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5th Grade PSSA Review - ELA
5th Grade PSSA Review - ELA
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A comprehensive review of all fifth grade PSSA ELA standards and eligible content
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1
The root "multi" means
many
tomorrow
a few
multiplication
2
Break a leg!
hyperbole
idiom
personification
metaphor
3
A watched pot never boils.
hyperbole
metaphor
adage/proverb
alliteration
4
The root "port" means
water
to travel
to call
to carry
5
Synonyms always have the same meaning as the word.
True
False
6
The root "scrib" means
to call
to draw
to sleep
to write
7
Stella is going to turn ______ years old in June.
to
too
two
tow
8
Author's point of view is...
how long the text is.
how the text is organized.
where the author writes the piece of text.
how the author feels or thinks about the topic.
9
The prefix "sub" means
above
under
a substitute teacher
sandwich
10
The main idea is...
the way the text is organized.
who wrote the text.
the message or lesson.
what the text is mostly about.
11
The theme in literature is...
the message or lesson the reader is supposed to learn.
the beginning of the story.
how the text is organized.
the way the text is organized.
12
The point of view a narrator writes from can be all of the following
except
...
2nd person
4th person
1st person
3rd person
13
Visual aids within a nonfiction text are
title
headings
captions
graphics
14
The perspective of the story's narrator is...
plot
characters
point of view
setting
15
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
hyperbolem
metaphor
idiom
adage/proverb
16
The window sang her mournful song through the falling leaves.
alliteration
metaphor
personification
simile
17
To tell how two or more things are different is to...
cite
analyze
contrast
compare
18
Her hair was silk.
hyperbole
idiom
metaphor
personification
19
___________ skirt is hanging up in the closet.
Your
You're
20
The classroom was a zoo!
alliteration
metaphor
personification
simile
21
A comparison between two unlike things
without
using the words
like
or
as
is a:
personification
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
22
An expression that you cannot take literally is called an:
hyperbole
simile
alliteration
idiom
23
Those friends are like two peas in a pod.
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
personification
24
Expressions that offer advice and observations about life are called:
idioms
adages/proverbs
similes
metaphors
25
The root "trans" means...
above
under
across
later
26
A comparison between two unlike things using the words
like
or
as
is a:
alliteration
metaphor
personification
simile
27
She sells seashells by the seashore.
alliteration
simile
idiom
onomatopoeia
28
I am going to the YMCA after school, ______!
to
too
tow
two
29
The root "semi" means
a little
whole
half
a lot
30
The root "rupt" means
light
to carry
sound
to break
31
She spilled the beans about the surprise party.
idiom
simile
hyperbole
personification
32
An inference comes from...
the text and your brain
a TDA
your brain
the text
33
The root "photo" means
pictures
sound
writing
light
34
I threw in the towel.
hyperbole
simile
idiom
metaphor
35
The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow.
idiom
alliteration
simile
personification
36
To analyze a text means to...
look at small parts of the text and explain what it means
use direct text evidence
use RACES
read a text
37
Hold your horses! I'm coming!
personification
idiom
hyperbole
simile
38
An extreme exaggeration is called a:
simile
idiom
personification
hyperbole
39
Giving something that is not human, human characteristics is called:
personification
idiom
hyperbole
metaphor
40
Which of the following is
NOT
a text features?
illustrations
headings
sequence of events
text box
41
Using words beginning with the same beginning sound is called:
simile
metaphor
idiom
alliteration
42
__________ house caught on fire due to faulty electrical wiring.
There
Their
Thier
They're
43
The root "tele" means
to watch television
to watch
to call
distant or far
44
Antonyms always have the same meaning as the word.
False
True
45
The old floor whimpered beneath my footsteps.
simile
personification
hyperbole
alliteration
46
_____________ going to the beach over the summer.
Thier
Their
There
They're
47
Which of the following is
not
a text structure?
informational
compare and contrast
problem and solution
cause and effect
48
"Pop!"
idiom
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
metaphor
49
My best friend is so forgetful; sometimes I have to remind her what her name is.
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
personification
50
Our ice cream cones were a mile high!
hyperbole
personification
alliteration
simile
