Unit 1 Exam Review

Do you carpool to school? Do you take a bus? It should be a requirement for everyone to either share a ride or walk to school every day. If we are serious about saving the planet, we must take steps to conserve energy and reduce fossil fuel emissions.

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain
• Instruct

• Criticize

Today, it is not uncommon to see women wearing high-heeled shoes. However, the first high-heeled shoes were actually made for men back in the 1500s. The heels helped soldiers keep their feet in the stirrups of their saddles as they rode into battle.

• Perdusade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Instruct

• Criticize

“Once upon a time in a magical kingdom, there lived a great hero. He was about to set out on a dangerous quest!”

• Instruct

• Persuade
• Entertain
• Inform
• Criticize

What is the purpose of a narrative written by another student about the first time she tried to ice skate?

• Entertain
• Inform

• Persuade
• Instruct

• Criticize

Many people buy vegetables in the grocery store without knowing where they were grown or how they arrived at the store. Supermarkets should be required to label each fruit or vegetable with a sign telling shoppers where and when the food was grown and how far it traveled to the supermarket.

• Inform
• Entertain

• Persuade
• Criticize

• Instruct

Every winter, North Dakota gets an average of twelve feet of snow. Road and school closures are sure to follow. Many people state that the snow causes many dollars of damage to their property. What is a piece of explicit information taken from the paragraph?

• Snow is devastating.
• The people of North Dakota should move.
• South Dakota is a lot nicer state to live in.
• Schools and roads will be closed in winter time.

Since it was getting late, the band decided to go home and get some rest. The lead singer decided he wanted to stay a little longer and practice some of the new songs. What can be a piece of implicit information in this story?

• The band needed rest.
• The lead singer has great dedication.
• It was getting late.
• The band has some new songs.

A menu for a Chinese restaurant

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

The new Diary of A Wimpy Kid book

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

What key word helps the reader know that the text is written in FIRST point of view?

• you
• he
• she
• I