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Total questions: 109

Worksheet time: 2hrs 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A student wrote a research report on skyscrapers for her social studies class. Choose the sentence from her report that contains one spelling error. 7.L.CSE.2

a)

The tallest skyscrapers in the world is aproximately 830 meters tall.

b)

There is no specific height at which a structure is called a skyscraper.

c)

When building a skyscraper, the plans must be precise and detailed because it might be perfectly built to stay standing.

d)

When a city is planning what skyscrapers it will allow to be built, it must consider the impact of each skyscraper on the city's skyline.

2.
The main idea of a passage...
a)
teaches us a lesson.
b)
tells what it's mainly about.
c)
tells where the story happens.
d)
is who or what is in conflict.
3.
A theme and a summary are the same thing.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Which of the following is NOT part of building a character?
a)
Physical appearance
b)
Thoughts & feelings
c)
Time & place
d)
Words & actions
5.
Which is the type of point of view when we know only ONE character's thoughts and feelings?
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd limited
d)
3rd omniscient
6.
Which part of speech is in red?
The cat ran outside.
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
d)
adverb
7.
A theme should be a statement, not just one word. 
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
8.
John and Matt want to be firemen.  They want to ride on the big fire truck.  John wants to climb ladders and rescue people from fires.  Matt wants to hold the big hose and spray water on the fires to put them out.
What is the main idea?
a)
John wants to climb a ladder.
b)
John and Matt want to be firemen
c)
Matt wants to hold a fire hose.
d)
They want to ride on the big fire truck.
9.
What is second person point of view?
a)
the author addresses the character in the story
b)
the author addresses the reader
c)
the narrator is a character
d)
the second character introduced is the narrator
10.
What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?
A poem about a garbage truck that uses a lot of onomatopoeia
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
11.
What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?
A poem about a garbage truck that uses a lot of onomatopoeia
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
12.
What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A five-paragraph essay in which the author attempts to convince readers to recycle more and to be less wasteful
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
13.
What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A short story about a boy who never cleans his room and the horrible mess that accumulates
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
14.
What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

Instructions on how to make a compost pile
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
15.
What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A bookmark with facts about garbage, such as the average weight of garbage created each year by each individual and the height and width of the largest pile of garbage 
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
16.
What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

The story of a garbage truck who has a hard time making friends
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
17.
What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

An article in a magazine comparing and contrasting waste management in New York City and Mexico City
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
18.
What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A billboard asking voters to appoint Joe Santiago as Sanitation Commissioner 
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
19.
What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

The script for a television commercial to be read by Miley Cyrus telling viewers to make environmentally friendly decisions because future generations depend on it
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
20.
What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A sticker on the trash compactor that shows how to operate it
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
21.

What do you do when you analyze a text?

a)

To review sometimes

b)

To examine carefully

c)

To read over and over again

d)

To make an educated guess

22.

Something that is accurate is ...

a)

a fact

b)

an exaggeration

c)

a dictionary definition

d)

something you examine carefully

23.

What is an inference?

a)

a fact

b)

an exaggeration

c)

An educated guess

d)

an attitude

24.

When you look for the central idea of a text, what are you looking for?

a)

the theme or moral of a story

b)

what the passage is mostly about

c)

a summary of what the author is talking about

d)

an explanation of figurative language

25.

What is a hyperbole?

a)

A n educated guess

b)

The opposite of something

c)

a comparison of two like things

d)

an extreme exaggeration

26.

A metaphor is a type of figurative language that uses like or as to compare two unlike things.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Tone is defined as the attitude that a writer is trying to convey with words and actions.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

A simile is a type of figurative language that gives human qualities to non-human objects

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Determine means to come to an agreement or resolution about something.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

A type of figurative language that uses like or as

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

31.

What is an interaction?

a)

action, effect or influence between individuals, locations or ideas

b)

to make an exaggeration

c)

To come to a decision

d)

A fact

32.

A writing that is subjective is based on someone's personal opinion.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

What is the meaning of connotation?

a)

To examine carefully

b)

A main point an author is making

c)

dictionary definition

d)

Something suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described

34.

