughout the story. What is this question asking you to do?

• Discuss the setting.

• Discuss the theme.

• Discuss how the plot is built up and is progressing.

Find the STRUCTURE of this text.

What is this question asking you to do?

• Tells what the text is about.

• Tells the title of the text.

• Tells how the text is organized.

Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence: 'Time is a thief that steals our moments.'

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

How does the author use foreshadowing in the text to create suspense?

• By introducing completely unrelated characters

• By revealing the climax at the beginning of the story

• By dropping subtle hints or clues about future events in the text.

• By providing detailed descriptions of past events

Identify the correct pronoun to use in the sentence: '______ went to the store to buy some milk.'

• It

• She

• Them

• He

Which punctuation mark is correctly used to indicate possession in the following sentence?

• The cats whiskers were long and sleek.

• The cat's whiskers were long and sleek.

• The cats' whiskers were long and sleek.

• The cat whiskers were long and sleek.

Identify the main theme of the passage.

• A) The importance of friendship

• B) Overcoming adversity

• C) The value of honesty

• D) The journey of self-discovery