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Common Core English Language ELA

Subjects : common-core, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Punctuation used to show excitement or emotion - placed at the end of a sentence






2. A form of a verb used to describe actions that have already been completed






3. A sentence that is missing a subject or a predicate and does not express a complete thought






4. A form of the perfect tense made by combining the future tense of 'to have' with the past tense form of a verb






5. The events that happen in a story






6. The basic word part that another word is made of - when an affix is added






7. Punctuation used to show excitement or emotion - placed at the end of a sentence






8. Using the correct arrangement of letters when writing a word






9. A publication - such as a newspaper - magazine - or brochure - that is released daily - weekly - monthly - or yearly






10. A simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated






11. A group of letters added to the beginning of a root word






12. Section of a book






13. The opening section or paragraph of an essay or a report






14. A form of a verb used to describe actions or events happening currently






15. To identify ways that multiple things are different






16. The reason a character does a certain thing or acts a certain way






17. The position from which a story is told; also the attitude or perspective of the author






18. A word that has the opposite meaning of another word






19. A book or set of books that gives facts about many topics






20. Introduces the reader to the characters and the setting early in a story






21. The reason something happens






22. The use of sources - such as books - newspapers - and the Internet - to find information






23. Descriptive language that is not used literally and creates an image in the reader's mind






24. A kind of figurative language that would not make sense if taken literally






25. The final paragraph in an essay






26. A sentence that is missing a subject or a predicate and does not express a complete thought






27. A sentence with one subject and at least one predicate






28. The location and time in which a story takes place






29. A form of a verb used to describe actions or events happening currently






30. The plan for an essay or report in list form






31. What the passage is mostly about






32. A form of a verb used to describe actions that have already happened






33. A point of view in which 'he' and 'she' are used - and readers learn little about all characters' thoughts






34. A word that connects two or more words or sentences






35. A piece of information in literature - such as a name - an action - or a description






36. When used as a context clue - a statement that sums up an idea






37. One of the first versions of a writer's work






38. The use of capital letters at the beginning of sentences and certain kinds of words






39. A group of lines in a poem






40. The reason a character does a certain thing or acts a certain way






41. To identify ways that multiple things are alike






42. A word or phrase that shows strong feeling






43. The position from which a story is told; also the attitude or perspective of the author






44. A form of a verb that describes actions that have not happened yet






45. Marks that tell the reader when to pause - when a sentence ends - or what kind of sentence he or she is reading






46. A long sentence that expresses two complete thoughts and should really be two sentences






47. The central idea or meaning of a story






48. A part of a longer word that can stand on its own






49. The most basic part of a word - often from Latin or Greek






50. The use of capital letters at the beginning of sentences and certain kinds of words







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