2025 SBAC Review

Which point of view involves the narrator addressing the reader directly using 'you' and 'your'?

• first person

• second person

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

What does the 'Third Person Omniscient' point of view allow the narrator to do?

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  Only show the thoughts and feelings of one character

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  Show the thoughts and feelings of all characters

• Directly address the reader

• Tell the story using 'I' or 'me'

Which text structure focuses on the similarities and differences between two or more things?

• Cause and Effect

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  Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

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  Description

Which text structure shows a series of events in order?

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  Cause and Effect

• Sequence

• Problem and Solution

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  Description

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  Compare and Contrast

What is the primary focus of the 'Problem and Solution' text structure?

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  To describe characteristics or details about something

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  To list events in chronological order

• To show a problem and offer one or more solutions

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  To explain how one event leads to another

Which words indicate that a passage is structured in chronological order? 

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  consequently, effect, cause, because, therefore, so

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  next, first, finally, then, second, followed by, after

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  the question is, problem, one answer is, solution

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  different from, similar to, on the other hand, compared with, as well as

Which words indicate that a passage is structured in cause and effect? 

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  consequently, effect, cause, because, therefore, so

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  the question is, problem, one answer is, solution

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  different from, similar to, on the other hand, compared with, as well as

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  next, first, finally, then, second, followed by, after

What is the correct order of plot sequence?

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  rising action, conflict, climax, exposition, falling action, resolution

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  exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

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  exposition, rising action, falling action, climax, resolution, conflict

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  exposition, resolution, conflict, rising action, falling action climax

Mood is?

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  author purpose.

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  an event in a story.

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  overall feelings created by a piece of writing.

• information.

What does author's purpose mean?

• The reason an author writes something. Such as to entertain, inform, or to persuade.

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  The mood the author feels about a subject.

• Narrative, informational, argumentative.

• The author's personal experience about a topic.