NWEA ELA Prep

Molly took a ______ nap after working all afternoon in the sweltering heat. Which word, derived from the base word restore, should go into the blank?

• restorable

• restoration

• restorative

• restoringly

Read the sentences. At the end of the night, the team had to pick one player to keep the trophy they won. "It should definitely be me," Devin said. Based on these sentences, what is Devin probably like?

• selfish

• thoughtful

• caring

• a frog

Which might someone mimic?

• a person's behavior

• a person's homework

• a person's car

• a person's hairbrush

Select the word that means tight.

To play the violin, you must develop many skills. One of the most basic is surprisingly difficult: staying relaxed. If a violinist's hands are too tense, the music won't sound smooth.

• develop

• basic

• tense

• relaxed

When a question is difficult, what should you do?

• Look for key words that will give you clues to finding the right answer

• Eliminate answers you know are not correct

• Always read words that are in BOLD, italics, and underlined carefully

• All of the above

Author's tone refers to...

• an author's background information

• an author's perspective or attitude about a topic

• an author's writing style

• an author's choice of text structure(s)

A theme is...

• What the text is mostly about

• Message or moral of the story

• The opinion of the author

• Evidence from the text

One way to figure out a word you don't know on the test is...

• Skip it

• Look for clues in the sentence

When you are reading a text you should

• Write down important notes

• Skim it

• Write down everything it says

• Stop every paragraph for a break

The MOST important details in a fiction text usually include

• The characters favorite things, foods, and shows

• Main characters, events, problems, and solutions

• Every character ever introduced

• Facts, data, and statistics