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WorksheetsBench Mark Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 28mins
When answering a question that says "Which statement best summarizes the passage?" What are you to do to answer correctly?
Look for words that are repeated in the answer choice.
Before answering, write BME (Beginning, Middle, End) next to each answer choice. Then read and analyze each answer choice and look for important details that share the whole story from the beginning, middle, and end.
Read each answer choice and choose the answer that makes the most sense.
Read each answer choice and choose the answer that shares details that occurred in the story.
When reading a story from the First-Person Point of View, what does this perspective give the reader insight to?
First Person Point of View gives the reader clues about what will happen in the story.
First Person Point of View helps the reader understand the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story.
First Person Point of View gives the reader insight to how the main character feels, acts and behaves in the story.
First Person Point of View does not share the thoughts and feelings of any of the characters in the story.
What should you do to answer a question like this correctly? "What can the reader infer about the main character in paragraphs 10-12?
If you don't know what the words "Infer" or Intentions" mean, look them up first. Then reread paragraphs 10-12 and pay attention to what the main character is doing in those paragraphs. Read each answer choice and choose the answer that matches the actions of the main character in paragraphs 10-12.
Read each answer choice and choose the answer that makes the most sense.
Read paragraph 5 and paragraph 8 only and pay attention to what the main character says.
Read paragraphs and answer choices carefully. After reading, choose the answer you think is best.
What would you do to answer this question?
Read this sentence from paragraph 3 of the passage.
"Willie wanted to win the marathon very badly, but felt bad that if he won, his sister would lose and never have the opportunity to run in the marathon again".
How does this situation setup the theme of the importance of putting others before yourself?"
It implies that Willie is selfish for having to struggle with letting his sister win.
It suggest that Willie's sister will be sad if she does not win.
it gives Willie's sister the opportunity to beat her brother at something.
It causes Willie to have to choose between himself and his sister to win the marathon.
What would you do to answer this question correctly?
Read this sentence from paragraph 2 of the passage.
Willie's mind flashed back to the conversation he had with his sister during dinner. She shared how much it would mean to her to win the marathon before getting married.
What effect do these thoughts have on Willie's actions?
The thoughts made him upset that he had to make the decision to loose the marathon on purpose.
The thoughts make him resent his sister because she will be the winner of the marathon.
The thoughts caused him to think about what his parents would want him to do.
The thoughts cause him to remember how much winning the marathon means to his sister and considers what he will do.
Which sentence from the excerpt best illustrates Willie's primary conflict?
Willie practiced long and hard for the marathon. pg. 1
Willie struggled within to make the decision to purposely lose the race so that his sister would win. pg. 3
Willie was certain that either he or his sister would win the marathon. pg. 5
Willie continued to work hard as he struggled to make the decision. pg. 9
What would you do to answer this question correctly?
The main role of Kimberly in the story is to help---
Determine what the theme of the story is.
Reread the story. Pay attention to what Kimberly says and does in the selection. Pay attention to her actions and dialogue with other characters to determine how she effected the story's outcome (resolution).
Summarize the story from beginning, middle, and end.
Determine if Kimberly's actions were good or bad.
When reading a story, how do you determine the resolution of a character's conflict based upon a specific paragraph?
Example question:
How is Jennifer' behavior and actions in paragraph 30 important to the resolution of her conflict?
Reread the story and pay attention to the outcome.
Analyze the question and answer choices.
Look for unfamiliar words in the paragraph and look them up to find out the meaning.
Go to paragraph 30. Reread the paragraph and pay attention to how Jennifer responds to the conflict and how she handles it. Pay attention to her thoughts, actions, dialogue and behavior in the paragraph. Then choose the answer choice that matches her actions.
What is Plot?
The turning point of the story.
The Climax of the story.
The events that makes up the story.
The part of the story that the setting and characters are introduced.
How would you answer this type question?
Which sentence best illustrates the narrator's conflict"
Read each answer choice and look for the answer that shows the challenges the narrator has to face in the story.
Choose the answer choice that shares important information from the story.
Look up the word illustrate.
Determine the point of view the story is being told from.
How do you determine the main idea of a story?
Read the resolution of the story to determine it's outcome.
The main idea can be found at the beginning and the end of a story.
Look for words that you do not know in the story.
Look at the title, read the selection. Pay attention to what is being said in the first and last paragraph and to any repeated words.
What is the Narrator's Point of View?
How the narrator views things and tells the story.
The climax of a story.
The resolution of the story.
How the main character behaves in a story.
How would you answer this question? What should you do first?
"What is the best summary of paragraphs 10-18?"
Reread the whole story.
Write BME next to each answer choice.
Go to paragraphs 10-18, be sure that BME is next to each paragraph. Reread each answer choice and choose the answer that entails important details from the BME.
Choose an answer that makes the most since and that has details from the story.
How would you answer this question?
The imagery in line 4 helps the reader---
Reread line 4 and pay attention to the words the author uses to create images in your mind.
Look up the word imagery.
Pay attention to what type of figurative language is being used,
Determine the theme of the story based upon the main character's actions.
How would you answer this question?
In contrast to line 10, the last line of the poem shows that the bird now feels---
Define the word contrast, look at line 10 and the last line of the poem and determine how the bird felt in each line. Afterwards, I would read the answer choices and choose the answer that best describes the actions of the bird in both sentences.
Read line 10 and the last line.
Read the whole poem.
Underline key words that will help me to comprehend the poem.
