Comp 1 Study Guide

Ice cream is the best treat ever! You should eat ice cream after every meal. All of the flavors are so tasty. Ice cream will make your life great!

What is the author's purpose?

• Entertain

• Inform

• Persuade

• Explain

A Hare was making fun of the Tortoise one day for being so slow. "Do you ever get anywhere?" he asked with a mocking laugh. "Yes," replied the Tortoise, "and I get there sooner than you think. I'll run you a race and prove it." The Hare was much amused at the idea of running a race with the Tortoise, but for the fun of the thing he agreed. So the Fox, who had consented to act as judge, marked the distance and started the runners off. The Hare was soon far out of sight, and to make the Tortoise feel very deeply how ridiculous it was for him to try a race with a Hare, he lay down beside the course to take a nap until the Tortoise should catch up. The Tortoise meanwhile kept going slowly but steadily, and, after a time, passed the place where the Hare was sleeping. But the Hare slept on very peacefully; and when at last he did wake up, the Tortoise was near the goal. The Hare now ran his swiftest, but he could not overtake the Tortoise in time.

What is the author's message?

• Always run super fast.

• Taking a nap will make you beat a tortoise.

• Never underestimate your opponent.

• Tortoises are better than hares.

What is the purpose of the chart?

• To visually represent data or information about endangered animals.

• To display pretty colors.

• To show which animals are the best.

• To show random numbers.

The lake was as cold as ice.

Which meaning best matches the way ice was used in the sentence above?

1. 1. frozen water

2. 2. to turn into ice

3. 3. a frozen dessert made from fruit juice

4. 4. to put icing on a cake

• Meaning 1

• Meaning 2

• Meaning 3

• Meaning 4

I am so excite to go to the Yamboree.

What change, if any, should be made in the sentence?

• Change am to were

• Change Yamboree to yamboree

• Change excite to excited

• No change needed

  Two bears call the continental United States home- the black bear and the Grizzly bear. Both are omnivores that feed on plants and animals. Both species are solitary animals, living alone most of the time. There are, however, many differences between the two species. The Grizzly bear is usually larger, growing to 8 feet and weighing 800 pounds. The black bear grows to 5-6 feet tall and weighs between 200 and 600 pounds. Grizzly bears are always brown, whereas black bears can be black, brown, and even (rarely) white. When winter arrives, Grizzlies hibernate, while black bears go into a dormant state.  

What is the author's purpose?

• To describe how bears hibernate.

• To entertain the reader with a story about two bears.

• To persuade the reader to get a bear as a pet.

• To provide information about two types of bears.

She was as quiet as a mouse.

Which meaning best matches the way mouse was used in the sentence above?

1. 1. a small rodent

2. 2. a computer device

3. 3. a timid person

4. 4. to search carefully

• Meaning 1

• Meaning 2

• Meaning 3

• Meaning 4

What does "author's message" mean?

• How the author organizes the story.

• A lesson we can learn from the story.

• What the story is about.

• Why the author writes a story.

What is author's purpose?

• The author's purpose is to provide factual information.
• The author's purpose is to entertain the reader.
• The author's purpose is the reason why the author wrote a particular piece of text.
• The author's purpose is to confuse the reader.

A Hare was making fun of the Tortoise one day for being so slow. "Do you ever get anywhere?" he asked with a mocking laugh. "Yes," replied the Tortoise, "and I get there sooner than you think. I'll run you a race and prove it." The Hare was much amused at the idea of running a race with the Tortoise, but for the fun of the thing he agreed. So the Fox, who had consented to act as judge, marked the distance and started the runners off. The Hare was soon far out of sight, and to make the Tortoise feel very deeply how ridiculous it was for him to try a race with a Hare, he lay down beside the course to take a nap until the Tortoise should catch up. The Tortoise meanwhile kept going slowly but steadily, and, after a time, passed the place where the Hare was sleeping. But the Hare slept on very peacefully; and when at last he did wake up, the Tortoise was near the goal. The Hare now ran his swiftest, but he could not overtake the Tortoise in time.

What lesson did the hare learn? Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your answer.