Unit 4/5 Test Review
Please use your context clues to determine the meaning of the boldfaced word
As we’ve learned throughout units 4 and 5, context clues are clues
within a sentence that helps you to determine the definition of an
unknown word.
1. The archaeologist carefully removed the tome from its ancient
resting place and proceeded to read the pages related to marriage
in ancient Greece.
What does the word tome probably mean?
a. pen
b. weapon c. book
d. sausage
2. Lakes occupy less than two percent of the Earth’s surface, yet they
help sustain life. For instance, lakes give us fish to eat, irrigate
crops, and generate electrical power.
What does the word sustain probably mean?
a. support
b. obstruct
c. prolong
d. destroy
3. Bats that eat fruit and nectar spread seeds and help flowers grow.
Without bats many important plans would not thrive.
What does the word thrive probably mean?
a. flourish
b. die
c. wither
d. deteriorate
4. Fifty-five mostly prominent, male delegates attended the
Philadelphia Convention in 1787. About seventy-five percent of
the delegates had served in Congress and others were important
people in their home states. These men are often referred to as the
Framers of the Constitution.
What does the word prominent probably mean?
a. unimportant
b. unknown
c. common d. important
Mood is the feeling that a reader gets from a story. Some
examples of mood words are anxious, disgusted,
threatened, excited, joyful, and angry. Please read each
example below and then circle the letter of the mood that
it conveys.
1. My favorite team was down by one run in the final game of the
World Series. It was the bottom of the ninth inning. The final
batter stepped up to the plate.
a. worry
b. peace
c. excitement
d. anger
2. The dark room was filled with hushed giggles and whispering as
the children waited for the birthday girl to appear. Someone
whispered loudly, “Here she comes!”
a. doubt
b. sympathy
c. anticipation
d. anger
3. Mr. Jones paced the floor with his eyes glued on the big double
doors, waiting for the surgeon to appear to report on the outcome
of Mrs. Jones’ heart surgery.
a. worry
b. happiness
c. anger
d. friendliness
4. The small boy stood still, tears streaming from his eyes. Still, the
older children continued to tease him, calling him names and
mocking his fear of them.
a. excitement
b. doubt
c. anger
d. happiness.
Tone, on the other hand, is the author’s attitude about the
subject. Some examples of tone words are melancholy,
excited, and angry.
Read the following poem and determine what the tone is
and give two specific reasons from the poem that create the
tone.
Nature Is
Nature is a polar bear
Running alongside her cub.
Nature is a mockingbird
singing a beautiful song.
Nature is a salmon
finding its way in the stream.
Nature is the rain
watering the earth.
Nature is the stars, the moon,
the pendulum of the seasons.
Nature is a voice.
See and know me, it cries.
Nature is beauty.
Nature is creation.
What is the tone of this poem?
Varies… (should have a positive feel)
Give 2 reasons why this is the tone:
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What is one noticeable difference between the first and second stanzas?
a. the first is about animal life, and the second is about the
physical earth and universe
b. the first is about a fish, and the second is about a mockingbird
c. the first is about beauty, and the second is about creation
d. the first is about winds, and the second is about animals
In line 10, the seasons are compared to a pendulum. This is called:
a. metaphor
b. alliteration
c. simile
d. hyperbole
The main idea of the poem is:
a. nature is a beautiful creation
b. the positive forces of nature
c. the negative forces of nature
d. nature cannot be trusted
Give an example of repetition in the poem:
Nature
What does this repetition emphasize (or make important?
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Identifying METAPHORS AND SIMILES by putting an “S” or
“M” next to the sentences
1. My brother can be as stubborn as a mule
S
2. The river is a blue ribbon winding through the mountains.
M
3. During the windstorm, the wagon became a tossing ship on the
prairie.
M
4. The thief was as sly as a fox.
S
5. The lawyer’s gruff voice sounded like glass shattering.
S
Give two ONAMATOPOEIA examples: ___________ _____________
Give one example of ALLITERATION: ______________________________
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Give one sensory word or imagery word for each of the
following senses:
1. sight _________________________
2. taste _________________________
3. touch _________________________
4. hear __________________________
5. smell __________________________