Quiz 0101 to 0103

What text connection is used in the following: A paycheck is to an employee like an "A" is to a student

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  Simile

• Alliteration

• Category

• Analogy

Read the paragraph. Then answer the question that follows.

The USS Alabama, built in 1942, is a monster weighing in at 35,000 tons. The ship was built during the Second World War and spent 40 months actively assisting the war effort in the Pacific Ocean. During that time, she was in 26 battles. In 1964, the ship moved to her present home in Mobile, Alabama.

Which sentence contains a text connection? 

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  1st The USS Alabama, built in 1942, is a monster weighing in at 35,000 tons.

• 2nd The USS Alabama, built in 1942, is a monster weighing in at 35,000 tons. The ship was built during the Second World War and spent 40 months actively assisting the war effort in the Pacific Ocean.

• 3rd During that time, she was in 26 battles.

• 4th In 1964, the ship moved to her present home in Mobile, Alabama.

Read the paragraph. Then answer the question that follows.

The USS Alabama, built in 1942, is a monster weighing in at 35,000 tons. The ship was built during the Second World War and spent 40 months actively assisting the war effort in the Pacific Ocean. During that time, she was in 26 battles. In 1964, the ship moved to her present home in Mobile, Alabama.

What type of text connection is in this paragraph and how do you know?

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  An analogy, because the USS Alabama is to a monster as a battle is to war

• An analogy, because the USS Alabama is noted as being as big as a monster

• A comparison, because the USS Alabama is to a monster as a battle is to war

• A comparison, because the USS Alabama is noted as being as big as a monster

Theme is the life lesson the author teaches through the story.

• True

• False

Read this excerpt from The Time Traveller by H.G. Wells and then answer the question that follows:

"Now I want you clearly to understand that this lever, being pressed over, sends the machine gliding into the future, and this other reverses the motion. I am going to press the lever, and off the machine will go. It will vanish, pass into future Time, and disappear. Have a good look at the thing. Look at the table too, and satisfy yourselves there is no trickery. I don't want to waste this model, and then be told I'm a quack."

There was a minute's pause perhaps. The Psychologist seemed about to speak to me, but changed his mind. Then the Time Traveller put forth his finger towards the lever. He sent forth the model Time Machine on its interminable voyage. We all saw the lever turn. I am absolutely certain there was no trickery. There was a breath of wind, and the lamp flame jumped. One of the candles on the mantel was blown out, and the little machine suddenly swung round, became indistinct, was seen as a ghost; and it was gone—vanished!

Which of the following is an example of theme in this excerpt?

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  Time travel

• Friends are enemies.

• Seeing is believing.

• Machinery

Dialogue is important in a story for two reasons. Which of the following is one of the reasons? 

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  It allows one character to speak alone.

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  It demonstrates action instead of speech.

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  It reveals the character's personality details.

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  It allows characters to be silent for a while.

Read the following selection from "A Retrieved Reformation" and answer the question that follows:

"Now, Valentine," said the warden, "you'll go out in the morning. Brace up, and make a man of yourself. You're not a bad fellow at heart. Stop cracking safes, and live straight."

"Me?" said Jimmy, in surprise. "Why, I never cracked a safe in my life."

What does the dialogue reveal about Jimmy Valentine? 

• The warden thinks Jimmy can turn his life around.

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  The warden thinks Jimmy is mature.

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  The warden feels there is no hope for Jimmy.

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  Jimmy admits that he committed the robberies.