Language Skills

Read the following selection: Alexander, who was an inquisitive child, was the middle of three brothers and taught by his mother until he was 10 years old. When he was a young man he took a challenge from a mill operator and created a machine that removed the husks from grain. He would later call it his first invention.

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word inquisitive.

• It means not wanting to learn more about something or become involved in something.

• It means have the ability to understand or know something without any direct evidence.

• It means to change or adapt something to fit its environment.

• It means to be eager to learn and is often characterized as someone who asks many questions.

A plane crashes on the border of America and Canada. Where do you bury the survivors?

• In Canada

• In America

• You don't bury survivors

What season does Humpty Dumpty hate the most?

• The Spring

• The Winter

• The Summer

• The Fall

The overall idea of a text is the ___________ .

• description

• main idea

• text features

• thesis

The perspective from which a story is told is the __________ .

• writing process

• description

• compound sentence

• point of view

An educated guess at what will happen in the future is a _____________ .

• character development

• compound sentence

• literary text

• prediction

The basic part of a word after all affixes have been removed is called a ___________ .

• supporting details

• text features

• root word

A category used to classify types of literary work is called __________ .

• anecdote

• genre

• point of view

• plot

The place and time a story takes place is the _____________ .

• genre

• point of view

• bias

• setting

What does the word infer mean?

• to guess
• to make an educated guess
• to create
• to investigate