WorksheetsUnit 2 Reading Assessment Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 24mins
What is the theme of a story?
What the story is about
What happens in the story
A lesson or statement about life
Why the characters do what they do
Which of the following is NOT a universal theme?
Sometimes individuals need seclusion to gain clarity.
Unchecked greed can harm others.
Billy learned that he cannot trust everyone.
Individuals can overcome differences to create community.
Which of the following is indirect characterization?
Suzy was a perfectionist and always did her best work.
Calvin was tired and figured missing one practice wouldn't matter.
Wilson tried really hard, but still found himself wishing that he did not have to live near small, loud children.
Arielle was extremely beautiful, but was shy in a way that indicated she did not realize it.
Why is figuring out character motivation important?
So that the reader likes the character.
So the reader is able to understand the decisions of the character and their impact on the plot.
Because the character is the protagonist.
Because characters will not know what happens if they do not know the motivation.
What does the term "propel the plot" mean?
What happens in the story
Advance the action of the story forward
Stop the story
Begin telling the story
What does point of view refer to?
How the narrator tells the story, and which character is focused on
When the story takes place
The characters opinions about what is happening
The characters motivations
"They examined workers' filthy living conditions and witnessed the dangers of crippling machinery and long work hours in dusty, dirty firetraps."
"It was the coldest day of winter, late in February, and the cabin, sheltered as it was among the pine and cottonwood of the creek bottom, was shot through by frosty drafts."
Which of the following is an example of indirect characterization?
The boy was no taller than an ax handle, his nose was running, and he had a croupy cough."
"...staggering under a full armload of pine limbs...He dropped the wood into the empy box near the old woman's chair, then straightened himself..."
Which of the following is an example of direct characterization?
The boy was no taller than an ax handle, his nose was running, and he had a croupy cough."
"...staggering under a full armload of pine limbs...He dropped the wood into the empy box near the old woman's chair, then straightened himself..."
John always asked questions of his superiors, as if he did not trust their motives.
"The Major strolled about, soldierlike, and waved commands
"Something about the boy made the Major forget his determination to depart...Something drew his eyes to the boy and set him to thinking."
But no lions or witches scared me
I went through
Knowing there would be
Spring
The author’s use of third-person omniscient point of view in a story enables the reader to —
Realize the thoughts and motivations of more than one character
Realize the thoughts and motivations of only one character
What is the first step when you get a reading assessment?
Read it
Circle important parts of the questions
Read and annotate
Answer the questions
Once you have read the text a second time, you should?
Provide evidence for the correct answer choice
Label text features
Circle important parts of the questions
Label lines and stanzas
How do you determine the meaning of unknown words on a test?
Read the sentences around the word to find meaning
Look it up in the dictionary
Just guess
Ask your neighbor
How do you make an inference?
Your best guess
Background Knowledge
Text evidence
Text evidence and your background knowledge to figure out what the author is saying
The plot of a fictional story includes...
characters, setting, problem, climax, resolution
problem, climax, and a resolution
characters and setting
plot mountain
What do you look at to determine the relationship between characters?
The thought bubble
The characters actions and dialogue
The main idea
The pictures
Objects, characters, figures, and colors used to represent ideas or concepts
Symbol
Theme
Motif
Recurring structures, contrasts, and literary devices that can help develop a text’s major themes
Symbol
Theme
Motif
It is a unifying generalization about life or remark about the human condition
Symbol
Theme
Motif
What does abhorrent mean?
What does the word dignity mean?
Read the following sentence:
The baby was very clever. It already knew how to crawl into a room without making a sound.
How would the meaning of the sentence change if the author used "cunning" instead of the word "clever"?
The baby would seem sneakier
The baby would seem cuter
The baby would seem stupider
The baby would seem louder
Read the following passage:
"He's very influential in the clowning community," she whispered to her friend, pointing to the tall man in loose pants and rainbow suspenders striding across the room. "He's a great artist. Balloon animals have never been the same."
How does the author intend the word "influential" to be taken in this passage?
positive
negative
neutral
extremely negative
Read the following sentence:
The man stretched slowly, then continued his sluggish walk down the street.
How would the meaning of the sentence change if the author used the word "unhurried" instead of the word "sluggish"?
The man would seem less lazy
the man would seem funnier
the man wold seem more talented
the man would seem animal-like
What does the word shift mean when talking about literature?
The conflict in the story
The conclusion of the story
The characters move over
a change in tone or action in the story or poem
Which of the following do author's use to provide different character's point of view ?
Dialogue
Observations from the main character
Thoughts
All of the above
After pulling an all-nighter studying, Sarah moved through the dance routine sluggishly. She was off-beat and missed several moves, but she pushed herself through the routine.
Character Development is when a character changes traits, feelings and/or actions in a story.
True
False
External Traits describe a character on the...
Inside
Outside
Internal Traits describe a character on the...
Inside
Outside
