Reading review

Floods can cause tremendous damage. They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood.

What is the main idea?

• Floods can cause a lot of damage.

• Floods cause mudslides.

• Floods damage houses and roads.

Maggie was getting ready to walk to school. She put on her coat and grabbed her backpack. As she was leaving, her mother said, “I love you. Be careful.” What can you infer about Maggie?

• Maggie is in kindergarten
• Maggie lives close to school
• Maggie is late for school
• Maggie is excited about school

Soccer is known in some countries as football. It is a popular sport across the world, with over 200 countries playing the sport. It is estimated that over 250 million people, both men and women, play soccer. The sport has been part of the Olympic games from 1900 to 1928 and from 1936 to today.
 What is the main idea?

• Soccer is important at the Olympics.
• Soccer is a worldwide sport.
• Soccer is also called football.
• Soccer is played by men and women.

Which of the following is the definition of third-person omniscient narration?

• a character in the story tells the story

• an outside narrator tells the thoughts and feelings of one character at a time

• the narrator speaks directly to you, the reader

• an outside narrator tells the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story

The author's message about life is known as the story's -

• main conflict
• purpose
• summary
• theme

Matt is having a hard time figuring out what to write for the essay his English teacher assigned.  The main conflict can best be described as individual vs. -

• self
• individual
• society
• nature

The initiating event is the event that causes the _____ to start.

• resolution
• theme
• solution
• conflict

The hero swoops in to save the girl tied to the tracks right before the train hits her.  This is an example of what plot element?

• main conflict
• climax
• falling action
• resolution

The ______ is the very end of the story.

• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• resolution

When describing the setting of the story, an author uses vivid descriptions and adjective to help the reader picture the place in his mind. This is called -

• imagery

• connecting

• predicting

• figurative language