Total Eclipse - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What is one message the author presents in the text?

An eclipse has a scientific explanation that few people understand.

What happens during an eclipse has never been fully explained by science.

One must experience an eclipse to understand it scientifically.

Experiencing an eclipse is different than knowing what scientifically causes it.

2.

Multiple Select

5 mins

1 pt

Which two statements describe what the author's language in paragraph 2 indicates about the changes that take place during an eclipse?

They are gradual.

They are surprising.

They are beautiful

They are extensive

They are frightening.

3.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What best describes the author’s purpose for including paragraph 3?

To present a vividly poetic account of an experience

To give factual details about a scientific process in nature

To explain a perspective that differs from accepted facts

To show how eclipses are usually perceived by average people

4.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Read the sentences from paragraph 5.

I turned back to the sun. It was going. The sun was going, and the world was wrong. The grasses were wrong; they were platinum.

How does the author’s use of the word wrong influence the reader’s perception of the text?

It implies that the narrator is concerned about the effects of the eclipse on the world around her.

It demonstrates that a change in lighting can change people's moods in drastic ways.

It emphasizes the power of an eclipse to transform the familiar into something new.

It encourages the reader to consider the frightening effects of an eclipse.

5.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Read the sentences from paragraph 6.

I looked at Gary. He was in the film. Everything was lost.

The author’s use of simple, direct sentences contributes to a tone of —

wonder

frustration

intrigue

disbelief

6.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Read the sentence from paragraph 6.

We had all started down a chute of time.

What is the figurative meaning of this sentence?

Time moved more quickly during the eclipse.

Our surroundings made it feel like a different time.

We were falling through a tunnel of different eras.

The eclipse made us realize how much changes between eras.

7.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Read the sentences from paragraph 8.

There was no sound. The eyes dried, the arteries drained, the lungs hushed. There was no world.

The author’s use of language contributes to a tone of —

judgment

nostalgia

awe

finality

8.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Read the sentence from paragraph 8.

The hatch in the brain slammed.

What is the figurative meaning of this sentence?

Part of the brain is shut off from the rest.

Part of the mind is concealed like the sun.

The narrator feels strangely disconnected.

The narrator realizes and understands something.

9.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Read the following paragraph about the text.

Scientists can explain the eclipse. People experience the eclipse in different ways.

The narrator has a surreal experience of the eclipse.

What is the best way to rewrite this paragraph to include sentence variety?

Scientists can explain the eclipse, but people experience the eclipse in different ways. The narrator has a surreal experience of the eclipse, but other people might experience it differently.

Scientists can explain the eclipse. People experience the eclipse in different ways. The narrator is having a surreal experience of the eclipse.

Scientists can explain the eclipse, but people experience the eclipse in different ways. For example, the narrator has a surreal experience of the eclipse.

Scientists can explain many things about the eclipse. People experience the eclipse in different ways. The narrator writes about a surreal experience of the eclipse.

10.

Multiple Select

5 mins

1 pt

Which two paragraphs about the text demonstrate good sentence variety?

The eclipse begins. The world begins to change. Its appearance alters. It looks like a scene from another time.

The world begins to change. The moon eclipses the sun. Lighting is strange. Everything looks different.

As the eclipse begins, the world begins to change. Its appearance alters. It looks like a scene from another time.

As the eclipse begins, everything begins to change. As the sun is covered, odd lighting makes the world look different.

The world begins to change as the moon eclipses the sun. Lighting is strange. Everything looks different.

11.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

In this excerpt, Dillard’s central focus is...

The moment when a solar eclipse reaches three-fourth

The moment when a solar eclipse reaches half way

The moment when a solar eclipse reaches the turning point

The moment when a solar eclipse reaches totality

12.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Dillard’s writing style is the essay serves to...

- Reflect her oriented state of mind during the storm

- Reflect his oriented state of existing years after

- Reflect humans oriented state of the body during the experience

- Reflect her disoriented state of mind during the experience

13.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

In Paragraph 8, how does the repetition of words and ideas emphasize what Dillard sees and how she thinks about the eclipse?

The repetition reveals that this was the weakest visual impression the illustrator was left with and suggested that this is something powerless.

The repetition reveals that this was the strongest visual impression the author was left with and suggested that this is something timeless.

The repetition reveals that it is the hopeless visual impression the author was left with and suggested that this is something timeless.

It doesn't reveal the strongest visual impression, the musician was not left with and suggested that this is something word.

14.

Multiple Select

5 mins

1 pt

To what things does the author compare what she sees during the eclipse?

A lens cover

Detaching pieces of sky

A black body

Flat disk

A ring of light

15.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What happens during the total eclipse?

The earth moves between the moon and the sun, blocking most or part of the sun’s light, depending on the viewer’s location.

The moon moves between the earth and the sun, blocking most or part of the sun’s light, depending on the viewer’s location.

The sun moves between the earth and the moon, blocking most or part of the sun’s light, depending on the viewer’s location.

The moon moves between the stars and the sky, blocking most or part of the sun’s light, depending on the viewer’s location.

16.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What was the main effect of experience the eclipse?

The appearances of someday things do not change dramatically.

The appearances of everyday things changed dramatically.

The appearances of yourself change dramatically.

The appearances of your friends change dramatically.

17.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Complete the sentence with the best word.

As the falling tide began to _______, we gathered shells left behind.

recede

saturate

wane

hue

18.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Complete the sentence with the best word.

Water began to ________ the furniture as the flood waters rose.

hue

wane

saturate

recede

19.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

The moon will _______ each month until it temporarily.

hue

recede

saturate

wane

20.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

The artist mixed paints until she had the perfect _____ for the sky.

hue

saturate

recede

wane

21.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What is the title of the story?

from Total Sun

from Total Stars

from Total Eclipse

from Total Moon

22.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Who is the author of the story?

Orphan Dillard

Annie Dillard

Annie Bennie

John Knowles

23.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What genre is the story?

Literary Text

Literary Fiction

Literary Nonfiction

Literary Fiction

24.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What is the central focus of the essay?

The moment when a star eclipse reaches totality.

The moment when a moon eclipse reaches half way.

The moment when a solar eclipse reaches totality.

The moment when a student reaches the end of the school year.

25.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Where was your English teacher born?

Los Angeles, California

Lares, Puerto Rico

Bronx, New York

Chicago, Illinois

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