Name_______________________________
Year 3 ELA: Keys to Success Quiz
Moves Close Readers Make:
1. How many times should a good reader read a passage to truly understand it?
Parts of Speech: (five of the eight)
____________describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb, often ends in –ly
____________takes the place of a noun or noun phrase
____________describes a noun by telling what kind, which one, how many or how much
____________ a person place or thing
____________ shows action or a state of being
Figurative Language terms: Connect the word to the correct definition by drawing a line.
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3.
4.
A comparison between two unlike things using like, as or than
The action of repeating something
A direct comparison between two unlike things
The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word
metaphor
simile
repetition
alliteration
Literary terms: Connect the term to the correct definition and write that letter next to the word.
Mood ______
A. general life lesson (moral), or underlying meaning of a literary work
Tone ______
B. a literary device in which the author gives clues about what might happen
Theme ______
C. to draw conclusions based on facts.
Author’s purpose ____ D. the speaker’s or narrator’s attitude towards the subject.
Allusion______
E. the general feeling that a piece of writing creates with the reader
Foreshadowing _____ F. a reference to a student’s background knowledge and their ability to make a connection to a
particular story
Infer_______
G. the reason the author wrote about a specific topic
Language Arts terms: Are the underlined words used correctly? Write ‘Y’ for Yes, ‘N’ for No.
______ Your study habits will affect your grade.
______ Lack of sleep had a bad effect on the student.
______ Please write a subjective summary; I only want the facts.
______ What is your objective opinion?
______ Denotation refers to the dictionary definition of a word.
______ Connotation refers to the contextual definition of a word.