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Informational Text Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Synonym for main idea

a)

summarize

b)

listing

c)

compare/contras

d)

central idea or key idea

2.

The most important point the author makes about the topic. This can be found at the beginning, end of the passage or implied by the text.

a)

main idea

b)

chronological

c)

articulate

d)

text structure

3.

Details that support the main idea. These can be facts, examples, reasons, anecdotes (stories) and descriptions that expand on the main or central idea.

a)

illustrate

b)

context clues

c)

listing

d)

supporting ideas

4.

details to support an argument

a)

text structure

b)

context clues

c)

illustrate

d)

evidence

5.

to retell

a)

recount

b)

illustrate

c)

annotate

d)

context clues

6.

figure out, decide

a)

listing

b)

illustrate

c)

draw conclusion

d)

cause/effect

7.

examine, determine

a)

articulate

b)

supporting details

c)

problem/solution

d)

analyze

8.

express

a)

illustrate

b)

listing

c)

compare/contrast

d)

articulate

9.

A shorter way to tell about a passage. To tell the most important details or events of a story or article.

a)

problem/solution

b)

title

c)

central idea and key idea

d)

summarize

10.

How the writer organizes information.

a)

evidence

b)

supporting details

c)

listing

d)

text structure

11.

A type of text structure that points out similarities and differences between two or more subjects.

a)

listing

b)

analyze

c)

main idea

d)

compare/contrast

12.

A type of text structure that presents steps in time order

a)

recount

b)

title

c)

analyze

d)

chronological

13.

A type of text structure that shows how one event makes other events happen

a)

title

b)

cause/effect

c)

central idea and key idea

d)

main idea

14.

A type of text structure that describes a problem along with a solution.

a)

recount

b)

cause/effect

c)

problem/solution

d)

chronological

15.

To make notes in a text

a)

annotate

b)

listing

c)

cause/effect

d)

draw conclusion

16.

Can help with predicting what the text is about before reading.

a)

articulate

b)

title

c)

central idea and key idea

d)

illustrate

17.

Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

a)

problem/solution

b)

annotate

c)

context clues

d)

analyze

18.

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

a)

cause/effect

b)

summarize

c)

inference/to infer

d)

text structure

19.

to make clear by examples or pictures

a)

draw conclusion

b)

problem/solution

c)

illustrate

d)

analyze

20.

A list of associated ideas or things

a)

cause/effect

b)

supporting details

c)

listing

d)

articulate

21.

In the boxed information titled "Did You Know?," which fact about Robert Allman directly supports the selection's theme?

a)

He was the recipient of the Class of 1915 Award, bestowed annually on a member of the senior class who most closely approaches the ideal University of Pennsylvania student-athlete.

b)

At the University of Pennsylvania, Allman was an intercollegiate wrestling champion and captain of the Quaker wrestling squad during his senior year.

c)

He once said, "I have done nothing more than the average American boy. . . . Courage is nothing more than doing the best you can in the good old American Way."

d)

After college he became a successful lawyer in the Philadelphia area and worked until his death at age 75.

22.

What is the overall message of the boxed information about teen texting?

a)

Texting is interfering with face-to-face interaction among teens.

b)

Teachers are concerned about teen texting.

c)

Teens prefer texting to other activities.

d)

Teens text on a frequent basis.

23.

The graphic titled "Where They're Living Solo" suggests that the practice of living alone is -

a)

global

b)

dominant

c)

temporary

d)

cyclical

24.

Which of the following statements best characterizes the objective of the boxed information titled “Did You Know?”

a)

To provide multiple theories for why languages disappear

b)

To highlight the effects of climate change described in the article

c)

To provide facts about languages that are disappearing

d)

To suggest that it is possible to prevent languages from disappearing

25.

What does the boxed information on constructive criticism have in common with the reading selection?

a)

It employs the viewpoint of a sympathetic first-person narrator.

b)

It offers specific pieces of advice for the reader to use.

c)

It reminds readers that different kinds of people respond differently to criticism.

d)

It emphasizes the importance of defending yourself when you have been criticized.