ELA Fast Test Review

The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow. This is an example of?

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

The author’s attitude (or how the author wants you to feel) is

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

• Main Idea

7.9F: _______ is the feeling the reader gets when reading the text.

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

• Main Idea

Authors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through

• Theme

• Structure

• Word choice

• Main Idea

7.9F: What is the tone of the following text?

"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you slink away!"

• Pleased

• Angry

• Happy

• Suspicious

True or False: The theme is the lesson or message that the writer wants to get across in his or her story.

• True

• False

7.7 A: What is the theme of this text?

Kevin was walking home from school when he saw a little girl getting picked on by one of Kevin’s classmates. He felt sorry for her, but he did not stop to help her. A few weeks later, the same classmate began picking on Kevin.

• Love Conquers All

• Crime Does Not Pay

• Perseverance

• What comes around goes around

Jacob never felt as trapped and scared as he did in this moment. His parents were nowhere to be found and he could see the flooding in the streets get worse. He saw the flash flood warning on the TV screen when it interrupted the cartoon he was watching. He chose to stay home while his parents went to visit his grandma and brought her some food. The water inched closer to the house. Closer than the water had ever been to the house before. What is the conflict of the story?

• Man v. Man

• Man V. Self

• Man v. Nature

• Man v. Society

Which statement best explains how images help readers?

• They make complex words easier to pronounce.

• They help readers visualize inaccurate historical settings.

• They help readers visualize complex and unfamiliar ideas.

• They make books entertaining and brighten up long pages of text.

This is an example of

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Allusion