WorksheetsSOL #2 for first half of April
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 35mins
•Which situation could best be described as ironic?
Though they met in a tent-hospital, Henry and Clara Barton were both educators before the war.
Though Caleb George and Woodrow Hinnant were from the same town, only one of them was injured in the war.
Though Henry was a professor before the war, two uneducated youths taught him how to survive the experience.
Though he is unable to write to his mother, Henry has dictated his letter to a
volunteer nurse.
Maya Angelou said, "Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable."What is the purpose of this simile?
to show that it is easy to feel sorry for people who are likely to sleep at any time.
to show that feather mattresses are comfortable until they get hard
to show that it is easy to feel sorry for one's self, but when bitterness sets in it becomes uncomfortable
to show that people will comfort you when you feel sorry for yourself in public
When the author goes back in time to tell what happened, this is called a -
flashback
foreshadowing
irony
allusion
Which WORDS are used to show a cause and effect relationship?
yet
so
therefore
consequently
however
Which visual aid would be most effective for an oral presentation on Langston Hughes's contributions to the Harlem Renaissance?
The colors of the rainbow were bright and beautiful.
The following sentence appeals to the readers sense of:
sight
taste
touch
smell
hearing
The hard rain prickled my skin and banged against the metal roof of my house.
Choose the senses that this sentence appeals to.
sight
taste
touch
smell
hearing
What is the root/base word of uncool?
un
cool
like
believe
Which sentences are facts?
The capital of Virginia is Richmond.
School is a great learning experience.
Richmond is the best city in Virginia.
Plants make their own food and are known as producers.
How exciting it was to win the class spelling bee!
Check all the ANTONYMS for exciting.
dull
thrilling
dreadful
terrible
wonderful
A made up story can be best described as:
fiction
biography
non-fiction
informational text
If you are reading a NONFICTION book or passage, the author's purpose is to:
entertain
persuade
inform
to bore you to death
Which reference source would you use to find the meaning of mammal in a science textbook?
thesaurus
glossary
dictionary
atlas
Which reference source would you use to find a synonym for the word good?
thesaurus
glossary
dictionary
atlas
As the students generated
ideas for solving the
problem, Mr. Llirrum wrote them on the board so they would not be forgotten.
came up with
disscussed
discovered
applied
Matt is having a hard time figuring out what to write for the essay his English teacher Mr, Llirrum assigned. The main conflict going on right at this moment, can best be described as individual vs. -
self
individual
society
nature
A book or online source of words with the same or nearly the same meanings, or synonyms, and their opposites, or antonyms
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Atlas
When the strong earthquake hit Japan, Neil read about the details in the Foreign News section to check the number of people affected and the damages it caused his country. Besides a newspaper, where else could Neil have gone to find out more information about the earthquake?
Dictionary
Newspaper
A Japanese web news station
A definition is the meaning of a word. Some words have more than one meaning. Dictionaries number the definitions when there is more than one.
balk \'bôk\ n. [Middle English] 1: a ridge of land left unplowed as a dividing line or through carelessness 2: beam, rafter 3: hindrance, check 4 a: the space behind the balkline on a pool table b: any of the outside divisions made by the balklines 5: failure of a player to complete a motion; especially an illegal motion of the pitcher in baseball while in position
Which sentence best fits definition 5 of balk?
Raccoons live in the balk between the two farms.
Shelia's chattiness proved to be a balk on her date.
Jason hit the cue ball from the balk of the pool table.
The pitcher committed a balk during the game.
Read the statements and identify the fact.
Chocolate ice cream is the tastiest.
All dogs enjoy swimming.
Owning a pet invovles a lot of responsibility.
Spring is the best season for taking walks.
The person who is talking is called the...
Speaker/Narrator
Character
Protagonist
Antagonist
What is the difference between a fact and an opinion?
A fact can be proved, an opinion cannot.
An opinion can be proved, a fact cannot.
An opinion is supported by evidence, a fact is supported by details.
A fact and an opinion are the same.
The strenuous test made her panic.
What can you infer about the following:
The little boy looked sheepishly down at the ground. His mom clenched her teeth together. She couldn't believe what he had just done!
He has created a beautiful painting for her.
He has eaten the pie she baked for dessert.
He smiled at her and said, "I love you, mama."
He ate his lunch of peanut butter and jelly.
When Americans think of earthquakes, they tend to think of California, a state known for its frequent seismic activity. In recent years, however, people in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas have been feeling the ground shake more often. An increase in oil and gas drilling in these states has led to "human-induced" earthquakes—those resulting from human activity. When wastewater is disposed of during gas and oil drilling, the water is forced deep underground. The resulting buildup of pressure can cause fault lines (cracks in the earth's crust) to shift. According to Mark Petersen, head of the U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake hazard mapping project, "In the past five years, the USGS has documented high shaking and damage in areas of these six states, mostly from induced earthquakes."
An increase in oil and gas drilling has caused a corresponding increase in earth quakes in six states
Residents of six U.S. states have experienced an increase in earth quake activity in recent years
The resulting buildup of pressure can cause fault lines to shift
Earth quakes in America happen primarily in the state of California, but can also happen in a few others
Sir Isaac Newton was contemplating the universe in his garden one day in 1665 when he noticed an apple fall from a tree. Newton wondered to himself, “Why should the apple always fall to the ground? Why does it not go sideways or upwards but directly toward the Earth’s center?” After much contemplation Newton concluded that objects are pulled to the Earth through a force that he called gravity, which means heaviness in Latin. On July 5th, 1687 Newton formally expressed his law of universal gravitation in series of books called The Principia.
What would be a good title for this passage?
An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away!
Universal Oddities.
Look out below!
What Newton Knew.
The Masai of East Africa raise cattle for a living. Very little grain is raised in the area, so the people depend on the cattle for food. Most people drink a gallon of milk a day, and beef is a popular meat. Cow's blood is also used as food. It doesn't spoil, it provides protein and minerals, and it can be taken from cows while traveling.
What is this passage mostly about?
There is much grain raised in the world.
People in different areas of the world eat odd foods.
Cows provide food for the Masai.
There are many different kinds of cattle raised by the Masai.
Which phrase has a negative connotation?
a stingy person
a thrifty person
