English - Language Arts Step 6
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The following questions are part of this assessment
Question and answer order might be different than the order the student experienced as questions and
answers can be randomized
Answers in bold are the correct answers to the questions.
Question: 1
The suffix ology (from Latin) means the study of and the root bios (from Latin)
means life. What does the word Biology mean?
BIO + OLOGY =
1: someone who studies the world
2: a scientist
3: the study of the living world
4: a study of one’s life
Question: 2
If philein (from the Greek language) means love, and anthropos (also from Greek)
means mankind, how would you define philanthropist?
PHILEIN + ANTHROPOS =
1: someone who is loved
2: a lover of mankind
3: someone who studies mankind
4: All of the above answers are correct.
Question: 3
The word benevolent (from Latin) means full of good will. Malevolent means full of ill
will. What does the root word mal mean?
BENE + VOLENS = GOOD WILL
MAL + VOLENS = ?
1: bad
2: will
3: good
4: full
Question: 4
Knowing that anthropos mean "mankind," what is an anthropologist?
ANTHROPOS + OLOGIST =
1: a man who loves to study
2: someone who is studied
3: someone who studies mankind
4: someone who gets gifts from a philanthropist
Question: 5
The word mal means “bad” in both French and Spanish. What is a malady?
1: a bad behavior
2: an illness
3: a mean wish
4: a mistake
Question: 6
Use this rule to answer the question below:
Controversy is a noun meaning argument. Controversial is an adjective,
referring to something that causes people to argue.
Example: Homeschooling is a controversial subject.
A benefit is something good; what is the adjective form of benefit?
1: benefice
2: beneficial
3: benevolent
4: benefiting
Question: 7
Which two meanings are correct for the word right.
1: someone who makes something; correct
2: a direction; a ceremony
3: correct; a ceremony
4: correct; a direction
Question: 8
Which two meanings are correct for the word content.
1: to fight; happy
2: happy; what’s inside
3: to pack; happy
4: a box; happy
Question: 9
In the following sentence, is the word “sugary” a figure of speech, or is its meaning
literal?
She had a sugary smile on her face while she scolded me.
1: figure of speech
2: literal
Question: 10
Which sentences use the word sow correctly?
1. He wanted to sow his seeds early in the morning to avoid the hot sun.
2. His sow escaped her pen and ran into the neighbors’ garden.
3. We are told as children, “You will reap what you sow.”
4. He was sow happy when his mother bought him the new bike!
1: 2, 3, and 4
2: 1, 2, and 4
3: 1 and 2 only
4: 1, 2, and 3
Question: 11
Which line is a metaphor in this song?
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
1:
2: “Gently down the stream,”
3: “Row, row, row your boat”
4: “Life is but a dream.”
Question: 12
Which sentence contains a metaphor?
1. Jane is a nice woman who always cooks delicious meals for her family.
2. Bill is a prince who works hard all day and comes home with gifts for his
family.
1: sentence 1
2: sentence 2
Question: 13
“I’m so hungry I could eat a horse” is an example of what kind of language?
1: literal
2: figurative
3: ephemeral
4: inaccurate
Question: 14
Identify the following word pair as a synonym, antonym, homophone, or homograph.
ferry
fairy
1: synonym
2: antonym
3: homophone
4: homograph
Question: 15
Identify the following word pair as a synonym, antonym, homophone, or homograph.
beginning
end
1: synonym
2: antonym
3: homophone
4: homograph
Question: 16
Identify the following word pair as a synonym, antonym, homophone, or homograph.
stern
serious
1: synonym
2: antonym
3: homophone
4: homograph
Question: 17
These drawings explain how to fold a piece of paper. Which set of instructions best
explains how to fold the paper?
1: Fold the paper in half; then fold it in half again.
2: Fold the paper in half diagonally; then fold it again.
3: Fold the paper in half diagonally; then fold it in half again into
equal squares.
