
SOL Reading Practice
Authored by Rebecca Sutherland
English
9th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which word carries a negative connotation in this sentence?
Patrick's mother is assuming that when her son refrains from fraternizing so much, he will become more accomplished.
mother
assuming
refrains
fraternizing
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Ryan was meticulous with his writing assignments,
so the papers he turned in for English class received the highest grades
for grammar because they never contained mistakes.
As used in this sentence, the word meticulous means :
Notably interested and insightful
Especially careful about details
overly cautious of possible consequences
Exceptionally rational and reasonable
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Which fact from a magazine article would be best to include in a
report about the literary career of William Faulkner?
By the time
Faulkner entered
eighth grade in 1911, he had begun to show signs of
increasing truancy.
Faulkner worked
briefly as a clerk
at First National
Bank, which was
owned by his
grandfather.
Shortly after
entering the
University of
Mississippi, Faulkner
won a $10 poetry
prize offered by
Professor Calvin
S. Brown.
In 1921 Faulkner
accepted a job as postmaster at the University of
Mississippi post
office.
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
The days following tryouts for the wrestling team were a roller coaster ride for Ian.
He had done his best at the tryouts and hoped the coaches would want him to wrestle on the varsity team.
He worried over it for hours. The purpose of the figurative language in these sentences is to suggest that Ian
regretted how he
performed
alternately felt
optimistic and
pessimistic
desperately
wanted to be on
the varsity team
waited a long time to learn the results of the tryouts
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The fanfare and flourishes of the finale announced a farewell to our carnival.
This is an example of:
onomatopoeia
alliteration
metaphor
allusion
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
A quick scan of Saint-Saëns's biography provided little assistance—the information was nearly incomprehensible to a beginner such as myself.
The word incomprehensible contains a root word that means to —
enjoy
understand
invent
construct
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The ticket was inscribed with the logo for KidsPop,
the symphony orchestra's
overt attempt to entice children away from video games and into the world of classical music.
meant to be
adequate
easy to recognize
for a limited time
priced to be
affordable
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
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