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4th Grade ELA - 1st 9 Weeks

Eating

Crunch! Jimmy was so famished, and the food tasted so good. Munch!

He poured himself a drink. Fizz! He picked up the cup. Gulp!

The Italian sausage was still hot on his plate. Sizzle! He shoved half of it in his mouth. Gobble! He used his shirt sleeve to wipe the grease off of his face.

Jimmy reached for another drink, but his elbow hit the bowl with the chip dip. It fell to the floor. Splatter!

"Oh, well," Jimmy thought as he looked at the mess he would have to clean. "It's worth it." He took another bite of his sausage.

Just then, Jimmy realized something. "I may have eaten too much." Uugh!

1) The above passage makes frequent use of which figure of speech?

a. oxymoron

b. onomatopoeia

c. pun

d. irony

2) Jimmy notes that “It’s worth it” when he sees the mess he’ll have to clean. Who is he making the comment to?

a. the narrator

b. the reader

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c. the author

d. himself

3) Based on the above passage, what does the word “Gulp!” represent?

a. the sound that Jimmy makes when he eats

b. the sound that Jimmy makes when he drinks

c. the sound that Jimmy makes when he cleans

d. the sound that Jimmy makes when he spilled the dip

4) Based on the context, which of the following is most likely true?

a. Jimmy needs to lose a lot of weight.

b. Jimmy is still hungry after eating all the food.

c. Jimmy does not have good table manners.

d. Jimmy is learning how to cook.

5) Which of the following is most likely the setting of the above passage?

a. a kitchen table

b. a grocery store

c. a movie theater

d. a boy's bedroom

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6) Based on the context of the above passage, what is the meaning of “famished”?

a. hungry

b. anxious

c. bursting

d. satisfied

7) What is the point-of-view of the passage?a. 1st person

b. 1st person limited

c. 2nd person

d. 3rd person

Two Astronomers

Astronomer #1: I think it’s time that we send an astronaut to the sun.

Astronomer #2: But won’t it be too hot to land on the sun?

Astronomer #1: I’ve already thought of that. We’ll just go at night.

8) The above passage is which of these?

a. a fairy tailb. a jokec. an advertisement

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d. an article

9) What is the tone of the passage?

a. creepyb. amusingc. grumpyd. angry

10) What is the author's purpose in this passage?a. to entertainb. to informc. to described. to persuade

11) To get the humor in the passage, the reader must know which of these?

a. the names of the astronautsb. basic facts about the sunc. the type of space craftd. the place where they plan to launch

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The Knight

The light bulb went off in my head! It needed to be a rainy day.

I looked at the canvas. The knight sat on his horse, his suit of armor glistening in the sun. His lance was held at his side. Its sharp point cautioned all challengers to stay away.

Yet the knight didn't look bold enough. The sunny day in the background was too happy and carefree. The knight needed a thunderstorm.

With a few strokes of grey and black and dark green, I was able to turn the sunshine into a monsoon.

I put the brush down and stood back to look at the knight. He was a masterpiece.

12) What is the narrator doing in the above passage?

a. observing a storm

b. predicting the weather

c. putting on a costume

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d. painting a picture

13) What is meant by the first line in the above passage: “The light bulb went off in my head!”?

a. “I needed to get out of the darkness”

b. “I felt a bolt of electricity”

c. “I suddenly had an idea”

d. “I was angered by the rainy day”

14) In the above passage, what is meant by the line: “The knight needed a thunderstorm...”?

a. he liked there to be a storm when he painted

b. his armor was hot and he needed rain to cool off

c. he looked stronger in a rainstorm than on a sunny day

d. he liked the sights and sounds of thunderstorms

15) The phrase, “Its sharp point cautioned all challengers to stay away”, can best be described as which figure of speech?

a. a “slang” term

b. metaphor

c. simile

d. personification

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16) Using the contextual clues in the above passage, what is the meaning of the word “monsoon”?

a. a full moon

b. dark shades of colors

c. a violent storm

d. a sunny day

17) What is the Point-of-View of the passage?a. 1st person

b. 2nd person

c. 3rd person limited

d. 3rd person omniscient

18)What is the Point-of-View of the passage?

a. it is used as a common suffixb. it is always used as the subject of the

sentencec. it can be used as a verb, noun, or adjectived. it can have multiple-meanings

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Excerpt from A New World:

In his strange way, I was sure that Captain Hudson liked having me on the crew. I think he enjoyed having another "intellect" aboard the ship who was not one of his officers. He worked with them every day looking over maps, charts, and instruments.

As for the other sailors, it amazed me how many of them spent their whole lives working on this ship but never bothered to learn about navigation, global winds, or any of the other "science" that surrounded them. They simply relied on their hands all day, just as if they were in a warehouse stacking boxes. In a way, they were missing out on the marvel of the open sea.

