NYS ELA Review: Grade 4

Question 1

What is a theme in a story?

Accepted Answer

A life lesson from the author, "The moral of the story"

Question 2

Which word captures Sam's mood: "After my best friend moved, I cried and cried all day long."

Accepted Answer

Depressed

Question 3

Which point of view is this told from: "My fellow dogs and I love drinking toilet water!"

Accepted Answer

First person point of view

Question 4

What should you do after you finish writing an extended response?

Accepted Answer

Carefully reread your writing for COPS!

Question 5

What is the most important thing to do when taking the state tests?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 6

What does the "E" stand for in RADDE?

Accepted Answer

Explain how your detail answers the question

Question 7

Timelines, captions, sub titles, maps and diagrams are all examples of

Accepted Answer

Text features

Question 8

Which is an example of a simile?

Accepted Answer

The chips were as crunchy as leaves.

Question 9

Which point of view is this told from: "Jerry was shocked to see his dog drinking toilet water"

Accepted Answer

First person point of view

Question 10

What do you call a section of text in a poem with a few lines that are grouped together?

Accepted Answer

A stanza

Question 11

Which text structure explains how a problem is fixed?

Accepted Answer

Problem/Solution

Question 12

Which form of punctuation shows you wrote exact words right out of the text?

Accepted Answer

Quotation marks

Question 13

What's the mood? "As my class sang the birthday song to me, my heart was happy."

Accepted Answer

Joyful

Question 14

What text structure lists events in the order that they happen?

Accepted Answer

Chronology/Sequence

Question 15

What should you do in your first paragraph of an extended response?

Accepted Answer

Restate the questions only

Question 16

"Tim slept late, and as a result, he missed the bus" is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Description

Question 17

Which is an example of a metaphor?

Accepted Answer

My dad is a wizard at science.

Question 18

If you do these things, how will your teachers feel, no matter what your grade?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 19

When you "paint a picture with words", you are:

Accepted Answer

describing something

Question 20

What does RADDE stand for?

Accepted Answer

Restate, answer, detail, detail, explain

Question 21

Why do some authors add maps to non-fiction passages?

Accepted Answer

To provide you with information that text alone cannot give.

Question 22

How many times should you usually indent when you write an extended response?

Accepted Answer

4

Questions 22