4: Fold the paper in half diagonally; then fold it in half again into
equal triangles.
Question: 18
Read the sentences about The Best Pets, and answer questions 18 through
22.
Which sentence would be the topic sentence, if these sentences were reorganized
into a paragraph?
1: sentence 2
2: sentence 5
3: sentence 4
4: sentence 3
Question: 19
Read the sentences about The Best Pets, and answer questions 18 through
22.
Which sentence would come after sentence #5 “Goldfish make the best pets”?
1: sentence 5
2: sentence 1
3: sentence 2
4: sentence 4
Question: 20
Read the sentences about The Best Pets, and answer questions 18 through
22.
Which sentence makes most sense as the last sentence in the paragraph?
1: sentence 2
2: sentence 1
3: sentence 4
4: sentence 3
Question: 21
Read the sentences about The Best Pets, and answer questions 18 through
22.
Which sentence follows sentence four, “Unlike cats and dogs, they don’t want to
sleep where you put your feet”?
1: sentence 5
2: sentence 3
3: sentence 2
4: sentence 1
Question: 22
Read the sentences about The Best Pets, and answer questions 18 through
22.
What is the author’s main “argument,” or point, in these sentences?
1: He prefers goldfish to cats.
2: He prefers goldfish to dogs.
3: He prefers goldfish to birds.
4: He believes goldfish make better pets than cats, dogs, or
birds.
Question: 23
Read the fable, The Dog and His Shadow. (Questions 23-24)
What character trait(s) does the dog have?
1: foolish
2: greedy
3: ignorant
4: All answer choices are correct.
Question: 24
Read the fable, The Dog and His Shadow.
What is the moral, or theme of this fable?
1: Look before you leap!
2: Don’t spend time looking at yourself.
3: Don’t take what doesn’t belong to you.
4: Don’t make enemies when you can make friends.
Question: 25
The Tree and the Reed
A tree was standing by the banks of a river and a little reed was rooted at its foot.
The tree looked down upon the reed and asked, “Why do you not take root more
deeply and raise your head up into the sky like I do?”
“I am contented with my lot,” said the Reed. “I may not be so grand, but I feel safer
down here.”
“Safe!” sneered the tree. “Who shall dare to pluck me up by the roots and bow my
head to the ground?” But it soon had to repent of its boasting, for a hurricane came
up and tore the tree out of the ground, and cast it, as a useless log, to the ground.
But the little Reed, bending to the force of the wind, stood up straight again when
the storm had passed over.
Which sentence shows that the Tree thinks he is better than the Reed?
1: A tree was standing by the banks of a river and a little reed was
rooted at its foot.
2: “Safe!” sneered the tree.
3: But the little Reed, bending to the force of the wind, stood up
straight again when the storm had passed over.
4: “Why do you not take root more deeply and raise your head
up into the sky like I do?”
Question: 26
Read The Decision, and answer questions 26 through 32.
What is the conflict in this story?
1: Sally is trying to decide whether or not to take the boat out to
sea.
2: Sally is not getting along with her little brothers.
3: Sally does not understand her parents.
4: There is a storm coming.
Question: 27
Read The Decision, and answer questions 26 through 32.
What is the setting of this story?
1: inside Sally’s mind
2: on a boat
3: in a storm
4: on a dock
Question: 28
Read The Decision, and answer questions 26 through 32.
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Is the narrator inside (1 person) or outside (3 person) the story?
1: first person
2: third person
Question: 29
Read The Decision, and answer questions 26 through 32.
Which sentence from the story makes you think Sally will take the boat out?
1: “The light of a buoy flickered on the horizon.”
2: “She wanted to escape the noise of her little brothers for an
hour or so.”
3: “Should she risk going out when a storm might be brewing?”
4: “Sally stood at the edge of the dock and looked out to sea.”
Question: 30
Read The Decision, and answer questions 26 through 32.
Which sentence makes you think Sally will not take the boat out?
1: “But it seemed to Sally that all they did was work.”
