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WorksheetsCommon Unit Assessment
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 47mins
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1.
Read the following passage and answer the question.
Maggie was getting ready to walk to school. She put on her coat and grabbed her backpack. As she was leaving, her mother said, “I love you. Be careful.”
Which of the following is explicitly stated in the paragraph?
Maggie was getting ready to walk to school. She put on her coat and grabbed her backpack. As she was leaving, her mother said, “I love you. Be careful.”
Which of the following is explicitly stated in the paragraph?
a)
Maggie lives close to the school.
b)
Maggie put on her coat and grabbed her backpack.
c)
Maggie is in Kindergarten or 1st grade.
d)
Maggie is never late to school.
2.
Identify the implicit information in the article below.
Maggie was getting ready to walk to school. She put on her coat and grabbed her backpack. As she was leaving, her mother said, “I love you. Be careful.”
Maggie was getting ready to walk to school. She put on her coat and grabbed her backpack. As she was leaving, her mother said, “I love you. Be careful.”
a)
Maggie was late to school.
b)
Maggie was in Kindergarten or 1st grade.
c)
Maggie lives close to the school.
d)
Maggie is excited about going to school.
3.
Read the passage below. Identify the explicit information.
Hudson hurried out of the house so he wasn't late for work. He wore overalls and carried a toolbox with wrenches in it. He hopped in his truck and drove off. The sign on his truck said, “Pipe Masters.”
Hudson hurried out of the house so he wasn't late for work. He wore overalls and carried a toolbox with wrenches in it. He hopped in his truck and drove off. The sign on his truck said, “Pipe Masters.”
a)
Hudson hurried out of the house so he wasn't late for work.
b)
Hudson is an auto mechanic.
c)
Hudson enjoys his job.
d)
Hudson works as a plumber.
4.
In the short story "Sweetness," the narrator claims that her daughter's skin color is a "cross that she will always carry." This is an example of an ______________.
a)
Allusion
b)
Analogy
c)
Simile
5.
A claim is...
a)
an opinion
b)
a statement that can be argued and supported through evidence
c)
evidence for an opinion
d)
a true statement
6.
True or false: A claim and opinion are exactly the same.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Which of the following is a claim?
a)
Video games do not make kids more violent.
b)
Violent video games make kids violent.
c)
There is no connection between current crime rates and video games
d)
all of the above
8.
Though forks were first used in China thousands of years ago, it took a long time for them to make their way to what is now the United States.
Ancient Greeks began using forks after the Chinese. However, they did not use forks for eating. They used them for serving food. From Greece, forks moved to the Roman Empire. Romans first used long forks for cooking and serving. By the 300s, they began using table forks to feed themselves.
The table fork spread from there to what is now the Middle East and Turkey, before arriving in Italy and becoming popular in the 1000s. It stayed popular in southern Europe, but was not used much in northern Europe until it first became popular in France and Spain in the 1700s.
The table fork arrived in England from France before making its way to the North American colonies, where it first became popular shortly before the American Revolution.
Ancient Greeks began using forks after the Chinese. However, they did not use forks for eating. They used them for serving food. From Greece, forks moved to the Roman Empire. Romans first used long forks for cooking and serving. By the 300s, they began using table forks to feed themselves.
The table fork spread from there to what is now the Middle East and Turkey, before arriving in Italy and becoming popular in the 1000s. It stayed popular in southern Europe, but was not used much in northern Europe until it first became popular in France and Spain in the 1700s.
The table fork arrived in England from France before making its way to the North American colonies, where it first became popular shortly before the American Revolution.
a)
The fork changed after arriving in the Roman Empire.
b)
Roman forks were longer than Greek and Chinese forks.
9.
What does it mean to paraphrase?
a)
the
practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's
own.
b)
to put someone else's word in your own words
c)
to quote
d)
none of the above
10.
Tone can best described as
a)
attitude of the reader
b)
the overall mood or feeling in a story
c)
the author's attitude toward his writing
d)
reader's point of view
11.
Read the following poem, "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti and answer the question below.
My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love is come to me.
QUESTION: What mood do the details of the poem convey? (Look specifically at the three things the speaker compares her heart to.)
My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love is come to me.
QUESTION: What mood do the details of the poem convey? (Look specifically at the three things the speaker compares her heart to.)
a)
Sorrow
b)
Happiness
c)
Excitement
d)
Nervousness
12.
Mom was a busy beaver as she prepared for the holiday party.
What are the words in blue an example of?
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
13.
During brunch with his grandparents, Jacob was a real pig.
What are the words in blue an example of?
