ELA NJSLA Review

Which sentence is an example of imagery?

What is the difference between theme and main idea?

What does it mean to “make an inference” while reading?

What is the meaning of “drenched” in the sentence: “She was drenched from head to toe after walking in the storm”

What is the purpose of the falling action in a story?

Which sentence contains an idiom?

What is the author’s purpose when writing a fictional story?

What is one way an author develops a character in a story?

What role does the setting play in a story?

How can a reader identify a story’s theme?

Which sentence BEST helps the reader infer that a character is nervous?

Which of the following sentences shows tone through word choice?

How does an author build suspense in a story?

What is the effect of figurative language in a story?

Which strategy is BEST for understanding a difficult sentence?

What is one way readers can connect two texts on the same theme?

What does the sentence "Time is a thief" mean?

What does the phrase “The classroom was a zoo” mean as a metaphor?

Which of the following is most likely the theme of a story about a team that loses but keeps practicing?

Which type of conflict is shown when a character struggles with their own thoughts or decisions?

What is one way an author creates tone in a story?

Which point of view is used when the narrator is not a character and knows only one character’s thoughts?

Which sentence uses a simile to describe someone’s voice?

What does a cause and effect text structure show?

What does the narrator's point of view help the reader understand?

What is mood in a literary text?