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- 1. Multiple Choice
How does the setting advance the plot?
What is this question asking you to do?
To choose the answer choice that explains how the setting of the story is causing the plot to move forward.
To choose the answer that shows how the character's actions are causing the plot of the story to move forward.
To choose the answer choice that shows how the mood is causing the plot of the story to move forward.
To choose the answer choice that explains how the conflict is causing the plot of the story to move forward.
- 2. Multiple Choice
How does the setting influence the plot of a story?
How is influence being used in this sentence?
beginning
effect
determine
apply
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the significance of the crowd returning at lunchtime to watch Maniac?
How is the word "significance" being used in this sentence?
problem
synonynm
order
importance
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the most likely reason the poet used capitalization in line 6?
What skill are you being asked to use in this question?
correct usage of writing conventions
graphical or visual elements
theme
conflict
- 5. Multiple Choice
Paragraph 7 mainly focuses on ----
What skill are you being asked to use for this question?
main idea
summary
conflict
context clues
- 6. Multiple Choice
The author organizes this selection by ----
What skill are you being asked to use in this question?
main idea
text structure
conflict
supporting details
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which sentence from the selection states an opinion?
Which two of the following strategies will help you determine the answer to this question?
Reread the entire selection and separate all facts from opinion.
Write a summary of the selection.
Read the answer choices and look for opinion words such as: definitely, obviously, clearly, unfair.
Read the answer choices and mark the opinions with 'O' and the facts with 'F' next to each answer choice
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does the break between stanzas 2 and 3 help the poet convey?
What skill are you being asked to use in this question?
figurative language
theme
graphic elements
tone
- 9. Multiple Choice
The abrupt dialogue in the poem helps convey the idea that the characters are ----
How is the word abrupt being used in this sentence?
short or choppy dialogue
long or expanded dialogue
- 10. Multiple Choice
The playwright uses the sounds of rain and thunder throughout selection mainly to ----
What is a playwright?
author of a poem
author of nonfiction text
author of dramas
- 11. Multiple Choice
The author begins and ends the selection with this idea in order to emphasize that ----
Which of the following is the best synonym for the word emphasize?
determine
conclude
point out
- 12. Multiple Choice
What lesson does the narrator learn while spending time with her grandmother?
What skill are you being asked to use in this sentence?
main idea
theme
conflict
character motivation
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which sentence from the blog entry is an example of stereotyping?
What is stereotyping?
being against someone
denying someone the same rights
making a general statement about a group of people that is usually untrue
a type of font being used
- 14. Multiple Choice
The long hike up to the mountains was grueling.
Using your context clues, which is a synonym for grueling?
loud
easy
tiring
short
- 15. Multiple Choice
Look at the following picture.
Based on the context clues, what does the word affable mean?
good-natured
hostile
conversational
favorable
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is a claim?
a statement that be proven with text evidence
a statement that many people assume to be true, but is not always so
a statement of personal belief, feeling, or thought
a statement of defense by the answer choice
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the climax of a story?
The end of the story.
The beginning of the story.
The turning point of the story.
The funniest part of the story.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Inferring means:
An extreme exageration.
Taking what you know and what you have read to come up with a conclusion.
Having a picture in your mind of what you are reading.
Coming up with a conclusion based only on your opinion.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Free verse poetry:
Consists of 4 or more stanzas.
Is free for all to read.
Has neither rhyme nor rhythm.
Has a message.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceIn non-fiction, you should always:preview the text first.find the setting and problem.number the stanzas.identify the problem.
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the purpose of these subheadings?
To help the reader understand the author’s opinionTo help the reader visualize the informationTo help the reader find the main ideas in each section
To help the reader place events in order - 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of text structure answers the questions what happened and why?ChronologicalCause & EffectProblem & SolutionCompare/Contrast
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich sentence suggests that Joanna rode her bike to school?Joannaʼs hair was a little messy when she got to school.Joanna crossed three streets on her way to school.Joanna went four blocks on her way to school.Joanna had to put her helmet inside the classroom closet.
- 24. Multiple Choice____ is a category in which a work of literature is classified.GenreEpigraphNarrativePoetry
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which of the following details best fits this central idea: Michael Jordan had to work hard to become a superstar.
A pair of Air Jordans once sold for $71,000.
Michael Jordan famously said that he has failed over and over again and that is why he succeeds.
Michael Jordan now gives back to the community by doing charity work.
After leaving the NBA, Michael Jordan played baseball.
- 26. Multiple ChoiceA questions that asks for supporting details or something that supports an idea is asking for...an inferenceevidencea selectiona definition
- 27. Multiple ChoiceExpresses means tosqueezego very fastcommunicatelisten
- 28. Multiple ChoiceIn the question, "Which sentence best illustrates Noah's conflict?", illustrates means:evidencenamesexplainsinfers
- 29. Multiple Choice
Evidence
A piece of information that supports your point.
To stay calm and alert.
A profound moment
- 30. Multiple Choice
Antagonist
A repetition of a sound
Comparing two unlike objects without using like or as.
A force working against the main character, usually another character.
- 31. Multiple Choicean excerpt is-a magazine articlea short storya poema passage or quotation from a book or other text.
- 32. Multiple Choicedescribe means to:explain using written or spoken words.give a definitionshow a picturedraw a diagram
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhich word means the same as convey?communicatestealcontactfree
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhat does chronological mean?having to do with a watchto happen beforeout of orderarranged in time order
- 35. Multiple Choice
Which sentence from the selection states an opinion?
Which one of the following strategies will help you determine the answer to this question?
Reread the entire selection and separate all the facts from opinion.
Read the answer choices and look for opinion words (such as: definitely, obviously, clearly, unfair).
Write a summary of the selection.
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