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Reading review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 6hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Floods can cause tremendous damage. They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood.

What is the main idea?

a)

Floods can cause a lot of damage.

b)

Floods cause mudslides.

c)

Floods damage houses and roads.

2.
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.” What can you infer about Maggie?
a)
Maggie is in kindergarten
b)
Maggie lives close to school
c)
Maggie is late for school
d)
Maggie is excited about school
3.
Soccer is known in some countries as football. It is a popular sport across the world, with over 200 countries playing the sport. It is estimated that over 250 million people, both men and women, play soccer. The sport has been part of the Olympic games from 1900 to 1928 and from 1936 to today.
 What is the main idea?
a)
Soccer is important at the Olympics.
b)
Soccer is a worldwide sport.
c)
Soccer is also called football.
d)
Soccer is played by men and women.
4.

Which of the following is the definition of third-person omniscient narration?

a)

a character in the story tells the story

b)

an outside narrator tells the thoughts and feelings of one character at a time

c)

the narrator speaks directly to you, the reader

d)

an outside narrator tells the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story

5.
The author's message about life is known as the story's -
a)
main conflict
b)
purpose
c)
summary
d)
theme
6.
Matt is having a hard time figuring out what to write for the essay his English teacher assigned.  The main conflict can best be described as individual vs. -
a)
self
b)
individual
c)
society
d)
nature
7.
The initiating event is the event that causes the _____ to start.
a)
resolution
b)
theme
c)
solution
d)
conflict
8.
The hero swoops in to save the girl tied to the tracks right before the train hits her.  This is an example of what plot element?
a)
main conflict
b)
climax
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
9.
The ______ is the very end of the story.
a)
exposition
b)
rising action
c)
climax
d)
resolution
10.

When describing the setting of the story, an author uses vivid descriptions and adjective to help the reader picture the place in his mind. This is called -

a)

imagery

b)

connecting

c)

predicting

d)

figurative language

11.

Mrs. Peace's eyes welled up with an ocean of feeling when all of her students passed the Reading SOL. What type of figurative language is in this sentence?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

12.

The bathroom was a hive as students gathered to hear the latest gossip. What type of figurative language is in this sentence?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

13.

The kids caught a contagious cold. This is an example of-

a)

alliteration

b)

repetition

c)

rhyme

d)

onomatopoeia

14.
The smoke was a tight little knot on the horizon was was uncoiling slowly.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
15.
Which of the following pairs is an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
gurgle and babble
b)
flow and flower
c)
serve and protect
16.

If it starts raining and you go back to get an umbrella, this is what type of text structure?

a)

cause and effect

b)

process

c)

problem / solution

d)

enumeration

17.

What type of poetry has 5 syllables, 7 syllables, then 5 syllables?

a)

Haiku

b)

Limerick

c)

Black Out

18.

Select ALL THE antonyms of the word SAD

a)

happy

b)

Pessimistic

c)

Glad

d)

Wistful

e)

Cheerful

19.

same beginning sound repeated (can be 2 or more)

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

20.

introduces, characters, setting, and hints at conflict

a)

exposition

b)

setting

c)

characterization

d)

climax

21.

is the story's TIME and place

a)

exposition

b)

setting

c)

characterization

d)

initiating event

22.

the message in the story – friendship, never give up, responsibility, respect, acceptance courage

a)

theme

b)

inference

c)

prediction

d)

context clue

23.

used to express an author’s attitude toward the subject. (serious, humorous, objective – they have no opinion, personal – their personal feeling or opinion)

a)

theme

b)

inference

c)

prediction

d)

tone

24.

The author shows how things are similar and different (clues: Likenesses and differences are discussed; also, both, in contrast, etc. )

a)

Concept or Definition

b)

Description

c)

Compare & Contrast

d)

Enumeration or Listing

25.

Which sentence has an example of personification in it?

a)

The clocked hopped around the room trying to wake up the girl.

b)

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

c)

I've studied so hard my head might explode.

d)

She is as fast as a cheetah.