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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 55mins
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1.
A friend tells you, "I am absolutely livid. Jamie shared confidential information with Caroline!" You respond, "So, you're saying that you're angry that Jamie told Caroline your secret?"
When you retell information in your own words, you are __________________.
When you retell information in your own words, you are __________________.
a)
summarizing
b)
paraphrasing
c)
yelling
d)
talking
2.
Paraphrasing, or restating ideas in your own words, helps you check your understanding of what you hear and read. Read the passage. Which sentence best restates the ideas in the passage?
"Although television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s, small, experimental television images were broadcast in the 1920s."
"Although television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s, small, experimental television images were broadcast in the 1920s."
a)
Television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s.
b)
Television became popular in the 1950s, but the first televisions were used thirty years earlier.
c)
Television became popular in the 1920s, and again in the 1950s.
3.
Is the passage below an accurate paraphrase that helps clarify the meaning of the original text? Select Yes or No.
Original Text: Toward the end of the 1800s, the Industrial Revolution caused a change in many people's employment. When agricultural work in rural areas became harder to find, many left to seek industrial work in urban areas.
Paraphrase: The Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s changed what jobs were available. People left farms in the country to work in factories in the cities.
Original Text: Toward the end of the 1800s, the Industrial Revolution caused a change in many people's employment. When agricultural work in rural areas became harder to find, many left to seek industrial work in urban areas.
Paraphrase: The Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s changed what jobs were available. People left farms in the country to work in factories in the cities.
a)
Yes
b)
No
4.
A paraphrase is more than a summary of a text's main ideas—it restates each key idea in about the same number of words.
Is this passage an accurate paraphrase that helps clarify the meaning of the original text? Select Yes or No.
Original Text: During the Industrial Revolution, working-class families took for granted that their children would need to be employed to help support the family.
Paraphrase: At the time of the Industrial Revolution, some children wanted to work in factories.
Is this passage an accurate paraphrase that helps clarify the meaning of the original text? Select Yes or No.
Original Text: During the Industrial Revolution, working-class families took for granted that their children would need to be employed to help support the family.
Paraphrase: At the time of the Industrial Revolution, some children wanted to work in factories.
a)
Yes
b)
No
5.
Paraphrasing can help you avoid _____________. It is taking another person's ideas or words and presenting them as your own. This is not only a serious academic offense, but it is also illegal in many cases. Use your own words when you write, and always give credit to others whose ideas you use.
a)
getting int trouble
b)
plagiarism
c)
cheating
d)
pledging
6.
Choose the correct paraphrase of the following sentence:
During the Industrial Revolution, children as young as three worked in factories.
During the Industrial Revolution, children as young as three worked in factories.
a)
In the time of the Industrial Revolution, children as young as three worked in the factories.
b)
Factories employed children-even three-year-olds-in the Industrial Revolution.
c)
During the Industrial Revolution, children as young as three worked in factories.
7.
To help yourself paraphrase a text, identify the main idea of the passage.
Read this passage:
Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community. Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.
What is the main idea?
Read this passage:
Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community. Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.
What is the main idea?
a)
Their hospital now has a generator and running water.
b)
It provides free medications for diseases.
c)
People in Sauri have much better lives than in years past.
d)
Cases of malaria have declined.
8.
To help yourself paraphrase a text, look up any unfamiliar words or phrases.
Read the passage:
Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community. Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.
What is a generator?
Read the passage:
Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community. Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.
What is a generator?
a)
a device used to measure temperature
b)
a machine by which mechanical energy is changed into electrical energy and is used during power outages as back up
c)
a very serious illness
d)
a place to go when you need medical help
9.
Final stage is to restate important ideas and details in your own words.
Read the passage:
Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community. Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.
Choose the best paraphrase.
Read the passage:
Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community. Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.
Choose the best paraphrase.
a)
Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it
provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the
community.
b)
Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.
c)
Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have
much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a
generator and running water, and it provides free medications for
diseases that are widespread in the community.
d)
Life in Sauri has recently improved.The hospital offers electricity and plumbing, and Free medicine and mosquito nets help prevent common diseases and malaria.
10.
Original Text: The MESSENGER spacecraft will first perform two flyby missions, in which it will gather data on the planet Mercury. In these flybys, MESSENGER will measure Mercury's atmosphere, magnetic pull, and surface composition.
Paraphrase the text above, making sure to identify all the writer's main points. Don't forget to look up any unfamiliar words.
Paraphrase the text above, making sure to identify all the writer's main points. Don't forget to look up any unfamiliar words.
a)
MESSENGER is scheduled to travel past Mercury to get information about
the planet. The spacecraft's trips will give us data about Mercury's
surface, atmosphere, and gravity.
b)
The MESSENGER spacecraft will first perform two flyby missions, in which
it will measure Mercury's atmosphere, magnetic pull, and surface
composition.
c)
Past missions to Mercury haven't been successful because of the heat. MESSENGER is designed to orbit close to the sun.
d)
MESSENGER will provide useful information about Mercury during its flyby missions.
11.
MESSENGER will travel 4.9 billion miles to Mercury's orbit and will have to survive extreme conditions. For one thing, it will have to take a lot more of the sun's heat and energy than any other spacecraft. Additionally, MESSENGER will need to travel at extreme speeds—over 140,000 miles per hour!
Choose the best paraphrase.
