Virginia Reading SOL

The colors of the rainbow were bright and beautiful.

The following sentence appeals to the readers sense of:

• sight

• taste

• touch

• smell

• hearing

The hard rain prickled my skin and banged against the metal roof of my house.

Choose the senses that this sentence appeals to.

• sight

• taste

• touch

• smell

• hearing

The stench from the skunk was so gross that I gagged.

The following sentence appeals to the readers sense of:

• sight

• taste

• touch

• smell

• hearing

The deafening alarm definitely got my attention! It was so loud and startling that I couldn't concentrate on anything but the sound.

This following sentence appeals to the readers sense of:

(type your answer in the blank)

taste, touch, smell, hearing, sight

When an author discusses the reasons behind a character's decision to move to a new city, which skill is most directly being assessed by analyzing this aspect of the text?

• Identifying the setting

• Analyzing textual evidence

• Understanding character development

• Evaluating plot structure

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Which sentences are facts?

• The capital of Virginia is Richmond.

• School is a great learning experience.

• Richmond is the best city in Virginia.

• Plants make their own food and are known as producers.

If you are reading a NONFICTION book or passage, the author's purpose is to:

• entertain

• persuade

• inform

When you read a FICTIONAL book or passage, the author's purpose is to:

• entertain

• persuade

• inform

The wind whispered secrets to the trees in the quiet forest

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

The conflict of a story is...

• the ending

• the problem that must be solved

• something funny