Noting Details and Making Inferences

Noting Details and Making Inferences

International School's Assessment Test Review

Objectives for this lesson

• Note important and relevant information from a text read, and

• Make inferences based from factual evidence and background knowledge.

READING TIME!

Let us read the text "Summer Rain" and answer the questions that follow.

Refer to the file shared to you by your teacher.

Multiple Choice

The passage makes use of language that is

• metaphorical

• ambiguous

• formal

• rhetorical

Multiple Choice

According to the passage, summer is different for adults because

• rain brings with it cold temperatures for the following days

• the weather is much warmer than it is for children

• they do not get a long time off from work for the season

• they better know how to occupy their downtime

Multiple Choice

According to the passage, which of the following is a true statement about the narrator as a child?

• He or she was often bored on summer days.

• He or she preferred cooler weather.

• He or she liked staying indoors.

• He or she had no siblings.

Multiple Choice

Compared to how he or she was as a child, the narrator as an adult is

• more realistic

• less excitable

• more idealistic

• less calm

Multiple Choice

As used in the final paragraph, the word reprieve most nearly means

• a permanent conclusion

• a short continuation

• a higher level of pain

• a temporary break

READING TIME

Let us read the text "Tools of Persuasion" and answer the questions that follow.

Refer to the file shared to you by your teacher.

Multiple Choice

As used in paragraph 2, what is the best antonym for credible?

• unintelligent

• boring

• dishonest

• amazing

Multiple Choice

Amy is trying to convince her mother to buy her a pair of $200 shoes. She says: “Mom, the shoes I have are really old and ugly. If I don’t get these new shoes, everyone at school is going to laugh at me. I will be so embarrassed that I will want to die.” What form of persuasion is Amy using here?

• pathos

• ethos

• logos

• all

Multiple Choice

According to the passage, logos can build ethos because

• an audience is more easily convinced by facts and information than simple appeals to emotions like pity or fear

• an audience is more likely to trust a speaker who uses evidence to support his argument

• a speaker who overuses pathos might make an audience too emotional; audiences who are too frightened or too sad are unlikely to be persuaded

• . a speaker can use misleading or false information to make his argument seem more convincing

Multiple Choice

Gareth is running for mayor. He tells his audience: “Under our current mayor, there have been 15,000 new cases of unemployment. If he stays in office, who knows how many more people will lose their jobs? The number could go up even higher. When I was the CEO of Magnatech, I helped to create over 1,000 new jobs. I can do the same thing for this city if you vote for me.” Which form of persuasion is Gareth using here?

• pathos

• pathos and logos

• logos and ethos

• all

Multiple Choice

According to the passage, the most effective tool of persuasion is

• ethos, because you cannot persuade an audience that does not trust you

• logos, because it can also be used to build ethos

• a combination of ethos, pathos, and logos

• pathos, because human beings are most easily persuaded by emotion

Multiple Choice

Amy is trying to convince her mother to buy her a pair of $200 shoes. She says: “Mom, the shoes I have are really old and ugly. If I don’t get these new shoes, everyone at school is going to laugh at me. I will be so embarrassed that I will want to die.” What form of persuasion is Amy using here?

• pathos

• ethos

• logos

• all