Choose the best paraphrase.
a)
For one thing, it will have to take a lot more of the sun's heat and
energy than any other spacecraft. Additionally, MESSENGER will need to
travel at extreme speeds—over 140,000 miles per hour!
b)
MESSENGER will need to travel at extreme speeds—over 140,000 miles per hour!
c)
On its 4.9 billion-mile journey, MESSENGER will encounter intense
conditions as it travels near the sun and survives ultimate heat as it
hurtles at a speed of over140,00 mph.
d)
MESSENGER will travel 4.9 billion miles to Mercury's orbit and will have to survive extreme conditions.
12.
The computer in our classroom is a dinosaur.
a)
The computer is old.
b)
The computer is scary.
c)
The computer is brand new.
13.
Students are sponges in the classroom.
a)
Students soak up water.
b)
Students soak up knowledge.
c)
The student is turning into a sponge.
14.
That test was a piece of cake!
a)
The test was too hard.
b)
The test tasted like cake.
c)
The test was easy.
15.
My room is a disaster zone.
a)
Construction it happening in my room.
b)
My room is clean.
c)
My room is messy.
16.
My sister is a clown.
a)
My sister is mad.
b)
My sister is funny.
c)
My sister is crying.
17.
That cat was a bolt of lightning.
a)
My cat is slow.
b)
My cat was struck by lightning.
c)
My cat is really fast.
18.
At lunch, we were pigs.
a)
We ate really fast and messy.
b)
Pigs were at the lunch table.
c)
We ate a pig.
19.
You are my sunshine.
a)
You make happy.
b)
You upset me.
20.
My friend has a heart of gold.
a)
My friends is kind and helps everyone.
b)
My friend is mean.
c)
My friend's heart is made of real gold.
21.
The girl stood out like a sore thumb in the group of boys.
a)
The girls thumb was sore.
b)
The girl stood out in front of the group of boys.
c)
The girl was in the wrong line.
22.
What is the SETTING of a story?
a)
the main events
b)
the person or animal the story is mostly about
c)
the time and location of the story
23.
What is a SOLUTION in the story?
a)
the beginning of the story
b)
the lesson of the story
c)
how the problem is solved
24.
What is the PLOT of a story?
a)
the main events in the order in which they take place
b)
the problem
c)
the lesson in the story
25.
Words the author use to show how they feel about a given topic
a)
Mood
b)
Perspective
c)
Tone
d)
Rising Action
26.
figures of speech that go beyond literal meaning, like metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole
a)
Symbolism
b)
Characterization
c)
Mood
d)
Figurative Language
27.
The way the characters act, either directly or indirectly stated
a)
characterization
b)
characters
c)
conflict
d)
juxtaposition
28.
the characters' view of the story
a)
point of view
b)
setting
c)
perspective
d)
plot
29.
the type of narration in the story (1st, 3rd, etc.)
a)
perspective
b)
setting
c)
plot
d)
point of view
30.
Words the author uses to make the reader feel a certain emotion
a)
tone
b)
juxtaposition
c)
climax
d)
mood
31.
Objects that represent something important in the story or for the characters
a)
juxtaposition
b)
theme
c)
symbolism
d)
tone
32.
The problem in the story, between the main character and someone/something else or the main character and themself
a)
conflict
b)
perspective
c)
climax
d)
falling action
33.
people in the story who carry out the action
a)
plot
b)
setting
c)
rising action
d)
characters
34.
where or when the story takes place
a)
setting
b)
exposition
c)
persepctive
d)
rising action
35.
the message the author is trying to express within a story
a)
resolution
b)
falling action
c)
theme
d)
point of view
36.
the ending of the story
a)
resolution
b)
falling action
c)
theme
d)
conflict
37.
the events that happen after the climax that lead to a resolution or ending to the story
a)
resolution
b)
falling action
c)
conflict
d)
rising action
38.
turning point of the plot
a)
inciting incident
b)
climax
c)
conflict
d)
perspective
39.
the events in the story that lead to the climax
a)
exposition
b)
plot
c)
rising action
d)
falling action
40.
the beginning of the story, reveals the characters + setting
a)
plot
b)
perspective
c)
characterization
d)
exposition
41.
the events of a story, from start to finish
a)
rising action
b)
conflict
c)
theme
d)
plot
42.
I am dying of shame is an example of...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Hyperbole
43.
What is a simile?
a)
Comparing two unlike things without using like and as
b)
Comparing two things in a text
c)
Comparing two unlike things using like and as
d)
None of the above
44.
The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
45.
What is personification
a)
Giving human qualities to a human
b)
Giving non living qualities to living things
c)
Comparing something to a nonliving thing.
d)
Giving human qualities to a non human things
46.
What is an example of an alliteration?
a)
The vase flew off of the shelf.
b)
Powerful parrots punch pandas.
c)
The plant liked to fly.
d)
I like to eat pie
47.
Onomatopoeia is...
a)
An exaggerated statement
b)
A sound effect
c)
A comparison of two things using like or as
d)
The use of a word associated with a sound.
48.
I was so tired after school, I slept for a month!
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
49.
The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.
a)
The car is very old.
b)
The car was truly made in prehistoric times.
c)
The car is very new.
50.
What is alliteration?
a)
Exaggeration
b)
Comparing two unlike things
c)
Two or more words that begin with the same sound
d)
Words that sound like sound
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