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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. A phrase that has a subject and verb and can stand alone as its own sentence






2. The way a person who lives in a specific geographical area might speak






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






4. A word that expresses action - a relationship between two things - or a state of being






5. A simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated






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






7. A line of a poem or song






8. An educated guess about a passsage based on details in the passage - prior knowledge - and common sense






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






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






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






12. Words spoken by the actors in a drama






13. Books or Web sites that contain particular kinds of information






14. A quality that is part of a character's personality






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






16. The character who tells a story






17. What the passage is mostly about






18. The form of a verb that tells you when the action takes place






19. A type of literature written to be performed onstage by actors






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






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






22. Writing broken into lines or stanzas - often with rhyme and rhythm






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






24. Words an author chooses when writing






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






26. Books or Web sites that contain particular kinds of information






27. A form of the perfect tense made by combining the present tense of 'to have' with the past participle of a verb






28. An educated guess about a passsage based on details in the passage - prior knowledge - and common sense






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






30. To identify ways that multiple things are different






31. A word that links objects (generally nouns or pronouns) to other words in a sentence






32. Information in a piece of persuasive writing that is related to its issue and supports its position






33. The reason something happens






34. A tool that helps to organize ideas and can be used to visually illustrate ideas






35. A punctuation mark used in lists - with conjunctions - between clauses - after an introductory word or phrase - and to set off direct address






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






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






38. Figurative language that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'






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






40. Correcting and changing a text in order to improve it






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






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






43. Any material that will help a writer find information






44. Figurative language that makes a direct comparison between two things or ideas






45. Information in a piece of persuasive writing that is related to its issue and supports its position






46. A capitalized word that names a particular person - place - or thing






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






48. The final paragraph in an essay






49. A group of lines in a poem






50. The part of the story when the problems are solved and the story ends







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