English I Spring Benchmark Writing

List the 5 reading genres that were studied this year.

• fairytale, fable, myth, legend, nonfiction

• literary nonfiction, poetry, drama, informational text, fiction

• autobiography, fable, realistic fiction, biography, myth

• biography, legend, poetry, drama, fable

The teacher was furious because the students did not write 5 paragraphs on their Extended Constructed Response. What does the word furious mean?

• an affix placed at the beginning of a base word

• To be angry

• To be happy

• To be unaware of what's going on.

What are the 5 basic elements of fiction?

• setting, drama, stage directions, plot, characters

• lnfer, character, setting, simile, plot

• There are no basic elements.

• Plot, characters, setting, conflict, theme

In your own words, explain what the definition is for main or central idea.

What does it mean to make an inference or infer?

• To provide text evidence

• context clues

• text features

• To make an educated guess

List the 4 types of text structures an author uses to organize a text.

• cause and effect, author's purpose, compare, contrast

• compare, contrast, logical order, cause and effect

• compare and contrast, cause and effect, sequential/logical order, problem/solution

• problem/solution, describe, analyze, cause and effect

Define text structure.

Identify the pronouns that are used in 1st person Point-of-View.

• I, me, we, my, our, us

• he, she, it, they

• you, yours

Identify the pronouns that are used in 3rd person Point-of-View?

• i, me, we, us, ours

• he, she, it, they

• you, yours

What are the 3 types of connections?

• Text to self, Text to text, Text to World

• Text to society, Text to me, Text to education

• There are no connections

• Text to people, Text to teacher, text to student