Reading Review

What is the effect?

Lexie burned her hand because she didn't wear an oven mitt.

• I burned my hand

• I didn't wear an oven mitt

• There is no cause

• There is no effect

Which is the cause?

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Jacob went to the school nurse. Infer what caused this.

• Jacob felt perfectly fine this morning. 

• Jacob walked to school with Mary

• Jacob fell and scraped his knee at the bus stop

• Jacob wanted to join the basketball team

Maple syrup comes from the sap of red, sugar, or black maple trees. Maple trees store starch in their trunks and roots over the winter. The maple trees turn the starch into sugar which rises up through the sap when the temperatures become warmer in the spring. People harvest the maple syrup by boring holes into the trunks. What is the CENTRAL IDEA?

• The structure of an Oak Tree.

• The process of how granulated sugar is made.

• The description of a Black Maple tree.

• The process of getting Maple Syrup from trees.

What kind of figurative language uses sensory details (sight, smell, touch, sound, and taste)?

What type of imagery is this?
The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house

• Sight
• Sound
• Touch 
• Taste

"The mosquitoes made a living coat on his skin."

The author is trying to emphasize-

• the small amount of the mosquitoes swarming around Brian.

• the large amount of mosquitos that are sucking Brian's blood.

• that the mosquitoes kept Brian warm during the chilly morning.

Mindy and Matt had been hiking all day long. They had covered 17 miles, hills included. By dusk they had finally stopped. Mindy immediately grabbed her water bottle. Matt took out fruit juice and lemonade.

From the above passage you can tell that:

• Mindy and Matt were hungry.

• Mindy and Matt were thirsty.

• Mindy and Matt were tired.

• Mindy and Matt were going home.

Vince slammed his fist against the locker. He started spinning the lock again, but it didn't open. Vince let out a grunt at the exact moment the bell rang. He grabbed the handle of the locker and yanked it repeatedly in a fit of rage. Finally, he slapped the locker and went to look for help.

Why is Vince upset?

• He has a headache.

• He is locked out of his locker and late for class.

• He has homework.

• He does not like school.

The central idea is...

• the focused idea of the text.

• a detail from the text.

• the first sentence of a paragraph.

• a quote you provide from the text.