TEST PREP ELA (ENGLISH
LANGUAGE ARTS) QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Inference - Correct Answers -a guess based on textual evidence
Theme - Correct Answers -lesson or message bases on story
Plot - Correct Answers -series of events that form a story in specific order
Resolution - Correct Answers -solution to a conflict in a story
Allusion - Correct Answers -indirect reference to something
Figurative Language - Correct Answers -un-literal meanings
Personification - Correct Answers -giving human traits to objects
Simile - Correct Answers -comparison of two things using like and/or
Metaphor - Correct Answers -Direct comparison of two things without using like or as
Alliteration - Correct Answers -using same sound multiple times as beginning of word
Point of View - Correct Answers -perspective in which a story is told
Compare vs. Contrast - Correct Answers -analyzing two things as comparing them to be
similar or different
Genre - Correct Answers -category of passages such as fiction and nonfiction
Summary - Correct Answers -overview of a text that captures a main point, but does
retell full text
Interactions - Correct Answers -how ideas influence individuals or events gaining insight
into meaning
Connotative meaning - Correct Answers -a meaning beyond the meaning of the wordt
LANGUAGE ARTS) QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Inference - Correct Answers -a guess based on textual evidence
Theme - Correct Answers -lesson or message bases on story
Plot - Correct Answers -series of events that form a story in specific order
Resolution - Correct Answers -solution to a conflict in a story
Allusion - Correct Answers -indirect reference to something
Figurative Language - Correct Answers -un-literal meanings
Personification - Correct Answers -giving human traits to objects
Simile - Correct Answers -comparison of two things using like and/or
Metaphor - Correct Answers -Direct comparison of two things without using like or as
Alliteration - Correct Answers -using same sound multiple times as beginning of word
Point of View - Correct Answers -perspective in which a story is told
Compare vs. Contrast - Correct Answers -analyzing two things as comparing them to be
similar or different
Genre - Correct Answers -category of passages such as fiction and nonfiction
Summary - Correct Answers -overview of a text that captures a main point, but does
retell full text
Interactions - Correct Answers -how ideas influence individuals or events gaining insight
into meaning
Connotative meaning - Correct Answers -a meaning beyond the meaning of the wordt
