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Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 18mins
Weather reporters have to give out a lot of information. That's why they use pictures. The pictures help them tell us about the weather without using so many words. Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is. They need to know where the warm air is. They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area. Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short. The pictures help weather reporters get the information out in a fast way. Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?
Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is.
Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way
Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short
They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area
Luca’s grandpa lives on a farm. His grandpa has a big garden, and many animals. When Luca was little, he was afraid of the chickens. When he helped his grandpa feed the chickens, the chickens chased him, crying, “Cluck, cluck, cluck!” But his grandpa showed him how to shoo the chickens away with his hand, saying, “Shoo chicks, shoo chicks!” Luca still doesn’t like the chickens much, but he isn’t afraid of them now. He feels very grown up. What is the whole story about?
Grandpa's garden
Luca and the chickens
Luca's favorite animals
Grandpa's farm
When determining supporting details, what should the details help you understand?
Main Idea
What Albert wants you to understand.
Questions raised by the main idea
How to read
On February 18th, 2021, NASA's new rover, Perseverance, arrived on Mars, a neighboring planet in our solar system. During a seven month journey, it traveled 470 million kilometers (300 million miles) to reach Mars. The exploration robot landed in a region called the Jezero Crater. Near the planet's equator, the crater is 45 kilometers wide (28 miles). Perseverance will spend two years searching for evidence of microbial life that could have existed on Mars billions of years ago. Learning more about the composition of Mars can help scientists better understand the planet's history.
Which supporting detail BEST supports the main idea that NASA is using a new rover to learn more about Mars?
During a seven-month journey, it traveled 470 million kilometers (300 million miles) to reach Mars.
The exploration took place in a region called the Jezero Crater.
Perseverance will spend two years searching for evidence of microbial life that could have existed on Mars billions of years ago.
I was late ............. my car broke down.
because
consequently
consequence
EFFECT: My stomach really hurts... What is the cause?
because I ate too much Halloween candy.
because I cut my hair.
because i am sick
the narrator has unlimited knowledge and can describe every character's thoughts and interrupt their behaviors
The position which a narrator sees and understands what is happening
the narrator isn't part of the story, it can tell what happens to the characters, but it can't go inside their heads and reveal what they are thinking and feeling
I had homework last night
At sunrise on a first of April, there appeared suddenly a man in cream-colors at the waterside in the city of St. Louis.
His cheek was fair, his chin downy, his hair flaxen, his hat a white fur one, with a long fleecy nap. He had neither trunk, valise, carpet-bag, nor parcel. No porter followed him. He was unaccompanied by friends. From the shrugged shoulders, titters, whispers, wonderings of the crowd, it was plain that he was, in the extremest sense of the word, a stranger.
The narrator's tone in the underlined description of "the man in cream-colors" is best described as _________________.
romantic and deeply emotional
distant and precise
mocking and incisive
distant and vague
Which of the following is the most obvious demonstration of the narrator's subjective opinion?
"Pausing at this spot, the stranger so far succeeded in threading his way, as at last to plant himself just beside the placard, when, producing a small slate and tracing some words upon if, he held it up before him on a level with the placard, so that they who read the one might read the other."
"it was plain that he was, in the extremest sense of the word, a stranger."
"quite an original genius in his vocation, as would appear, though wherein his originality consisted was not clearly given"
"earnestly seeking sight of them from behind intervening coats"
theme
setting
exposition
sequence
Main Idea
Theme
Plot
Climax
Entertain the reader with a funny interview
Inform the reader about JJ Watt's professional career
Persuade you to watch the Texans
Express JJ Watt's feelings about football
A reading passage that contains facts about a particular subject.
A reading passage that has many descriptive details.
A reading passage that is enjoyable to read, tells, a personal story, or teaches a lesson through the use of a story.
A reading passage that contains many opinions or tries toc onvince readers to do something, buy something, or believe something.
An intext citation for a quotation should include....(choose all the correct answers)
The date of publication
The author's first name
The author's last name
The page or paragraph number
The weather forecast prepared us for a deluge of rain; instead we emerged from our vacation tired of sunshine.
Which choice most effectively uses ironic imagery to emphasize that the weather was the opposite of what was expected?
NO CHANGE
basking in
having received our fill of
soaking wet
No one meteorological model is fully being able to account for the sweltering summers that have brought nearly fifty consecutive days of triple-digit highs to some parts of the country.
NO CHANGE
is able to be accountable to
can fully account for
has been able to account fully for
The topic sentence in a summary should include the author's name and the thesis of the article.
usually
sometimes
never
First Person
Second Person
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
