9th Grade - Unit 1 Test Study Guide

Which of the following statements BEST describes the central idea of a text?

• gives more information about the text

• is the most important detail

• is the most important idea or overall idea of the entire text

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following choices would be the central idea of the text below? Cases often rely on small details. An eyewitness to an airplane crash remembered the was plane heading right toward the ground. However, the airplane hit flat and at a low-enough angle to skid for almost 1,000 feet.

• Eyewitness testimony is important in criminal investigations and trials.

• Remembering details accurately is crucial when witnesses give testimonies.

• Dr. Elizabeth Loftus tells jury members about the factors that affect human memory.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

Which of the following statements BEST describes a supporting detail?

• gives more information about the central idea

• is the most important detail

• is the most important idea or overall idea of the entire text

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following statements would be the BEST supporting detail of the central idea below? Dr. Elizabeth Loftus tells jury members about the factors that affect human memory.

• Eyewitnesses might be able to help the police capture a violent criminal.

• Eyewitness testimony is also often correct.

• Dr. Loftus testifies when eyewitness identification is the only or main evidence against the defendant.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following statements BEST describes a noun?

• A noun names a person, place, or thing.

• A noun names an action.

• A noun describes a noun.

Which of the following answers BEST represents a noun in the sentence below? Police Officers questioned Mr. Smith in the park.

• Police officers, questioned, and park

• Police officers, Mr. Smith, and park

• Police officers, questioned, and in

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Which of the following statements BEST describes a verb?

• A verb names a person, place, or thing.

• A verb names an action.

• A verb describes a noun.

Which of the following answers BEST represents a verb in the sentence below? The witnesses remembered the event differently.

• Witnesses

• Remembered

• Differently

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Which of the following statements BEST describes an adjective?

• An adjective names a person, place, or thing.

• An adjective names an action.

• An adjective describes a noun.

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CCSS.L.9-10.3

Which of the following answers BEST represents an adjective in the sentence below? The young woman went to the store.

• Young

• Woman

• Store

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CCSS.L.9-10.1