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Common Core English Language ELA
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common-core
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english
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A part of a longer word that can stand on its own
figurative language
introduction
base word
definition
2. A statement that cannot be proven. It communicates someone's feeling or judgment.
future tense
opinion
research
quotation marks (' ')
3. A phrase containing a preposition and an object
interjection
past tense
adage
prepositional phrase
4. Descriptive language that is not used literally and creates an image in the reader's mind
figurative language
quotation marks (' ')
future perfect
draft
5. A tool that helps to organize ideas and can be used to visually illustrate ideas
character
perfect tense
graphic organizer
prepositional phrase
6. Writing broken into lines or stanzas - often with rhyme and rhythm
narrator
conflict
poetry
antonym
7. What the passage is mostly about
main idea
perfect tense
online directory
contrast
8. The central idea or meaning of a story
encyclopedia
theme
proverb
lines
9. The final paragraph in an essay
multiple-meaning words
inference
conclusion
proper noun
10. A form of a verb used to describe actions that have already happened
exclamation point (!)
drama
base word
past tense
11. A sentence with one subject and at least one predicate
simple sentence
root
fact
opinion
12. A publication - such as a newspaper - magazine - or brochure - that is released daily - weekly - monthly - or yearly
prefix
past tense
periodical
motivation
13. A word that has the opposite meaning of another word
antonym
definition
future perfect
supporting details
14. Marks that tell the reader when to pause - when a sentence ends - or what kind of sentence he or she is reading
exclamation point (!)
narrator
punctuation
resource
15. To identify ways that multiple things are different
setting
dictionary
contrast
dictionary
16. A book of maps
atlas
simple sentence
comma ( -)
simile
17. The point in a story at which the conflict of the story is addressed by the main characters(s)
example
climax
resolution
third-person omniscient
18. A point of view in which 'he' and 'she' are used - and readers learn much about all characters' thoughts
fiction
character
theme
third-person omniscient
19. A work of literature - such as a story or a novel - that is made-up
fiction
base word
root
transition
20. Correcting and changing a text in order to improve it
editing
comma ( -)
research
inference
21. The opening section or paragraph of an essay or a report
figurative language
introduction
spelling
metaphor
22. The events that happen in a story
compare
plot
fact
homographs
23. Books or Web sites that contain particular kinds of information
prior knowledge
point of view
proofreading
reference materials
24. Writing that tells the reader about something - gives facts - or explains something
example
conflict
informational writing
present perfect
25. The process of reading your writing and looking for errors in grammar - spelling - and structure
adage
proofreading
resolution
resource
26. Figurative language that makes a direct comparison between two things or ideas
example
verse
metaphor
encyclopedia
27. Words an author chooses when writing
future tense
vocabulary
resolution
multiple-meaning words
28. A piece of information that deomonstrates or illustrates a more broad word or concept
prior knowledge
homographs
example
root word
29. An educated guess about a passsage based on details in the passage - prior knowledge - and common sense
simile
topic sentence
inference
conjuction
30. The part of the story when the problems are solved and the story ends
sentence fragment
present tense
resolution
detail
31. A word or phrase that shows strong feeling
revise
interjection
online directory
resource
32. A form of a verb used to describe actions that have already happened
inference
capitalization
past tense
revise
33. Figurative language that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'
simile
root
conjuction
alliteration
34. A group of letters that is added before or after a root
prepositional phrase
paragraph
graphic organizer
affix
35. A word that means the same or almost the same as another word
synonym
poetry
online directory
interjection
36. Something that can be proven to be true
theme
point of view
homographs
fact
37. Something that can be proven to be true
base word
periodical
point of view
fact
38. A long sentence that expresses two complete thoughts and should really be two sentences
inference
run-on sentence
stanza
present tense
39. A simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated
topic sentence
proverb
sentence fragment
punctuation
40. One of the first versions of a writer's work
draft
period (.)
resource
suffix
41. A simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated
root word
proverb
fact
vocabulary
42. A book of maps
vocabulary
atlas
affix
fact
43. A word that helps writing flow from one idea to the next
inference
syllable
transition
dialect
44. A word that means the same or almost the same as another word
metaphor
proverb
synonym
research
45. Marks that tell the reader when to pause - when a sentence ends - or what kind of sentence he or she is reading
online directory
independent clause
suffix
punctuation
46. A phrase that has a subject and verb and can stand alone as its own sentence
narrator
independent clause
syllable
prefix
47. A word that connects two or more words or sentences
conjuction
run-on sentence
adage
conclusion
48. A form of the perfect tense made by combining the present tense of 'to have' with the past participle of a verb
plot
present perfect
proper noun
encyclopedia
49. A way of telling a story from the point of view of someone who is not involved in the story
verb
present perfect
third person
graphic organizer
50. A sentence that is missing a subject or a predicate and does not express a complete thought
research
conclusion
sentence fragment
multiple-meaning words