Something that is explicitly said is often stated in the text.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

If I ask you to write an objective summary, would you include your personal opinion?

a)

Yes

b)

No

36.

What is the definition of personification?

a)

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

b)

An exaggerated comparison

c)

To give a non-human thing human characteristics.

37.

What is the meaning of denotation (or the technical meaning of something)?

a)

dictionary definition

b)

an educated guess

c)

to be free from error

d)

something that is an opinion

38.

Illustrate means

a)

To show or explain

b)

to analyze

c)

to guess

d)

to compare

39.

Did you know that not all deserts are

hot? Both hot and cold deserts are very

dry, but unlike hot deserts, cold deserts have long

winters when the temperatures can reach below

freezing. Cold deserts also get a great deal of

snow, which is certainly not true for hot deserts.

a)

compare and contrast

b)

problem and solution

c)

description

d)

sequence/chronological

40.

No one knows exactly what causes tornados, but some scientists believe that when warm air meets cold air, a tornado may form. The reason for this is that the warm air is lighter than the cold air, so it rises up fast and meets different winds moving different directions. Under the right conditions, this can cause a tornado. Though there is still much mystery surrounding tornados, many people believe that when warm moist air meets cool dry air, tornados can result.

a)

problem & solution

b)

cause & effect

c)

compare & contrast

d)

sequence/chronological

41.

The dodo bird used to roam in large flocks across America. Interestingly, the dodo wasn’t startled by gun shot. Because of this, frontiersmen would kill entire flocks in one sitting. Unable to sustain these attacks, the dodo was hunted to extinction.

a)

Problem and Solution

b)

Cause and Effect

c)

Sequence/Chronological

d)

Compare and Contrast

42.

This morning was crazy. My alarm clock was set for PM instead of AM, so I woke up really late. I just threw on some clothes and ran out the door. I rode my bike as fast as I could and thought that I was going to be late for sure, but when I got there everyone was outside and there were firetrucks all lined up in front of school. I guess somebody pulled the fire alarm before class started. It worked out though, because nobody really noticed or minded that I was tardy.

a)

Sequence/Chronological

b)

Cause and Effect

c)

Problem and Solution

d)

Compare and Contrast

43.

Apples and oranges are both fruits, which means that they have seeds inside of them. Each has a skin, but orange skins are thick and easy to peel. Apple skins are thinner and do not peel easily. Oranges also contain more acid than apples, but both fruits are delicious.

a)

Problem and solution

b)

Compare and Contrast

c)

Sequence/Chronological

d)

Cause and Effect

44.

Scenario:

"Ms. Aden really wanted to go to a concert, but the only problem was that her car was in the shop. Ms. Aden lived 10 minutes from the metro. Because of this, she was able to go to the concert!"

What text structure is being used in this scenario?

a)

Compare and Contrast

b)

Sequence/Chronological

c)

Problem and Solution

d)

Cause and Effect

45.
Ray forgot to charge his iPad. As a result, his iPad was dead the next day. 
What is the Cause? What is the Effect? 
a)
Cause: Ray's iPad was dead.
Effect: Ray forgot to charge his iPad.
b)
Cause: Ray forgot to charge his iPad.
Effect: Ray's iPad was dead.
46.

How is the text structured?

A hurricane is a large storm with heavy winds and rain that begins in the ocean and builds up strength as it moves across the water. While some of the damage caused by hurricanes is from high winds, most of it is usually from tidal surge, flooding entire cities, and killing large numbers of people. A tornado is a storm that develops on land, with no warning, and moves in a circular motion with heavy winds with a funnel shape, picking up and carrying dirt, dust and even objects. The damage caused by tornadoes is from the high velocity winds, which are extremely destructive and deadly. They can demolish entire neighborhoods in a matter of a few seconds to a few minutes. Tornadoes can form when hurricanes make landfall, as their winds at ground level slow down, while the winds near the top keep their momentum, but a hurricane cannot be created by a tornado.

a)

Sequence/Chronological

b)

Compare and Contrast

c)

Problem/Solution

d)

Cause and Effect

47.

How is the text structured?

