MG6 Midterm Exam Review

This word means "leaving or starting a journey."

• departure
• timidly

• catastrophe

• arrival

What are context clues?

• Context clues are the main ideas of a text.
• Context clues are summaries of the text.
• Context clues are the author's opinions on the topic.
• Context clues are hints in the text that help define difficult words.

What are the steps in the close reading process?

• The steps in the close reading process include background, careful reading, reviewing vocabulary, reflecting, and discussing.

• Skimming, summarizing, memorizing, and ignoring

• Reading aloud, guessing, skimming, and reflecting

• Previewing, summarizing, critiquing, and ignoring

What does "contrast" mean?

• To analyze the quality of an object.
• To measure the size of an object.
• Contrast means to compare in order to show differences.
• To highlight similarities between objects.

What does "voice" mean in writing?

• Voice refers to the volume of the text.

• Voice is the grammatical person used in writing.

• Voice means the use of dialogue in a story.

• Voice in writing is the author's unique style, words, tone, and sentence variety.

Dialogue is the conversation in a story. It is usually marked off with quotation marks. Which one is an example of a dialogue in writing?

• 'Good afternoon, guys,' said Mr. Mike.

  'How are you?' replied Milla.

• What time is the meeting tomorrow?

• The sun is shining brightly today.

• 'I love reading books.'

Which one is an example of an illustration in a story?

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• A review of the story's themes.
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What is theme in literature?

• The theme is the plot twist that occurs at the end.
• The theme in literature is the central idea or message of a story.

• The theme refers to the characters in a narrative.
• The theme is the setting of a story.

Which one is a Venn diagram?

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• A Venn diagram is a type of pie chart.

What is close reading?

• Close reading is a summary of the text.

• Close reading involves reading the text aloud only.

• Close reading means interacting with the text, seeking meaning, making connections, and observing features, details, and descriptions.

• Close reading is a method for memorizing the text.