Academic Reading Skills

'Weasels will live anywhere smelly / Inside a maggoty sheep carcase / Or a rotted tree-stump, / A crumbled wall crevice or a fish hole / In the riverbank. Their innocent babies / Nest tight at the back of the holes.' - Which are the emotive words used by John Tripp in these lines from his poem, 'Weasels'?

• Weasels, live, inside, crumbled, crevice, hole

• live, anywhere, fish, nest, holes

• smelly, maggoty, rotted, carcase, innocent, babies, nest, tight

• innocent, babies, nest, tight

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

'Doctor escapes jail for botched surgery' - Which are the emotive words in this headline?

• Doctor, jail

• Doctor, botched

• escapes, jail

• escapes, botched

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

'Thugs taunt victim after brutal mugging' - Which are the emotive words in this headline?

• Thugs, victim

• Thugs, mugging

• Thugs, taunt, brutal

• Thugs, taunt, victim, brutal, mugging

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

'Make your wardrobe sparkle with our desirable new winter collection!' - Which are the emotive words in this advert?

• Make, wardrobe, winter

• wardrobe, desirable, collection

• sparkle, winter, collection

• sparkle, desirable, new

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

'Our obesity-conquering cookbook is bursting with easy, fun recipes to try!' - Which are the emotive words in this blurb?

• obesity, bursting, try

• obesity-conquering, bursting, easy, fun

• obesity-conquering, easy, recipes, try

• bursting, recipes, try

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

'Can you really abandon these puppies to life in such filthy kennels?' - Which are the emotive words in this appeal?

• Can, abandon, kennels

• really, puppies, filthy

• abandon, puppies, filthy

• you, really, abandon

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

'Devious employee fleeces nursing home owner' - Which are the emotive words in this headline?

• Devious, employee, owner

• Devious, employee, home

• Devious, fleeces

• Employee, Employer

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

'Gorgeous-looking model in immaculate condition - test drive today!' - Which are the emotive words in this car advert?

• immaculate, test, today

• Gorgeous, immaculate

• Gorgeous-looking, model

• model, condition, test

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.8