Hurricane Katrina began as Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas on August 23, 2005. The depression later strengthened into a tropical storm on the morning of August 24, where the storm was also named Katrina. Katrina continued to move into Florida and became a Category 1 hurricane only two hours before it made landfall around Hallandale Beach on the morning of August 25. The storm weakened over land, but became a hurricane again while entering the Gulf of Mexico.

a)

Compare and Contrast

b)

Problem Solution

c)

Cause and Effect

d)

Sequence/Chronological

48.

How is the text structured?

Fire needs three things to burn: oxygen, fuel, and heat. Fuels can be wood, tinder, coal, or any other substance that will easily oxidize. Therefore, a fire can be stopped in three different ways, by removing any of the three things it needs to burn.

*The fuels can be removed. If a fire burns through all of its fuel and extra nearby fuel is removed, the fire will stop burning.

*The oxygen can be removed. This is called "smothering" a fire. Fires cannot burn in a vacuum or if they are covered in carbon dioxide.

*The heat can be removed. The most common way to remove heat is to use water to absorb that heat, putting the fire out.

a)

cause and effect

b)

problem solution

c)

sequence/chronological

d)

compare and contrast

49.

What type of text structure?

Avalanches - Avalanches (when a lot of snow falls from a mountain) may bury people under them. If the people are not found rapidly enough by rescue teams they will die of suffocation (not getting enough air) or of hypothermia (freezing cold). The chance of surviving an avalanche is as follows: 92% if found within 15 minutes 30% if found within 35 minutes (victims die of suffocation) nearly zero after two hours (victims die of injuries and hypothermia)

a)

Compare and contrast

b)

Sequence/Chronological

c)

Cause and effect

d)

Problem and solution

50.
What is the organizational text structure Cause and Effect?
a)
Why something happened and the result of it happening.
b)
describes the order or tells the steps to follow to do something or make something
c)
time order in which events occur
d)
key concept and information that supports the concept
51.
What is the organizational text structure Compare & Contrast?
a)
describes a topic, idea, person, place, or thing by listing its features, characteristics, or examples
b)
shows how two or more things are alike and/or different
c)
time order in which events occur
d)
key concept and information that supports the concept
52.

What is the organizational text structure Sequence/Chronological Order?

a)

describes a topic, idea, person, place, or thing by listing its features, characteristics, or examples

b)

shows how two or more things are alike and/or different

c)

time order in which events occur

d)

key concept and information that supports the concept

53.
What questions does the  organizational text structure Cause and Effect answer?
a)
Why did something happen?  What were the results of it happening?
b)
What steps are listed?  Do the steps have to happen in a particular order?
c)
What is being described?  What does it look like?  How is it being described?
d)
How are the two things alike?  How are they different?  What do they have in common?
54.
What do you need around a quote?
a)
parantheses
b)
commas
c)
quotation marks
d)
nothing
55.

How would you restate the question, "How does the author create a feeling of sympathy?"

a)

Did you ever wonder how an author creates sympathy?

b)

The author of this text creates a feeling of sympathy by...

c)

Sometimes authors create sympathy

d)

Sympathy is a feeling that authors can create

56.

Which sentence starter is appropriate when you're explaining your evidence?

a)

This means...

b)

The author states...

c)

The author points out...

d)

In conclusion...

57.

The part of RACE where you use part of the question to begin your paragraph.

a)

Restate

b)

Answer

c)

Explain

d)

Cite

58.

The part of RACE where you add your own thoughts to add to the quotes you have chosen to include.

a)

Restate

b)

Cite

c)

Answer

d)

Explain

59.
Why is it important to "cite" textual evidence?
a)
To use evidence from the text to prove you read it.
b)
To use evidence from the text to support your answer.
c)
To prove your answer is correct
d)
All of the above
60.
Explaining your answer means ....
a)
Adding your thoughts to what the answer means
b)
Adding your thoughts about the text
c)
Adding another sentence to make the answer long enough
61.

How would you restate the question, "How does the author create a feeling of sympathy?"

a)

Did you ever wonder how an author creates sympathy?

b)

The author of this text creates a feeling of sympathy by...

c)

Sometimes authors create sympathy

d)

Sympathy is a feeling that authors can create

62.

