ELA Fast Test Review

Which is correct?

• They're going to give there car away.

• They're going to give their car away.

• There going to give their car away.

• Their going to give they're car away.

"My refrigerator called to me" is an example of what?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Which is an example of alliteration?

• The thunderous tornado tore through town.

• The thunder exploded in a ferocious boom!

• His words boomed like thunder.

• The thunder boomed as a bright flash of lightening lit up the sky.

Which does not have correct capitalization?

• The principal of New Canaan High School emailed parents.

• The Speaker of the House addressed the president.

• The taxpayers are unhappy with governor Malloy.

• The audience applauded Senator Chris Murphy.

The lesson or moral of the story is called the what?

• conflict

• main character

• topic

• theme

The problem a character faces in a story is called the ______

• climax

• resolution

• conflict

• theme

Which type of point of view tells the story from the main character's perspective?

• Second person point of view

• First person point of view

• Third person point of view

• Third person omniscient

"The tall trees danced in the wind" Which type of figurative language is being used in the sentence?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

For what 3 purposes do authors write?

• enterain, inform, engage

• entertain, inform, contain

• inform, persuade, entertain

• inform, depict, retain

"Jacob watch out before you trip on the clothes and the big stack of books!"
Where are commas needed in the sentence above? 

• after Jacob and after clothes

• after clothes

• after Jacob

• after Jacob and after trip