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simlie
b)
Metaphor
14.
What is foreshadowing?
a)
A prediction of what will happen
b)
When it's too cloudy outside to see the sun
15.
In a piece of narrative text, what is the "theme"?
a)
What the story is about
b)
The topic of the text
c)
A message the author is trying to get across to the reader
d)
Where and when the story happens
16.
During a baseball game, Tanner tried to tag a player leaving first base. When the umpire called the player out, Tanner immediately informed the umpire that he in fact did not tag the runner. Two weeks later, the very same umpire was at another one of Tanner’s baseball games. Tanner was playing short stop and tagged a runner as they approached third base. When the umpire called the player safe, Tanner didn’t say a word, but the umpire noticed the surprised look on Tanner’s face. “Did you tag the runner?” she asked Tanner. When Tanner told her that he did tag the runner, the umpire changed her decision and called the player out. The coaches and parents were furious, but the umpire stood by her decision.
What is the theme?
What is the theme?
a)
You should cheat to win.
b)
Always work hard.
c)
It pays to be honest.
d)
Teamwork is best.
17.
What is a narrative?
a)
A story
b)
Poetry
c)
A biography
d)
A research project
18.
Dialogue is
a)
Action at the end of the story
b)
The conversation between characters
c)
Authors point of view
d)
Chronological order
19.
A biography about Abraham Lincoln
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
20.
The Declaration of Independence
a)
Secondary Source
b)
Primary Source
21.
A television show explaining about Neil Armstrong and his walk on the moon. The TV show is a
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
22.
An autobiography is a
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
23.
Where should the comma(s) go?
When Alfred finally realized the gravity of the situation it was much too late.
a)
after "Alfred"
b)
after "gravity"
c)
after "situation"
d)
no comma necessary
24.
Where should the comma(s) go?
Mason joined the basketball team and made some awesome layups.
Mason joined the basketball team and made some awesome layups.
a)
after "Mason"
b)
after "team"
c)
after "awesome"
after "Mason" AND after "team"
after "Mason" AND after "team"
d)
no comma necessary
25.
Which conjunction (FANBOYS) would you use to combine the following sentences?
Do you want to order pizza?
Should I make spaghetti?
Do you want to order pizza?
Should I make spaghetti?
a)
and
b)
but
c)
or
d)
so
26.
Which conjunction would best join the two sentences together?
The students wanted to go out to recess. The teacher said they had too much work.
The students wanted to go out to recess. The teacher said they had too much work.
a)
, and
b)
, but
c)
, or
d)
, for
27.
Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is true?
a)
The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
b)
The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
c)
The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
d)
The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.
28.
It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now.
The Summary of this passage is:
The Summary of this passage is:
a)
Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.
b)
The camels were swatting flies with their tails.
c)
It was really hot at the zoo.
d)
Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.
29.
When the day ends, we can all go home and make cookies.
a)
dependent clause
b)
independent clause
30.
When the day ends, we can all go home and make cookies.
a)
dependent clause
b)
independent clause
31.
How is the red word functioning in the following sentence?
After the game, the losing team went home with no trophy.
After the game, the losing team went home with no trophy.
a)
verb
b)
adjective
c)
direct object
d)
subject
32.
Juanita usually prefers to work out in the morning ___________ today she intends to go to the gym after her last appointment.
a)
comma
b)
semicolon
c)
no punctuation
33.
How would you greet this person?
a)
Good morning.
b)
Hey.
34.
Formal or informal: Harry Potter books rule!
a)
Formal
b)
Informal
35.
Formal or informal: Can I please have another slice of pizza?
a)
Formal
b)
Informal
36.
The story of a teenage boy learning to understand and live with his father, who is an alcoholic Vietnam war veteran.
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
37.
A list of the 25 richest athletes in the world.
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
38.
An article arguing why Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player ever.
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
39.
When you look a word up in the dictionary or thesaurus, which meaning do you get?
a)
denotative
b)
connotative
c)
technical
d)
figurative
40.
A connotative meaning is...
a)
the dictionary meaning of the word
b)
all the emotions or feelings a word can make a reader feel
c)
the action or events in a story
d)
to use writing to amuse a reader
41.
Where can imagery be found in?
a)
Poetry
b)
Short Stories
c)
Novels
d)
All of the above
42.
What is Imagery?
a)
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
b)
a joke
c)
It's nothing Ms. Schneider just made it up
d)
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
43.
What is an ulterior motive?
a)
An alternative or extrinsic reason for doing something, especially when concealed or when differing from the stated or apparent reason.
b)
reason for doing something, especially one that is hidden or not obvious.
c)
a motive
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