How would you restate the question, "Why was Michael motivated to get a good grade?"

a)

So he would get on the A honor roll.

b)

Michael was motivated to get a good grade because...

c)

He was motivated to get a good grade because...

d)

Michael was motivated...

63.
What does "R" stand for in RACE?
a)
Really consider the evidence
b)
Restate the question
c)
Rethink your answer
d)
Revise your writing
64.
What does "A" stand for in RACE?
a)
Answer the question
b)
Argue your point
c)
Ask a question
d)
Apply evidence
65.
What does the "C" stand for in RACE?
a)
Cite evidence
b)
Change your thinking
c)
Create a response
d)
Convince the reader
66.
What does the "E" stand for in RACE?
a)
Explain your evidence
b)
Explain your question
c)
Expect a response
d)
Engage the reader
67.
Which is the appropriate sentence starter when you're citing evidence?
a)
The author states...
b)
This means...
c)
Because of this...
d)
In conclusion
68.

What is figurative language?

a)

Language that has one literal meaning.

b)

Language that uses extremely advanced vocabulary.

c)

Language with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

d)

Language that communicates complicated concepts and ideas.

69.

What is a simile?

a)

A comparison of two unrelated things that uses like or as.

b)

A comparison of two unrelated things that DOES NOT use like or as.

c)

Giving human/lifelike characteristics to something that is not human and/or alive.

d)

An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.

70.

What is a metaphor?

a)

A comparison of two unrelated things that uses like or as.

b)

A comparison of two unrelated things that DOES NOT use like or as.

c)

Giving human/lifelike characteristics to something that is not human and/or alive.

d)

An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.

71.

What is personification?

a)

A comparison of two unrelated things that uses like or as.

b)

A comparison of two unrelated things that DOES NOT use like or as.

c)

Giving human/lifelike characteristics to something that is not human and/or alive.

d)

An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.

72.

What is hyperbole?

a)

A comparison of two unrelated things that uses like or as.

b)

A comparison of two unrelated things that DOES NOT use like or as.

c)

Giving human/lifelike characteristics to something that is not human and/or alive.

d)

An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.

73.

What is onomatopoeia?

a)

Words that imitate natural sounds.

b)

A set expression or phrase that holds meaning in particular cultures or countries, but may mean nothing to outsiders.

c)

A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined in order to create an effect.

d)

A situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that is opposite of what you expect.

74.

What is an idiom?

a)

Words that imitate natural sounds.

b)

A set expression or phrase that holds meaning in particular cultures or countries, but may mean nothing to outsiders.

c)

A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined in order to create an effect.

d)

A situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that is opposite of what you expect.

75.

What is an oxymoron?

a)

Words that imitate natural sounds.

b)

A set expression or phrase that holds meaning in particular cultures or countries, but may mean nothing to outsiders.

c)

A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined in order to create an effect.

d)

A situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that is opposite of what you expect.

76.

What is irony?

a)

Words that imitate natural sounds.

b)

A set expression or phrase that holds meaning in particular cultures or countries, but may mean nothing to outsiders.

c)

A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined in order to create an effect.

d)

A situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that is opposite of what you expect.

77.

Which of the following is an example of SIMILE?

a)

The soldier was as brave as a lion.

b)

Her voice is music to my ears.

c)

Her stomach complained loudly after she ate the spicy enchiladas.

d)

Your suitcase weighs a ton!

78.

Which of the following is an example of METAPHOR?

a)

The soldier was as brave as a lion.

b)

Her voice is music to my ears.

c)

Her stomach complained loudly after she ate the spicy enchiladas.

d)

Your suitcase weighs a ton!

79.

Which of the following is an example of PERSONIFICATION?

a)

The soldier was as brave as a lion.

b)

Her voice is music to my ears.

c)

Her stomach complained loudly after she ate the spicy enchiladas.

d)

Your suitcase weighs a ton!

80.

Which of the following is an example of HYPERBOLE?

a)

The soldier was as brave as a lion.

b)

Her voice is music to my ears.

c)

Her stomach complained loudly after she ate the spicy enchiladas.

d)

Your suitcase weighs a ton!

