VA EOC Reading

The message or lesson the writer is trying to get across to the reader is called the...

• summary

• central idea

• theme

• plot

When you figure out what a word means by using the words around it, you are using...

• theme

• context clues

• tone

• dialogue

Interruptions to the story that writers use to insert past events are called...

• flashbacks

• foreshadowing

• summaries

• dialogue

A condensed (shortened) version of an original text is a...

• theme

• tone

• inference

• summary

What does it mean to "chunk a text"?

• throw the test away

• draw pictures on the test

• highlight everything

• break it into smaller pieces

How do you prove the answer choice you chose is the correct one?

• Find text evidence

• I just know

• Use enie menie minie mo

• Who cares

The underlying message or lesson in a story is known as the...

• A) plot

• B) setting

• C) theme

• D) character

Using surrounding words to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word is called...

• A) context clues

• B) inference

• C) prediction

• D) summary

What are interruptions in a narrative to insert past events called?

• A) flashbacks

• B) foreshadowing

• C) dialogue

• D) exposition

A shortened version of a text that highlights the main points is a...

• A) summary

• B) analysis

• C) critique

• D) review