WorksheetsEOC Stem Questions
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 13mins
Author's purpose is...
to bore its readers
TPCASTT: Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, Shifts, Title, Theme
PIE! Persuade, Inform, Entertain
CAKE! Connotation, Align, Kaptivate, Entertain
Which question ask about author's purpose?
1 What is the purpose of beginning the selection with dialogue and then moving to geographical and statistical information?
2 How does the author achieve his purpose?
3 What can be inferred from the paragraph?
Both 1 and 2
Both 2 and 4
Inference is...
adding your own life experiences to the text
making notes as you read
finding a supporting quote
making an educated guess as it refers to the text
A question that asks about inference...
What is the significance of the statement below from the last paragraph?
Who took the cookie from the cookie jar?
How does the author introduce additional depth to the conflict between two characters?
How does the author structure the text?
I watched my grandfather lying helpless and realized that only I had the power to help him. I reached into my backpack and found the stone that seemed to be glowing like precious rubies.
Where can the theme be found in a text?
In the first and last paragraph and the title.
You have to read the entire text to find it.
I don't know. I will copy from the smart student.
It is assumed after finding the topic.
Where can the central idea be found?
You have to read the entire text.
It is assumed after finding the topic of the text.
In the first and last part of the text and in the title.
I don't know. I will ask the teacher.
What should a supporting quote do?
Add a sentence to the paragraph.
Be taken from a character
Add depth to the paragraph
Support the idea of the topic sentence
In a RACES paragraph, what is the topic sentence?
Restating the prompt in a sentence.
Restating the prompt in another question.
Review the theme of the text.
Restating the main idea and summarizing the text.
What are the key words in this question?
What is the purpose of beginning the selection with dialogue and then moving to geographical and statistical information?
beginning, dialogue, geographical and statistical
purpose, selection, information
dialogue, moving to, information
purpose, beginning, moving to
What are the key words in this question?
What group of words from the selection conveys the author’s attitude toward the topic?
words, selection, attitude, topic
selection, conveys, author's, topic
from, the, toward, topic
words, conveys, attitude, topic
