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Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Which answer choice best explains what the "main idea" of a passage is?
Supporting details from the passage.
The most important idea of the text.
The central message of the passage.
Which answer choice best describes what the "theme" of a passage is?
A message or lesson the author is trying to convey in the text.
The most important idea the author is trying to get across in the text.
The important details found in the text.
What is a stanza?
When the ending words in a line of poetry have the same sound
The type of pattern that the rhyme makes.
The "sentences" that make a poem.
The "paragraphs" of a poem.
The image provided is of a poem. How many stanzas are in this poem?
5
16
4
3
What is the rhyme scheme of stanza 2?
ABCB
ABAB
AABB
ABCD
Which of the following features are specific to Drama's?
Stanzas
Paragraphs
Stage directions
Rhyme
Do you enjoy ice cream? Many people over the ages have enjoyed ice cream. The ancient Greeks ate snow mixed with honey and fruit. It really took off as a dessert in the 18th century. Today, people all over the world enjoy the wonderful taste of ice cream. What is the main idea of this passage?
The Ancient Greeks ate a version of ice cream.
Ice cream has been around a long time.
Ice cream was popular in the 18th century.
Many people eat ice cream.
The sun is some ways away from Earth. It may not seem that far when you look at it in the sky. However, it is so far away that it takes eight whole minutes for the light from the sun to reach us on Earth. And yet, it is still far closer than any other star in the universe. What is the main idea of the text?
The sun is far away from Earth
The sun's light takes eight minutes to reach Earth.
The sun appears closer than it is.
There are suns across the universe.
Little Things
by Ebeneze Cobham Brewer
Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.
Thus the little minutes,
Humble though they be,
Make the mighty ages
Of eternity.
What is the theme of the poem above?
The minutes tick by slowly.
Never underestimate the power of a child.
Drops of water and grains of sand are very small.
The small things are as important as the big things.
In Irish Legend, leprechauns are fairies. They take the form of old men wearing little green coats. Leprechauns like to get into a lot of mischief, of playing tricks. When they're not making mischief, leprechauns spend their time making shoes. They take the money they earn from making shoes and hide it in a pot of gold which is hidden at the end of a rainbow.
Determine the meaning of mischief in this text.
Lying and getting into trouble.
Angry outbursts and emotions.
Silly and happy actions.
Playful misbehaviors or trickery.
What is an "inference"
Supporting details
An educated guess based on what you know for a passage.
the message the author is trying to get across.
what the passage is mainly about.
Every day that week, my father complained that someone was taking pennies from his jug. We all pleaded ignorance. And every day that week, we discussed a new name for our pet bird.
At the end of the week, we took everything out of the birdcage to clean it. In every corner of the cage was a pile of pennies! That's when we learned that my mother had let the bird out to fly around every morning. "Penny thief!" my father cried. And our pet was named on the spot.
Which sentence from the story explains how it could be the bird who put the pennies in the birdcage?
"Every day that week, my father complained that someone was taking pennies from his jug."
"At the end of the week, we took everything out of our birdcage to clean it."
"That's when we learned that my mother had let the bird out to fly around every morning,"
Excerpt from: "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"
"The cyclone had set the house down very gently--for a cyclone--in the midst of a country of marvelous beauty. There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits. Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes. A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had lived so long on the dry, gray prairies."
Based upon the information provided above, which statement best describes the setting of this text?
This place was like nothing ever seen before. It was beautiful.
This place was awful to look at.
The character was at home.
The character was at school with her friends.
