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Summary Skills Quiz

Authored by HEIDI SCANNELL

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

Summary Skills Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of summarizing nonfiction passages?

To retell a story in a shorter form

To provide a detailed analysis of the text

To summarize important information from the text

To create a map of the neighborhood

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of text often begins with a summary at the beginning?

Fiction stories

Scientific papers

News articles

Magazine articles

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the key elements needed to create a summary?

Exact words from the text, chronological order, and all details

Own words, order of events, and important details

Exact words from the text, random order, and all details

Own words, random order, and all details

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is it important to exclude every last detail from the original text in a summary?

To make the summary shorter

To make the summary more interesting

To make the summary more accurate

To make the summary more like a map

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following details would be important to include in a summary?

The weather on the day the discovery was made

The names of the team members

The color of the medicine

The location of the laboratory

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main purpose of a summary?

To provide a detailed analysis of the text

To retell a story in a shorter form

To highlight all the details from the text

To present only the important information

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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