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WorksheetsBattle of the EOG!
Total questions: 94
Worksheet time: 24hrs 30mins
What is the central idea in the passage? What is this question asking you to do?
to compare the passage to another passage
to find the most important or central thought of the passage
to tell the meaning of the story
to find the authors point of view
Include explicit information from the passage. What does explicit mean?
using your schema
an opinion
your point of view
clear, information taken right from the text
What can you infer from stanza 5? What does infer mean?
combine what you know with the text to figure out what the author wants you to know
to make a guess using what you know based on another text
to combine what you have read and what you know
to guess
A new title for the passage could be.... - What is this question asking you to determine?
The Central Idea
A Theme
The Topic
The Author's Purpose
"How does the use of descriptive language affect the reader?" - What is this question asking you to determine?
The theme
The mood
The central idea
The topic
What is the main difference in the way the topic is addressed in these two poems? --- What is this question asking you do?
Make an inference
State an opinion
Compare & Contrast
Determine theme
How does paragraph 5 in the selection help to develop the conflict in this passage? -- What is this question asking you to determine? (i.e.: What does "develop" mean?)
How the paragraph weakens the passage.
How the paragraph helps to enhance or add to the passage.
What the theme of the passage is.
What the tone of the passage is.
make a thoughtful judgement
evaluate
justify
analyze
ask
provide factual proof
analyze
infer
justify
evaluate
A comparison using "like" or "as"
metaphor
mood
simile
tone
The author's attitude
mood
tone
infer
theme
"The trees arms reached for the stars"
A conversation in a book, play or film?
Conversation
Chit Chat
Discussion
Dialogue
When taking the EOG you should use this important strategy?
Read the questions first
Plot Diagram
The writing Process
Read paragraphs thoroughly to begin
This test taking strategy is what you should use if you know there are choices that are not correct.
Process of Elimination
Compare and Contrast
Figurative Language
Ignore it and hopes it goes away.
You are having trouble staying awake during the test. What is something you could do to help?
Stop looking at the screen and take a minute to stretch at your desk.
Put your head down and take a nap.
Stand up beside your desk and do some yoga.
Yawn as loud as you possibly can.
You have answered all of the questions on the test. What do you do next?
Click end test and close your computer.
Check back over each question. Resolve and check your work.
Think about how the test went and then click end test.
Raise your hand and tell the teacher you're finished.
Information that reinforces the topic sentence or main idea of a paragraph.
Onomatopoeia
Summarize
Supporting details
Point of View (POV)
A kind of literary or artistic work
Genre
Generate
Infer
Theme
A figure of speech comparing two things without using like or as
Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Summarize
What the passage is mostly about
Main idea
Similar
Evaluate
Identify
A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary work
Genre
Analyze
Theme
Simile
A significantly shortened version of source material that captures main ideas in your own words
Allusion
Simile
Analyze
Summarize
A reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize
Allusion
Simile
Summarize
Metaphor
The reason the author has for writing, usually to inform, persuade, or express/entertain.
Supporting detail
Point of view
Author's purpose
Allusion
A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
Simile
Metaphor
Summarize
Similar
Using words that imitate the sounds they make
Main idea
Supporting detail
Onomatopoeia
Point of view
Extreme exaggeration
Point of view
Hyperbole
Main idea
Onomatopoeia
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
What is the THEME of the narrative below?
Betsy’s mom had gotten her a new outfit for school pictures. Betsy grimaced the first time she saw it. It was hideous. She looked like a kindergartner. However, she also knew that money was tight at home and her mom was most likely very excited about the surprise purchase for her daughter.
Betsy knew what she had to do. The morning of school pictures, she got up and got dressed. Her mom smiled widely as she walked out of her bedroom waring the new outfit. Her mom fixed her hair and Betsy left for school.
When she arrived at the school building, classmates stared at her. A few snickered. Some made sarcastic comments about her going into the Kindergarten building. Betsy just kept thinking of her Mom’s huge, proud smile earlier that morning.
When she saw her best friend, Becca, she explained the situation. “Well, I am proud of you, Betsy. What you did today takes a lot of guts.”
Wear the clothes our parents choose for school pictures.
Stand by your friends no matter what.
It often takes strength to do what is right.
Stand up for yourself.
What is the THEME of the narrative below?
Sam and Kate had organized an event in which a group of 20 kids would come together to make 80 frozen egg casseroles to donate to the Salvation Army Free Breakfast Program. They had received food donations from two local grocery stores, and they had received permission from the Community center to use their large kitchen to make the egg casseroles on a Saturday morning.
When everyone arrived on that Saturday morning, kids got a recipe and started working on their own egg casserole. Kids were waiting on one another to get to their needed ingredients, and found themselves bumping into one another as they worked on their own recipes.
“Hey everyone,” Kate said. “Let’s try setting up an assembly line.”
