GA Milestones Review ELA

Which sentence is written correclty using a superlative adjective?

• He hoped he would scare the greedier birds away.

• He hoped he would scare the most greedier birds away.

• He hoped he would scare the greediest birds away.

• He hoped he would scare the more greddiest birds away.

Which of the following is written correctly?

• My brother and I help fill bags with sand.

• My brother and I help fills bags with sand.

• My brother and I helps fill bags with sand.

• My brother and we helps fills bags with sand.

Which sentence is written correctly?

• "Where could they be?" wondered Sally.

• "Where could they be," wondered Sally?

• "Where could they be!" wondered Sally.

• "Where could they be," wondered Sally?

Which of the following is a compound sentence?

• Jessica entered her classroom and sat down.

• "We spent a lot of time on these projects, and we worked very hard on them."

• "I know one person who joked about ripping the artwork down."

• Everyone turned to look at Jessica.

What is the effect of using first-person point of view in a narrative?

• It limits the perspective to one character's thoughts and feelings.

• It allows access to every character's thoughts and feelings.

• It makes the story less believable.

• It prevents the development of the plot.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Even though my Dad hates Hockey; I can't get enough of it.

• Even though my Dad hates Hockey, I can't get enough of it.

Which of the following is a complex sentence?

• "It was my fault."

• "Since no one was with me, I had to push the art cart back to the art room by myself."

• "The cart went out of control, and I couldn't push it straight anymore."

• "It flew into the side of the wall, and it ripped all the artwork down."

to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text

• main idea

• verse

• point of view

• inference

the evens that happen in the beginning, middle, and end of the story

• simile

• drama

• meter

• plot

a type of figurative language that makes comparisons using “like” or “as”.  An example is her shirt is as green as grass.

• metaphor

• cite evidence

• characters

• simile