English 9 - Mastery Assess It 3

Read the following summary.

In the passage from the text, Eleanor is working on a long-term project for school. She completes the project and submits it on time.

Which of the following statements describes the strengths and weaknesses of this summary?

• The summary lists the main ideas, but it does not include supporting details to add credibility to the summary.

• The summary includes the main ideas and supporting details to create a complete and accurate summary of the text.

• The summary is disorganized and difficult to understand.

• The summary includes too many specific details, so the main ideas are not clear.

Which of the following should be included in a summary to add validity?

• the same words used in the original passage

• a biography of the author

• specific details from the text

• examples of dialogue from the text

Which of the following details would be included to support the main idea that a student struggled to finish a project on time?

• Tyler finished the project in time to catch the end of the baseball game with his grandfather.

• Tyler's older brother listened to his ideas for the project and encouraged him that he was on the right track.

• The project was for Algebra, a class that Tyler had always hated, especially since it the teacher was very strict and always corrected him for talking to his friends during class.

• Tyler spilled his orange juice on his poster board and had to walk to the store to get a new piece.

Which of the following terms means "briefly restating of the main points in a passage or work of literature"?

• comparing

• summarizing

• contrasting

• analyzing

Which of the following would be considered explicit evidence? Select all that apply.

• your background knowledge of the rocky coastline of Maine

• words that are stated in narration

• the author's tone of sadness or regret

• the words a character says in dialogue

Read the following fable.

"The Travelers and the Sea"

Two travelers were walking along the seashore. Far out they saw something riding on the waves.

"Look," said one, "a great ship rides in from distant lands, bearing rich treasures!"

The object they saw came ever nearer the shore.

"No," said the other, "that is not a treasure ship. That is some fisherman's skiff, with the day's catch of savoury fish."

Still nearer came the object. The waves washed it up on shore.

"It is a chest of gold lost from some wreck," they cried. Both Travelers rushed to the beach, but there they found nothing but a water-soaked log.

Do not let your hopes carry you away from reality.

Which of the following details supports the inference that the travelers are on a pleasure trip?

• They have the time to walk along a shore and make guesses about the things they see.

• They are excited about the hope of treasure.

• They recognize fishing ships.

• They are near the shoreline.

Read the paragraph and answer the question below.

Late at night, a character is awakened in her room by the sound of heavy footsteps on the lower floor of her house. The heavy footsteps sound like they move from room to room, pausing momentarily before moving to the next doorway.

Which of the following inferences can the reader make about the activity on the lower floor?

• An intruder is stealing things from her home.

• Her older brother is looking for someone or something.

• The sounds come from her dog, who sometimes wanders the house at night.

• The housekeeper is downstairs preparing to clean the house.

What is the term for an educated guess based on information that you already know is correct?

• oxymoron

• flashback

• colloquialism

• inference

A story told using reverse chronology is more _____ than one told in chronological order.

• spatial

• anticipated

• calculable

• suspenseful

Which of the following helps you to organize a tale before you write it?

• a dictionary

• a spreadsheet

• a story map

• a pen name