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What does the word "impact" mean in reading questions?
collide or hit
effect or change
press firmly
What is a phrase?
A group of words that have meaning
A full sentence
A short amount of time
What is "tone"?
The author's purpose in writing
The author's denotative word choices
The author's connotative word choices
What does "shift in tone" mean?
the tone changes
the tone stays the same
the tone is lost
What should be included in an objective summary of narrative text?
PICK TWO.
central ideas
specific details
major plot events
descriptions of characters
What is an incident?
Something striking another object
Something that happens in a story
Something that is a result
What does "determine" mean in this question?
How does the incident in paragraph 6 determine Jimmy's actions?
decide something
discover something
lead to something
What is dialogue?
The words that are quoted in scientific text.
The words characters say in a story.
The way people talk in a certain region of the world.
What does "support the claim" mean in the following question?
Which of the following pieces of dialogue support the claim that Bob's life was different from Jimmy's life?
hides
understands
proves
What does "foreshadows" mean?
one character knows something another does not
a hint an author gives about what will happen
when an author reveals a secret
What is "resolution of conflict" in a story?
how a problem is solved
how a problem is explained
how a problem is hidden
What does "develop" mean in reading?
The author develops a theme...
hide
show
grow and change
What does "over the course of the passage" mean?
through the entire passage
in the beginning of the passage
at the end of the passage
In eighth grade, reading tests measure your ability to understand bigger, central ideas more than smaller, specific details.
true
false
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