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The Water-Babies

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is suspense?

a)

feelings created by the author's connotative word choices

b)

an uneasy feeling created by not knowing what is about to happen

c)

a feeling of laughter created by something funny

2.

What is a quotation?

a)

exact words taken from a passage

b)

paraphrased words taken from a passage

c)

the words characters speak in a story

3.

What is figurative language?

a)

words that mean exactly what they say

b)

words that mean something other than what they say

4.

What is context in reading?

a)

a bad text that is confusing

b)

a guess about what a word means

c)

how a word is used in that sentence

5.

The question says, "Which quotation supports the idea that..."

What should you do?

PICK ALL THAT APPLY!

a)

pick the longest one

b)

pick the shortest one

c)

pay most attention to the words after "that"

d)

read through all choices and eliminate incorrect ones

e)

pick the first one that you think is right

6.

What does reveal and reveals mean?

a)

hide

b)

show

c)

funny

7.

What is attitude in literature?

a)

when a character is sarcastic and mean

b)

the tone an author uses to write about a character

c)

when an author gives hints about what will happen

8.

What is a phrase?

a)

a group of words that has meaning

b)

another word for sentence

c)

a short time in a person's life

9.

What does affect mean?

a)

the result

b)

to change

c)

to make happen

10.

What does "affect the reader's view" mean?

a)

How does it CHANGE the reader's view

b)

How does it CAUSE the reader's view

c)

How does it LIMIT the reader's view

11.

What does "contribute" mean in reading?

a)

take or subtract

b)

praise or encourage

c)

give or add meaning to

12.

What should be included in a complete and accurate summary?

a)

the central ideas of the text

b)

title, author, and genre

c)

something you saw in the movie

d)

the words "I think"

e)

your opinion