Second Quarterly Test in English 9

Which of the following transitions show a contrast in thoughts?

• In the same way

• accordingly

• However

• also

When we compare and contrast while we are reading, we are looking for?

• similarities and differences

• wrong and rights

• truth and lies

• facts and opinions

In which of the following situations DOES NOT show compare and contrast?

• You are voting for class president and there are three students running.

• You are deciding what major differences are between the first and the last Harry Potter's books

• You are writing a narrative about your past experience

• You are writing an easy about which time period you'd rather lived in the 1980s or the 1990s

Which of the following sentences DOES NOT show similarity of annotating and summarizing in making annotation?

• Paraphrasing and summarizing can make concepts easier to understand

• Paraphrasing and summarizing are two strategies that cannot be used in making annotations

• Paraphrasing and summarizing are used when the core ideas of a passage are more important than exact wording

• Paraphrasing and summarizing allow an individual to show his understanding of a text

Which of the following sentences shows differences between annotating and summarizing?

• Paraphrasing is a technique to reword the original text

• Summarizing presents the main ideas from a piece of written work

• Summarizing means explaining an idea in a shortened form, while paraphrasing means explaining an idea in detail in your own words,

• All of the above

Passage #1
In Ancient Egypt, the people had many gods. One God was Ra. He was the sun god. He was born each morning. When he was born, the sun rose.

Passage #2
In Ancient Egypt, the people believed in a god named Osiris. He was the god of the dead. The people believed that when they died, they went to the underworld. There they met Osiris and his wife, Isis.

What is one difference between Passage #1 and Passage #2?

• One talks about a real god and the other talks about a fake god.

• One talks about a married god and the other talks about a single god.

• One talks about the god of life and the other the god of death.

• One talks about Ancient Egypt and the other talks about Ancient Greece.

Passage #1
Salmon lives in the ocean, but they lay their eggs in rivers. They travel up to 900 miles to get to rivers to lay their eggs.

Passage #2
Salmon are remarkable creatures. Once a year, female salmon head back to the rivers where they were born. They swim upstream. The conditions are tough. Many salmon die along the way. Those that make it lay their eggs. Then they die, leaving new salmon behind.

How are the two passages the same?

• They both talk about the salmon's journey.

• They both say how far salmon travel.

• They both explain how hard the journey is.

• They both say that salmon die

Sofia is writing about the epic that she recently read. She describes how each focuses on a hero's quest and how each hero is different. Lea is ________.

• Comparing epics but not contrasting them

• Comparing and contrasting epics that she had read

• Criticizing epics that she had read

• Describing epics that she had read

Ice cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in many different colors and flavors. Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually may not. Even though ice cream is sold across the country annually than strawberry, each flavor tastes great of milk shake.

What are the common features between the two ice cream flavors?

• Both flavors are delicious

• Ice cream is a delicious frozen meat

• More chocolate ice cream is sols across the country

• Strawberry may contain pieces of fruits

Ice cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in many different colors and flavors. Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually may not. Even though ice cream is sold across the country annually than strawberry, each flavor tastes great of milk shake.

Which of the following sentences describes the difference of the two ice cream flavors?

• Ice cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in many different colors and flavors

• Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate

• Though both flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually may not.

• More chocolate ice cream is sold across the country