GMAS Review for RL6 & RI6

What is the author's MAIN purpose in writing “The Rise and Fall of the Maya Empire”?

• to surprise

• to entertain

• to inform

• to persuade

Read the last two sentences of “The Rise and Fall of the Maya Empire.” Today, historians are decoding many of the hieroglyphic inscriptions and developing accurate maps of the ruins. In the future, we may finally learn the secrets behind the mighty empire of the Yucatán.

What is the author's MOST LIKELY purpose for including these sentences?

• to convince readers that the Maya secrets are already known

• to encourage readers to remain interested in the topic

• to encourage readers to become historians

• to convince readers that the Maya civilization still exists

Part A:

Which sentence states one point of view presented by the author of “Climate and the Collapse of the Maya Civilization”?

• The climate issues that led to the collapse of

  the Maya Empire connect to lessons we can learn in the modern world.

• Because the Maya were skilled farmers, they should have known how their farming methods would affect the climate.

• Future climate disasters like the one

  experienced by the Maya can be prevented

  by clearing land for farming and agriculture.

• The Maya Empire was superior to the Aztec

  Empire and should have been able to return to glory even after the droughts ended.

Part B:

Which sentence from the text BEST supports the answer in Part A?

• Why did the Maya abandon their cities?

• Since the 1990s, many scientists have

  believed that drought may have caused the

  Maya to desert their cities, but they have not

  been able to prove this.

• The Maya became a conquered people.

• Discovering the reasons behind the decline

  of the Maya civilization can help us decide

  what we can do to protect our own civilization and our Earth before it is too

  late.

How does the author MAINLY develop the characters' different points of view in this story?

• through contrasts in their physical appearance

• through a dialogue of questions and answers

• through descriptions of what they see in the

  city

• through a series of narrators telling their

  perspectivesXS

What is the author’s MAIN purpose for telling this story?

• to explain a procedure

• to entertain with humor

• to describe the natural world

• to teach a life lesson

Which sentence from the text BEST shows why the Akim-man and the people he speaks with have different points of view?

• It happened one day that a poor Akim-man

  had to travel from his own little village to

  Accra—one of the big towns on the coast.

  (paragraph 1)

• As he passed down one of the streets of the town he met men carrying a coffin, and

  followed by a long procession, all dressed in black. (paragraph 5)

• This man could only speak the language of

  his own village—which was not understood

  by the men of the town. (paragraph 1)

• Coming to a still finer building with

  beautiful gardens round it, he again asked

  the owner’s name. (paragraph 3)

Which sentence from the text BEST describes the author’s point of view about the

hike?

• Sergeant Arsenio was one of the security

  guards on the pineapple plantation, and he was one of my favorites.

• I ignored him and continued to walk the way I had since I could remember.

• It seemed like no time at all before we had

  climbed out of the canyon and onto the flat road that led home.

• I heard interesting facts about the island,

  saw a beautiful waterfall, and learned a skill about hiking.

From which point of view is this text told?

• It is told in the first–person by someone who is in the story.

• It is told in the third–person by someone

  who knows the characters.

• It is told in the first–person by Sergeant

  Arsenio.

• It is told in the first–person by Sergeant

  Arsenio.

What is MOST LIKELY the author's purpose in writing this text?

• to compare and contrast different types of

  desserts

• to describe the history of ice cream

• to provide a moral or lesson for the reader

• to encourage people to eat more ice cream