ELA Common Core Reading Comprehension Practice

Flat and Round Character
Question #1
What is a characteristic of round characters?

• Round characters have mostly flaws.
• Round characters are complex like humans.
• Flat characters have more flaws than round characters.

Flat and Round Character
Question #2
How do authors reveal what a character is like? 

• The author reveals what a character is like by flattening them.
• The author reveals what a character is like  through the character's actions, thinking, and interactions with other characters.
• The author reveals what a character is like by telling us that complex characters are round.

The Ritual
Question #1
What does the narrator's actions at the end, reveal about him?

• He believes that this is just part of being on the team.
• He realizes that being accepted by others is not really important.
• He is concerned about what Randy thinks about him.

The Ritual
2. What point is Randy trying to make by stating that he and the other football players had also been hazed when they first joined the team?

• He was told to do so.
• . He believes that it is a normal tradition.
• He was convinced that the boys don’t care.

Danny’s Adventure
1. Do a close reading of the text. What evidence from the text suggests that Danny would decide to dive into the water by the end of the story?

• The text states, "There were no other options. Time was moving fast. The water now lingered in the space between his nose and eyes." 
• The text states, "He fingered for anything nearby that he could hold." 
• The author states, "He burst to the surface gasping and disoriented, but he made it." 

Danny’s Adventure
2. What is the tone at the beginning of the selection and how does this contrast to the tone at the end of the text?

• It begins with a tone of calmness and ends with relief.
• It begins with a tone of haste and ends with calmness
• It begins with a tone of regret and ends with disappointment.

Xiang Alone
1. What does Xiang’s behavior at lunchtime reveal about him?

• He does not like the way the meal tastes.
• He does not like his classmates.
• He is trying to fit in.

Xiang Alone
2. Symbolism is when an object stands for an idea. For instance, a dove often stands for peace. What do the French fries symbolize in the story?

• American ways of doing things
• different types of foods that are popular
• the lunch program at school

Characteristics of Drama and Poetry
1. What is the purpose of assonance?

•  It compares two different objects to show similarities.
•  It helps the words within a poem rhyme with one another.
•  It draws a reader’s focus to an idea and supplies a beat.

Characteristics of Drama and Poetry
2. What is another name for a group of lines of poetry?

• stanza
• paragraph
• alliteration