Benchmark 3 Prep

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What is a Synonym?

• A word that has a similar meaning.
• A word that has the opposite meaning.
• A word that is spelled differently.

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What is Denotation?

• The emotional meaning of a word.
• The literal or dictionary definition of a word.
• A slang term used in conversation.

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What does Inference mean?

• A conclusion drawn from evidence and reasoning.
• A direct quote from the author.
• C) A fact stated in the text.

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What does "depict" mean? It means

• to confuse or mislead.

• to represent, illustrate, or describe.

• to analyze in detail.

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Which revision of the sentence below uses parallel structure correctly?

"The team was ambitious in setting its goals. They were efficient in working toward those goals. They were honest in achieving those goals." Choose the best single-sentence revision.

• The team was ambitious in setting its goals, is efficient in working toward those goals, and has been honest in achieving those goals.

• The team was ambitious in setting its goals, efficient in working toward those goals, and honest in achieving those goals.

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Which combination of the two sentences below uses parallel structure correctly?

Sleep is an essential component of overall health. I also understand that quality rest enhances cognitive function and emotional well-being, and adequate sleep significantly improves academic performance and productivity.

• Sleep is an essential component of overall health, schools should offer nap time, and it can improve academic performance and health.

• Sleep is an essential component of overall health, getting enough sleep leads to improved academic performance, and students often feel more energized during the day.

• Sleep is an essential component of overall health, quality rest enhances cognitive function and emotional well-being, and adequate sleep significantly improves academic performance and productivity.

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What is indirect characterization?

• The character is described by other characters in the story.

• The character's traits are revealed through their actions, speech, and thoughts.

• The author directly states a character's traits.

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How does the author use indirect characterization in these sentences to develop the character of Margot?

"They edged away from (Margot); they would not look at her. She felt them go away. And this was because she would play no games with them in the echoing tunnels of the underground city. If they tagged her and ran, she stood blinking after them and did not follow. When the class sang songs about happiness and life and games, her lips barely moved. Only when they sang about the sun and the summer did her lips move as she watched the drenched windows."

• The focus on her lack of participation in games indicates that Margot feels superior to the other children and chooses to distance herself from them
• The description of her reacting only when singing about the sun reveals that Margot has a deep emotional longing for warmth and happiness, highlighting her sadness in contrast to the other children.
• The detail about her lips barely moving during songs about happiness implies that she is indifferent to her surroundings and hates her peers.

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What is the simile in this passage depicting?

"Margot stood apart from them, from these children who could never remember a time when there wasn’t rain and rain and rain. They were all nine years old, and if there had been a day, seven years ago, when the sun came out for an hour and showed its face to the stunned world, they could not recall... She knew they thought they remembered a warmness, like a blushing in the face, in the body, in the arms and legs and trembling hands. But then they always awoke to the tatting drum, the endless shaking down of clear bead necklaces upon the roof, the walk, the gardens, the forests, and their dreams were gone."

• it depicts the emotional longing for warmth and sunlight that the children have never had

• it depicts the excitement the children have for playing outside in the rain.

• it depicts the physical discomfort caused by the constant rain that the children endure day after day

Multiple Choice

Which revision would fix this comma splice?

"If we have learned a moral from the story, it is that getting enough sunlight is essential for our well-being, it will significantly impact our physical health and mental clarity as we navigate our daily lives."

• If we have learned a moral from the story; it is that getting enough sunlight is essential for our well-being, it will significantly impact our physical health and mental clarity as we navigate our daily lives.

• If we have learned a moral from the story, it is that getting enough sunlight is essential for our well-being, and it will significantly impact our physical health and mental clarity as we navigate our daily lives.

• If we have learned a moral from the story, it is that getting enough sunlight is essential for our well-being; it will significantly impact our physical health and mental clarity as we navigate our daily lives.

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Which revision can correct the punctuation mistake in this sentence?

"Our friends and classmates must recognize this to be true, however we still struggle to show kindness to each other in our daily interactions."

• Our friends and classmates must recognize this, however, we still struggle to show kindness to each other in our daily interactions.

• Our friends and classmates must recognize this; however, we still struggle to show kindness to each other in our daily interactions.

• Our friends, and classmates must recognize this, however, we still struggle to show kindness to each other in our daily interactions.

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Which of the following is a complete sentence?

• The benchmark test on Thursday
• Taking the benchmark next Thursday and Friday
• This week, we will be taking the Benchmark on Thursday and Friday.

• Because we will be taking the Benchmark on Thursday and Friday.