Unit 5 Skills Test Review

Authors write for different reasons. What are the 3 reasons that authors write?

• persuade, inform, entertain

• persuade, argue, disagree

• inform, teach, learn

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

What is a stanza?

• one line in a poem

• a group of lines in a poem

• every 3 lines in a poem is a stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

How many stanzas are in the poem Trampoline. (Hint- the words are too small to read, but you can still count the stanzas.)

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

To find the rhyme scheme, look at:

• the first word in each line of the poem

• the last word in each line of the poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem:

If you are a dreamer, come in

If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,

A hop-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer

If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire

For we have some flax-golden tales to spin

Come in!

Come in!

• ABBBAAA

• BABABAB

• AAABBBA

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Symbolism is when one thing represents another idea or concept. What does a four leaf clover symbolize?

• love

• luck

• danger

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Informal language is:

• casual and conversational

• fancy and technical

• difficult to understand

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which is an example of informal language?

• Wow! Cool crow in that tree!

• The crow in that conifer is of the genus Corvus.

What is diction?

• The word choice an author uses

• a correlative conjunction

• a type of figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

An author whose diction includes short sentences and informal language is most likely talking to:

• him/herself

• a younger audience

• a group of experts

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6