2: “The wind was blowing the waves into little white peaks, and she
could see that the gulls were circling around the docks down where
the fishing boats were coming in.”
3: “Should she risk going out when a storm might be brewing?”
4: “She thought about her parents, how responsible they were about
their children and family life.”
Question: 31
Read "The Decision," and answer questions 26 through 32.
What might the boat symbolize to Sally?
1: freedom
2: anger
3: responsibility
4: none of the above
Question: 32
Read "The Decision," and answer questions 26 through 32.
What might the wind symbolize to Sally?
1: her own confused emotions
2: the water
3: the fishing boats
4: none of the above
Question: 33
Is this fact or opinion the way it is written?
School
School is too difficult these days. Teachers test students way too often, and most
give homework every night. Teachers expect too much of their students, too. They
give a quick math lesson in front of the whole class and then expect students to just
go ahead and work the problems on their own. It really isn’t fair.
1: fact
2: opinion
Question: 34
Which is true of poetry?
1: It can be a retelling of real events.
2: It can be a long, invented story, using characters that have
adventures.
3: It can be a short, emotional description of a moment, using
figurative language.
4: All of the above can be true of poetry.
Question: 35
True or False? A drama could be described as two or more people who work
through their problems and conflicts by talking to each other about things.
1: True
2: False
Question: 36
Fiction
1: is “made up” by the author
2: claims to be true
3: talks about history
4: is “made up” by the author and may be based upon
something
Question: 37
Nonfiction
1: deals with true events
2: does not claim to be true
Question: 38
Match the subject with the genre that would best express it.
Telling a “ghost story” while sitting around a campfire is considered
1: fiction
2: fable
3: poetry
4: nonfiction
Question: 39
Match the subject with the genre that would best express it.
Recreating an event with people assuming parts is considered to be
1: drama
2: poem
3: fiction
4: No answer choice is correct.
Question: 40
Read "The Snoozing Baker," and answer questions 40 through 44.
“the famous family baker” is called
1: an incomplete sentence
2: an independent, or stand-alone, clause
3: an appositive, or nonessential clause
4: a prepositional phrase
Question: 41
Read "The Snoozing Baker," and answer questions 40 through 44.
Which is correct? “I’ll just lie/lay down for a few minutes to rest while my cake
bakes.”
1: lie
2: lay
Question: 42
Read "The Snoozing Baker," and answer questions 40 through 44.
“Closing his eyes to enjoy a few moments of peace,” is
1: an independent clause
2: a dependent clause
Question: 43
Read "The Snoozing Baker," and answer questions 40 through 44.
The word “and” is
1: a conjunction
2: a preposition
Question: 44
Read "The Snoozing Baker," and answer questions 40 through 44.
“In addition to the smell” is
1: an appositive
2: a preposition
3: a transitional phrase
4: a sentence
Question: 45
“Standing on a windswept cliff watching the sun go down”
1: is a fragment
2: is a complete sentence
Question: 46
Which one would not have quotation marks around it?
1: a song title
2: the exact words of a speaker
3: the title of a long novel
4: the title of a poem
Question: 47
Which words need correct capitalization?
ralph and jane took a long walk to nelson’s quick stop last tuesday, because ralph
was very hungry for a nestle’s crunch candy bar.
1: Ralph, Jane, Tuesday, Nestle’s Crunch
2: Ralph, Jane, Nelson’s, Tuesday, Nestle’s Crunch
3: Ralph, Jane, Nelson’s, Quick, Tuesday, Nestle’s Crunch, Bar
4: Ralph, Jane, Nelson’s, Quick, Stop, Tuesday, Nestle’s Crunch
Question: 48
Which word contains a suffix?
1: containment
2: search
3: ridicule
4: hologram
Question: 49
Which word contains a prefix?
1: margin
2: sunrise
3: pretest
4: dialogue
Question: 50
Which word means it is?
1: its
2: it’s