Reading comprehension test

When a character thinks about something that has happened in the past, it is called a________________.

• Cliffhanger 
• Static 
• Foreshadowing 
• Flashback 

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

This is another word for story line. 

• Point of View 
• Plot 
• Rising Action 
• Falling Action 

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

"When she tripped over something on stage, she fell on her head and it made a boom sound. " The highlighted word is an example of what?

• Simile 
• Onomatopheia
• Metaphor 
• Idiom 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Identify the main text structure used in the passage below.

A river is a large natural stream of flowing water. The source of a river is the place where the river starts. This is usually the highest point in the river. Many rivers begin in springs, places where underground water flows to the Earth’s surface. Some rivers begin in melting glaciers high up in the mountains or in lakes.

• description

• problem/solution

• compare/contrast

• sequence

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CCSS.RI.5.5

What are the three reasons for writing?  

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain
• Personal, Interview, Entertain
• Persuade, Irony, Entertain
• Personal, Inform, Evolve

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

I am as quick as a fox.

• simile
• not a simile

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is author's craft?

• The use of figurative language.

• Crafts that author's like to do.

• The language that a writer uses to make their writing interesting.

• When the author writes how he is feeling in a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.RL.3.1

What type of craft is this "Mary had a little lamb whose tail was white as snow?"

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

• Similie

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is this type of craft, "Sally sells seashells by the seashore on Saturdays and Sundays?"

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how  Tim was feeling. "It's okay Thor," he said, "Dad says we will like California." What is happening?

• Tim is sad because his dog doesn't have a house to live in.
• Tim is taking a trip to visit peolpe he doesn't know.
• Tim is taking Thor to live with his grandmother.
• Tim is moving to California with his family.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2