Reading Day 2

Which sentence is not a fact, but an opinion?

• There is no school next Monday.
• I’m going to a movie with my best friend.
• We’re going to see an adventure film.
• Adventure films are much better than love stories.

My parents have been married for 15 years. Last summer we threw them a big surprise party with a cake, presents, and about 20 guests. We had games like volleyball and croquet. The best game of all was darts, though. I beat everyone – even my dad! We told them the party would be twice as big on their 20th anniversary.
Which sentence is not a fact, but an opinion?

• My parents have been married for 15 years.
• Last summer we threw them a big surprise party.
• We had games like volleyball and croquet.
• The best game of all was darts.

Golf is a great sport. The goal is to hit a ball into eighteen small holes in with least amount of shots as possible. Talented golfers can usually complete each shot with three to five hits, but amateurs like me take nine or ten shots per hole. It’s best to play on a warm, sunny day, but many golfers go out as soon as the snow melts in the spring. It’s unsafe to play golf during a rainstorm because there have been instances where lightning has struck a golfer’s club.
Which of the following is a provable fact based on the preceding paragraph?

• Good golfers never hit more than three shots per hole.
• There are eighteen holes in a game of golf.
• It’s safe to play in the rain if you don’t see lightning.
• Golfers get their best scores on warm, sunny days.

Television shows are great. Some people complain about violence and bad language, but they just don’t understand what makes good entertainment. My friends and I love the sitcoms about teenagers. Those movie stars are just like us and understand how we feel. Television improves our understanding of the real world and makes us better people.
Which statement is true about the paragraph?

• The paragraph is mostly fact.
• There are no opinions in the paragraph.
• The whole paragraph expresses opinions.
• The paragraph expresses facts and opinions equally.

“Each [leaf] was shaped like an inverted umbrella spiked on a massive trunk…” from “the Pit of Wings” by Ramsey Campbell
What can be inferred from this line?

• The leaves are cup-shaped with thick stems.
• The leaves protect against the rain.
• The leaves are large and round.
• The leaves are deciduous.
  

“Best of all, perhaps, [Buck] loved to lie near the fire, hind legs crouched under him, forelegs stretched out front, head raised, and eyes blinking dreamily at the flames. Sometimes he thought of Judge Miller’s big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley, and of the cement swimming tank.” – from “Against Odds” What is important to Buck?

• the family home
• safety
• food
• protecting himself

Onomatopoeia—is defined as a formation of words by imitating sounds (Ex. Buzz). The old copper tea kettle perched on the stove like a bird on a branch. Steam whistled from the top. Grandma came bustling in the room to make tea for us.
Which of the above word(s) represents onomatopoeia?

• perched on the stove like a bird on a branch
• bustling
• old copper tea kettle
• whistled

Alice and Frank were very hard workers, and they had lived on the same property for many years. They had four children, Beth, Frances, Peter and Paul. Every morning, the entire family would wake up with the sunrise and the roosters. Alice would start breakfast, Frank and the boys would clean the stalls and feed the livestock and Beth and Frances milked the cows. After all the chores were finished, they would all come back to the house for a nice, warm breakfast,
compliments of Alice.
What is the setting of this passage?

• a city
• a park
• a farm
• a small neighborhood

There was a big test in science that morning, and Peyton forgot to study. The class had known about the upcoming exam for weeks, but Peyton wanted to spend his time watching television and playing touch football with his cousins after school. He was planning to study the night before, but he completely forgot, because he got so wrapped up in an educational movie on television. That morning, as he entered the classroom, he felt sick. What was he going to do?
He looked across the room at his friend, Shelly. She had a delightful smile on her face and looked completed confident. Peyton knew she had been studying for this test for weeks, and she was going to do very well.
What is the main theme of this passage?

• Playing football is a good past time.
• Preparation is the key to confidence.
• Watching television is a waist of time.
• Everyone can be forgetful at times.
  

The engine coughed.
The wind sighs.
Fortune smiled on her.
The photograph leered from the wall.
These are examples of:

• similes
• metaphors
• personification
• symbolism