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READING REVIEW

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Type of writing that may include stanzas, meter, rhythm, and rhyme.

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

c)

Novel

d)

Adventure

2.

Type of writing that includes sentences and paragraphs, having a conversational tone. It may be long or short.

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

c)

Reference

d)

Novel

3.

A lengthy work of prose fiction that can cover many plot lines, characters, and events.

a)

Short story

b)

Drama

c)

Mystery

d)

Novel

4.

A work of prose fiction that covers less pages and has a very specific plot line, usually focusing on one main conflict and a limited number of characters.

a)

Novel

b)

Short story

c)

Drama

d)

Poetry

5.

Contains factual or defining information about a variety of topics, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, or text books.

a)

Drama

b)

Novel

c)

Reference

d)

Autobiography

6.

A factual text about the life of a real person written by another person.

a)

Autobiography

b)

Adventure

c)

Biography

d)

Reference

7.

A factual text about the life of a real person written by himself or herself.

a)

Autobiography

b)

Reference

c)

Biography

d)

Drama

8.

Any composition that is meant to be performed on stage, containing stage directions, character name tags before dialogue, and markers for things like acts and scenes.

a)

Novel

b)

Drama

c)

Autobiography

d)

Short Story

9.

Built around puzzling events that lead to an investigation characterized by suspense and clues.

a)

Fable

b)

Folktale

c)

Mystery

d)

Adventure

10.

Involves a journey or quest that a hero takes to solve a problem, sometimes dangerous.

a)

Mystery

b)

Legend

c)

Adventure

d)

Myth

11.

Story that provides explanations about the natural world, through the actions of characters with superhuman powers.

a)

Fairy Tale

b)

Legend

c)

Myth

d)

Fable

12.

Story that use realistic characters to tell how something in nature came to be and addresses customs and beliefs of different cultures.

a)

Fable

b)

Folktale

c)

Adventure

d)

Legend

13.

Stories that include animals that speak and act like humans that usually has a moral or a lesson.

a)

Fable

b)

Mystery

c)

Legend

d)

Folktale

14.

Story that contains imaginative characters, events and elements of magic and usually has a happy ending.

a)

Legend

b)

Myth

c)

Folktale

d)

Fairy Tale

15.

A larger than life story that are told as if they are true, but are fictions about admirable heroes that have usually been passed down by word of mouth.

a)

Fairy Tale

b)

Adventure

c)

Legend

d)

Fable

16.
Crash, bang, buzz, swish, and splash are all examples of what type of figurative language?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Assonance
17.
A word part added to the beginning of the word which changes the word’s meaning is called:
a)
root word
b)
prefix
c)
suffix
d)
affixes
18.
A word part added to the beginning of the word which changes the word’s meaning is called:
a)
root word
b)
prefix
c)
suffix
d)
affixes
19.
The word part added to the end of a word which changes the word’s meaning is called:
a)
root word
b)
prefix
c)
suffix
d)
affixes
20.
The name for prefixes and suffixes is:
a)
root word
b)
prefix
c)
suffix
d)
affixes
21.
Which term means "using surrounding words in the text to figure out a word’s definition"?
a)
inference
b)
context clues
c)
guessing
d)
drawing conclusions
22.
Which reference source is a book used to look up definitions, pronunciations, origins, forms, and parts of speech or a word  
a)
glossary
b)
table of contents
c)
dictionary
d)
thesaurus
23.
Which reference source is a book used to look up words with similar and opposite meanings (synonyms and antonyms)
a)
glossary
b)
table of contents
c)
dictionary
d)
thesaurus
24.
Which reference source is a short dictionary found in the back of a textbook or other reference material
a)
glossary
b)
table of contents 
c)
dictionary
d)
thesaurus
25.
Which reference source is found at the beginning of a textbook to give you an overview of what is found within the text
a)
glossary
b)
table of contents
c)
dictionary
d)
thesaurus
26.
Which term means "repetition of the beginning sounds in words that are next to or near each other"?
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
imagery
d)
hyperbole
27.
Which term means "the use of a word whose sound suggest or imitates its meaning"?
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
28.
Which term means "a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?
a)
imagery
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
29.
Which term is using human characteristics for something that is an object?
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
imagery
d)
personification
30.
Which term means "extreme exaggeration"?
a)
simile
b)
imagery
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
31.
The main part of the word containing the meaning is called:
a)
root word
b)
prefix
c)
suffix  
d)
affixes
32.
Which term means "use of the 5 senses to describe something in detail and description"?
a)
figurative language
b)
imagery
c)
simile
d)
personification
33.
Which part of the plot is the event which starts off all the action in the story?
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Initiating event
d)
Falling Action
34.
Which part of the plot is the background information when the characters and setting are introduced?
a)
Rising Action
b)
Initiating Event
c)
Exposition
d)
Climax
35.
Which part of the plot is when the conflict is revealed and the events are building?
a)
Rising Action
b)
Falling Action
c)
Resolution
d)
Exposition
36.
Which part of the plot is considered the highest point of interest or the turning point?
a)
Falling Action
b)
Climax
c)
Rising Action
d)
Resolution
37.
Which part of the plot is when the conflict starts to resolve itself and the events slow down?
a)
Exposition
b)
Climax
c)
Initiating Event
d)
Falling Action
38.
Which part of the plot is considered the outcome or ending?
a)
Resolution
b)
Climax
c)
Falling Action
d)
Exposition
39.
Which SOL term means "to guess what will happen next in the story based on the clues given"?
a)
Hypothesis
b)
Predict
c)
Summarize
d)
Conclude
40.
Which SOL term means "use the given facts logically to determine what must be true"?
a)
Conclude
b)
Guess
c)
Context Clues
d)
Cause and Effect
41.
Which SOL term means "use your own experiences or background information from the passage to assume what must be true"?
a)
Predict
b)
Infer
c)
Context Clues
d)
Cause and Effect
42.
Which SOL term means "what happens as the result of another event"?
a)
Cause and Effect
b)
Summarize
c)
Conclude
d)
Infer
43.

Which term means "the feeling a word gives the reader"?

a)

connotation

b)

context clues

c)

inferences

d)

definition

44.

What term means "the dictionary definition of a word"?

a)

conclusion

b)

summary

c)

main idea

d)

denotation

45.

Which term is defined as "the overall message of a passage which is not specific to just one sentence but is related to the passage as a whole"?

a)

supporting details

b)

main idea

c)

mood

d)

tone

46.

Which term means "the emotional message created by the passage that the audience feels while reading"

a)

mood

b)

summary

c)

supporting details

d)

theme

47.

Which term means "the attitude the author has toward the subject/text"?

a)

writing

b)

main idea

c)

tone

d)

theme

48.

Fill in the blank with the word which has a NEGATIVE CONNOTATION:

After school I have to go to my __________ and shower before practice.

a)

home

b)

residence

c)

shelter

d)

mansion

49.

Fill in the blank with the word which has a POSITIVE CONNOTATION:

After school I have to go to my __________ and shower before practice.

a)

mansion

b)

shelter

c)

residence

50.

Fill in the blank with the word which has a NEUTRAL CONNOTATION:

After school I have to go to my __________ and shower before practice.

a)

residence

b)

mansion

c)

shelter

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