Captain Hudson was putting me in a tricky spot. I enjoyed being in his good graces, but I didn't want to stick out among the other sailors. Any time there was a complaint, the sailors were quick to grumble about Henry Hudson. He was the boss, but he wasn't a friend.


19) Why might the main character call himself an "intellect"?

a. He has been a sailor his entire life.b. He likes the open sea.c. He has had some sort of education.d. He thinks the captain doesn't know about sailing.

20) The main character of this story is a boy named Willem. What might the second sentence look like if the story was written in third-person point of view?

a. Willem thought Captain Hudson enjoyed having another "intellect" aboard the ship who was not one of his officers.

b. I think he enjoyed having another "intellect" aboard the ship who was not one of his officers.

c. He thinks Willem enjoys having another "intellect" aboard the ship who is not one of Willem's officers.

d. Captain Hudson thinks Willem enjoys having another "intellect" aboard the ship who is not one of his officers.

21) In the third paragraph, the main character Willem says, "I enjoyed being in his good graces..." What does it mean for Willem to be in the captain's good graces?

a. The captain has taken a liking to Willem.

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b. The captain thinks Willem should not be a sailor.c. Willem has to do all of the chores.d. Willem has been promoted to co-captain.

22) Which of the following describes the point-of-view of the above passage?

a. first-person point-of-viewb. changing point-of-viewc. third-person point-of-viewd. absent point-of-view

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23) The main character's father thinks the future is bright. Judging from his attitude, what does "optimism" mean?

a. regret of the pastb. fear of the futurec. settled in the presentd. hope for the future

Excerpt from An American Family Tree:

"The future is bright," my father said. He was always saying that. As usual, I rolled my eyes, but after hearing it so many times, it was hard not to believe it might be true.

I guess that my pa's optimistic attitude has paid off in life. He was the son of a poor textile worker but managed to make a great life for himself. By the time he was thirty, he owned his own business repairing the big spinning and weaving machines in textile mills all across South Carolina.

After I was born, we moved to a small town in Lee County. Pa had earned himself a nice reputation by that point, and it helped get him elected as the mayor of our town.

So maybe the future is bright. I come from a great family, live in a big house, and there's always food on the table. Ma says that my school - the "Eastside School for Negro Girls" - is as good as any school in the state.

I try to be optimistic like my parents, and I am thankful for what they have given me. But there are some things that still bother me.

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24) The main character's father thinks the future is bright. Judging from his attitude, what does "optimism" mean?

a. regret of the pastb. fear of the futurec. settled in the presentd. hope for the future

25) In the above list, which of the following idioms means "feeling sick."

a. nose to the grindstoneb. under the weatherc. just what the doctor orderedd. on pins and needles

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26) Based on the setting and characters shown above, what would be the most likely plot for a story about the above drawing?

a. a family is moving to the Western part of the country about 1 or 2 years ago

b. a family is moving to the Western part of the country about 2,000 years ago

c. a family is moving to the Western part of the country about 200 years ago

d. a family is moving to the Western part of the country 200 years into the future

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April 6, 1847

St. Louis has energy flowing from it. You can just feel it. There are people from all over the country--all over the world--and they are all searching for that better life just beyond the horizon.

Some people, like us, are only making a pit-stop in St. Louis. We will soon be setting foot on the Oregon Trail and will literally walk to the western frontier.

Other folks have come to the city to stay. The port is busy, which makes it easy for the newcomers to find work. There is also a fortune to be made by selling to (or swindling) those who are just "passing through" before they head West.

Even Pa was willing to part with his cash so that we could have a room at an inn while we were in the city.

It's only been a couple of days, but I have come to enjoy St. Louis. At first, I was on my guard as we walked among the crowds and strange faces (I had never before heard so many people speaking different languages). It was easy, though, to be taken in by the excitement and it kind of made me want to become a part of it all.

In any case, I didn't welcome the news that we will be leaving in the morning. On board a steamboat, nonetheless.

St. Louis will soon be just another memory, just as my home is now a memory. I'm sure that as the weeks and months go by there will be many more fine places that we leave behind on route to our destination.


27) In the above passage, which of the following best describes the narrator's mood?

a. boredb. angryc. exhaustedd. enthusiastic

28) The sentence shown above would probably appear in which type of written work?

a. tall taleb. biography

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c. folktaled. fable

29) Why is the sentence above an example of nonfiction?

a. because it states a true factb. because it is talking about an actual time period in

historyc. because it easy to prove or disproved. because it mentions a real person

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30) How many stanzas does the above poem have?

a. two stanzasb. one stanzac. four stanzasd. nine stanzas

31) In the poem shown above, which two lines rhyme?

a. Line 6 and Line 7b. Line 3 and Line 4c. Line 1 and Line 3d. Line 1 and Line 2

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