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2nd Semester Reading EOC

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A synononym for the word "different", used to contrast something

a)

differ

b)

solution

c)

sequence

2.

A made up story used to teach a lesson

a)

fable

b)

fiction

c)

nonfiction

3.

People or animals that take part in a story

a)

characters

b)

tall tale

c)

similie

4.

To provide more explanation or information

a)

elaborate

b)

assume

c)

solution

5.

A fictional story with lots of exaggereation

a)

tall tail

b)

fable

c)

realistic fiction

6.

You do this when you can relate something you are reading or find something in common

a)

details

b)

making connections

c)

metaphor

7.

A true story written about another's life

a)

historical fiction

b)

fable

c)

biography

8.

A way to compare two things using the words like or as

a)

similie

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

9.

A story or legend passed down from generation to generation

a)

biography

b)

folk tale

c)

tall tale

10.

A made up story that seems real or could be

a)

realistic fiction

b)

biography

c)

historical fiction

11.

A way of comparing two things to each other

a)

similie

b)

idiom

c)

metaphor

12.

To think you know something based on limited information

a)

assume

b)

elaborate

c)

differ

13.

A made up story about history

a)

realistic foction

b)

historical fiction

c)

biography

14.

A belief or thought based on your feelings

a)

opinion

b)

fact

c)

assume

15.

Information used to support or elaborate on the main idea

a)

details

b)

events

c)

solution

16.

The main conflict in the text

a)

solution

b)

details

c)

problem

17.

How the problem is resolved in the text

a)

solution

b)

events

c)

schema

18.

The reason why the author writes a specific text

a)

author's purpose

b)

author's solution

c)

author's schema

19.

The person who wrote the selection

a)

author

b)

schema

c)

writer

20.

Using what you already know

a)

schema

b)

solution

c)

opinion

21.

Using ideas from what you read and what you know to figure out things not mentioned in the text

a)

schema

b)

inference

c)

selection

22.

Information that can be proven

a)

fact

b)

opinion

c)

details

23.

Things that happen in a story

a)

solution

b)

events

c)

details

24.

The ordering of events based on when they occurred

a)

sequence

b)

solution

c)

convince

25.

A synonym for the word "persuade"convince

a)

sequence

b)

schema

c)

convince

26.

Another word for a passage or text that you are reading

a)

selection

b)

inference

c)

biography

27.

Choose the correct reasons why authors write.

a)

to entertain

b)

to inform

c)

to make readers laugh or cry

d)

to persuade

28.

What sentence below has a similie?

a)

My heart is a bottomless ocean of love.

b)

She's as fierce as a tiger.

c)

He has bigger fish to fry.

d)

He hit the nail on the head.

29.

Choose the sentence with the metaphor.

a)

He hit the nail on the head.

b)

He's a chip off the old block.

c)

She's as fierce as a tiger.

d)

Life is a highway.

30.

Choose any sentence that uses personification.

a)

Life is a highway.

b)

She's as fierce as a tiger.

c)

The leaves danced in the wind.

d)

The sun smiled down on us.

31.

What is genre. Choose all that apply.

a)

a category of writing

b)

writing that entertains

c)

literary composition characterized by a particular style, form or content

d)

different styles of writing

32.

What is a cause?

a)

the ending result

b)

a catalust, a motive, or an action that brings about a reaction

c)

a reaction

33.

What is an effect?

a)

the end result; reaction

b)

a catalyst, a motive, or an action that brings about a reaction

c)

what causes something to happen

34.

What is a rubric? Check all that apply.

a)

what a teacher uses to evaluate an assignment

b)

a type of scoring guide that assesses and articulates specific components and expectations for an assignment

c)

a kind of brick used to build things

35.

For what three reasons do authors write?

a)

entertain

b)

inform

c)

persuade

d)

to make money

36.

What is a rubric?

a)

a tool that teachers use to grade assignments

b)

a statement of purpose or function

c)

a direction in a book as to how a church service should be conducted