Map ELA Practice

An easy way to fix a run-on is to split the sentence into smaller sentences using a ________.

• Period

• Comma

• Semicolon

• Question Mark

A complete sentence has a _______ and a ______. 

• Subject, noun

• Verb, action

• Subject, predicate

• Predicate, action

A ________ occurs when a sentence is missing a subject or a predicate. 

• Run-on

• Fragment

Read the sentences from the passage. “Come now, Harry,” Bess said. “It certainly isn’t that complicated, is it?” Which words best express the tone created by Bess’s word choice in the sentences? Choose two answers.

• dismissive

• gloomy

• impatient

• knowledgeable

• tender

“I admire the way you have worked so hard throughout your life.” Based on this sentence, what does the word admire mean?

• Dislike

• Appreciate

• Hurtful

• Underdstand

Based on this sentence, what does the word admire mean?

• Dislike

• Appreciate

• Hurtful

• Underdstand

A student is writing a narrative for a creative writing class assignment. Read an excerpt from the draft. The wind swirled around Annaka, moving at a fevered pitch and roaring with the power of a thousand lions. Her mind raced as she thought through her options, but each one seemed as fruitless as the last. Her heart was beating in her chest. Suddenly, she bolted upright and looked confusedly around her. She saw her phone, glowing on the nightstand, and her alarm clock proclaiming the time. She felt her bed, solid and secure, beneath her. “A dream,” she whispered. “It was just a dream.” Which revision to the underlined sentence uses the most precise language for the style of writing?

• Her heart kept pounding in her chest.

• She could feel her heart beating against her chest.

• Her heart beat furiously in her chest, thumping so hard she feared it would burst.

• She sensed her heart deep in her chest, pounding rapidly and wildly like the storm around her.

When you are asked to "cite evidence from the text" it means to _______________.

• make an inference

• try your best

• find examples from the passage

• paraphrase an answer

Always do what when starting a new paragraph?

• skip two lines

• indent

• highlight

• start a new page

To summarize a text means to _________________.

• write as much of the story as possible

• state the main events

• rewrite the story

• write two or three things from the text