81.

Which of the following is an example of ONOMATOPOEIA?

a)

The bacon sizzled in the hot skillet.

b)

Every cloud has a silver lining.

c)

Shaina ordered jumbo shrimp at the seafood restaurant.

d)

The school dietitian eats a double bacon cheeseburger three times a week.

82.

Which of the following is an example of an IDIOM?

a)

The bacon sizzled in the hot skillet.

b)

Every cloud has a silver lining.

c)

Shaina ordered jumbo shrimp at the seafood restaurant.

d)

The school dietitian eats a double bacon cheeseburger three times a week.

83.

Which of the following is an example of an OXYMORON?

a)

The bacon sizzled in the hot skillet.

b)

Every cloud has a silver lining.

c)

Shaina ordered jumbo shrimp at the seafood restaurant.

d)

The school dietitian eats a double bacon cheeseburger three times a week.

84.

Which of the following is an example of an IRONY?

a)

The bacon sizzled in the hot skillet.

b)

Every cloud has a silver lining.

c)

Shaina ordered jumbo shrimp at the seafood restaurant.

d)

The school dietitian eats a double bacon cheeseburger three times a week.

85.

What are the plots of a story?

a)

The exposition

b)

The rising action

c)

Climax

d)

Main Idea

86.

What are characters?

a)

The main things in a story

b)

The people who tell the story

c)

People in a story

87.

What is the climax in plot

a)

An edge of your seat moment/the main problem.

b)

The end of a story.

c)

The falling action in a story

88.

What is the setting in a story

a)

The plot

b)

Stuff that describes a character

c)

The main idea

d)

The place where the story is taken at.

89.

"My hamster ran away last night in my bedroom and I can't find it anywhere in my house. I wonder if I'll ever see her again..."said Lilly. What is the setting in this passage?

a)

Lilly's room

b)

Lilly's House

90.

Long speech by an actor speaking to himself

a)

Dialogue

b)

Scene

c)

Soliloquy

d)

Monologue

91.

Conversation in a play

a)

Dialogue

b)

Monologue

c)

Narrator

d)

Soliloquy

92.

Actor who speaks only to the audience about the story

a)

Chorus

b)

Aside

c)

Prologue

d)

Narrator

93.

What is dialogue in a play?

a)

words characters say out loud

b)

what characters think

c)

how characters act

d)

all of the above

94.

Stage directions tell us:

a)

When and where action takes place

b)

What the setting looks like

c)

How characters are supposed to say their lines/how they behave

d)

All of the above

95.

How are stage directions written in the script?

a)

italics

b)

parenthesis ( )

c)

italics and parenthesis ( )

d)

plain text

96.

Dialogue is written in:

a)

bold text

b)

italics

c)

plain text

d)

all of the above

97.

A narrator is always the main character of the play?

a)

True

b)

False

98.

What kind of text is this?

a)

review

b)

newspaper

c)

magazine

d)

article

99.

What kind of text is this?

a)

review

b)

short stories

c)

recipe

d)

article

100.

What kind of text is this?

a)

autobiography

b)

biography

c)

magazine

d)

novel

101.

What kind of text is this?

a)

cookbook

b)

short story

c)

review

d)

newspaper

102.

What kind of text is this?

a)

poetry

b)

poem

c)

novel

d)

romance

103.

What kind of text is this? Tick all correct ones.

a)

recipe

b)

cookbook

c)

cookery book

d)

diary

104.

What kind of text is this?

a)

romance

b)

novel

c)

play

d)

short story

105.

What kind of text is this?

a)

romance

b)

novel

c)

graphic novel

d)

short story

106.

What kind of text is this?

a)

short story

b)

romance

c)

romantic story

d)

novel

107.

What kind of text is this?

a)

diary

b)

letter

c)

journal

d)

note

108.

What kind of text is this?

a)

journal

b)

newspaper

c)

magazine

d)

the news

109.

What kind of text is this?

a)

newsletter

b)

letter

c)

newspaper

d)

magazine

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