Everyone agreed that was a great idea. They took a few minutes to develop the assembly line, but once they got going, it was so much more efficient. Before long, all 80 egg casseroles were assembled, baked, wrapped up, and ready to be delivered.
Feed the homeless.
It is important to work together.
Helping others has a lot of benefits.
When people donate to worthy causes, much can be accomplished.
What word would you use to describe the TONE of this passage?
Just when I thought things could not get more ridiculous, Rebecca’s little terrier, all dressed up in its knitted blue “winter outfit,” poked its head out of the pink polka dot doggy tote! The outfit was an odd sweater-and-hood number. Perhaps Rebecca thought it flattered Fluffy’s eyes. Fluffy looked around blankly, as if to ask what was so amusing.
Bitter
Respectful
Objective
Humorous
How can you know that something is written in first-person point of view?
Pronouns like "he, she, it, them" are used.
The author is addressing the reader.
The narrator is not in the story.
Pronouns like "I, my, we" are used.
What type of figurative language is applied in the line below?
"There was a Young Lady whose nose, Was so long that it reached to her toes;"
Alliteration
Repetition
Hyperbole
Personification
What type of figurative language is used below?
The crazy car is colorful and can start quickly.
Simile
Alliteration
Personification
Repetition
What does analyze mean?
Discover or reveal something through detailed examination.
To say something in a way that is clear and makes sense.
Using someone else's words to explain something.
Seeing something in a different perspective as everyone else.
What does cite mean?
To quote from a passage or book as evidence of a statement.
To summarize what someone else wrote.
Writing or saying words to persuade someone.
Using figurative language to add flavor to a story.
What does tone mean?
The author's attitude towards the writing.
The way the reader feels when reading a text.
Words that are used to compare two unlike things with each other.
Words that are used to persuade someone.
What is the main idea of the following passage?
I can't wait until this weekend! We’re going to my grandparents’ house and my entire family will be there. I will spend most of my time playing games with my cousins. We always have such a good time together! The day goes by so fast, and by the end we are all exhausted... but we still don’t want to leave!
Weekends are times to travel.
The author enjoys spending time with her family.
The author's grandparents live far away.
The author is sad to leave her cousins.
What is the main idea of this passage?
A bat can fly at night or even with its eyes closed. But if you cover its ears, it can't fly very well. Bats make sounds that people can't hear. The bats find their way by listening to these sounds as they echo off things. Bats even locate insects to eat by following the sounds that bounce off the bugs. People use their eyes, but bats use their ears to know where they're going.
Bats use sound differently than humans.
Bats often eat bugs and insects as food.
Bats fly towards people by using their ears.
People can hear the sounds of bats.
What is the main idea of the passage below?
Dolphins are very smart animals. They even have their own language. They talk to each other with clicks, whistles, and grunts. Scientists have been studying this dolphin language. They hope that in the future, people and dolphins will be able to talk to each other.
Dolphins talk to people.
Dolphins are intelligent animals.
Dolphins swim differently than fish.
Scientists are studying animal languages.
What is theme?
The moral or lesson of the story.
What the story is about.
The setting of a story.
When two unlike things are being compared to each other.
What is the author's purpose of this text?
The Coliseum is an ancient stadium in the center of Rome. It is the largest of its kind. It is very old. They started building it in the year 70 A.D. and took 10 years to complete it.
To explain how to build the Coliseum
To give facts about the Coliseum
To list features of the Coliseum
To show what the Coliseum was used for.
Why is the setting important in the following text?
It was a cold, dark night and Sarah was walking alone home. She could hear the crunching of the ice under her feet as she moved quickly. Her heart beat scared like a drum.
The cold weather made her heart beat fast.
Being outside alone in the dark made Sarah scared.
The ice and cold made Sarah run.
To show where the story is taking place.
"Purple as tulips in May, mauve
into lush velvet, purple
as the stain blackberries leave
on the lips, on the hands,
the purple of ripe grapes
sunlit and warm as flesh."
This poem uses the following type of figurative language:
alliteration
onomatopoeia
simile
imagery
Max is a pig when he eats.
This is an example of a/an:
alliteration
simile
metaphor
personification
Which of these is an example of hyperbole?
Kid, you'll move mountains!
You'll find the bright places where boom bands are playing!
You've got brains in your head, you've got feet in your shoes...
You'll find the high flyers who fly to great heights!
Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?
Mr. Brown is as smart as they come, he can go like a hippopotamus chewing gum!
He can go like a cow, he can go moo moo
...like a big cat drinking slurp slurp slurp
He can go like a train choo choo choo choo
What is a stanza?
A paragraph in a poem.
The title of a poem.
The end of a poem.
Where you stand and read a poem aloud.
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.
to inform
to entertain
to persuade
to describe
When you are reading and come to an unknown word, what should you do first?
Skip the word and come back to it later.
Look up the word in the dictionary or Google it.
Ask your teacher.
Use context clues in the sentence.
