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ACT Prep - Reading Terms 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three primary reasons author's write or create a text?
(Think: Author's Purpose)

a)
Persuade, Inform, Electrify
b)
Perform, Infer, Entertain
c)

Persuade, Infer, Educate

d)
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
2.
Persuade means...
a)
Make people agree with you
b)
Make people angry
c)
Make people think the opposite thing
d)
Make people fall in love
3.
Inform means...
a)
Give informal speech
b)
Give information
c)
Take the form
d)
Give in a form
4.
Entertain means...
a)
To make people scared
b)
To make people sad
c)
To make people enjoy something
d)
To go to the circus
5.
the author wants you to do, buy, or believe something 
a)
persuade
b)
inform
c)
entertain
6.

“Once upon a time in a magical kingdom, there lived a great hero. He was about to set out on a dangerous quest!” (Author's Puprose here is to -)

a)
Explain
b)
Persuade
c)
Entertain
d)
Inform
7.

Hellen Keller was born in 1880 and died in 1968. Despite being deaf and blind, Keller was a political activist, a lecturer, an author, and a tireless advocate for those with disabilities. (Author's purpose here is to -"

a)
Entertain
b)
Explain
c)
Inform
d)
Describe
8.

What is the "tone" of a text?

a)

the reason why an author writes

b)

the way a reader feel while reading, listening or viewing a text

c)

the author's attitude about a topic

d)

the author's attitude about his/her readers

9.

An objective or factual tone in a text would most likely include what kind of details?

a)

personal experiences

b)

senses

c)

reasonable explanations

d)

facts

10.

Tone is expressed through an author's ___________ and ___________.

a)

words; details

b)

images; sounds

c)

images; feelings

d)

ideas; emotions

11.
What is a summary?
a)
a short explanation of a text
b)
a persuasive argument about a text
c)
a movie based off of a book
d)
a theme or universal lesson
12.
A summary should
a)
answer the 5 W's: who, what, when, where, and why
b)
describe the details but not the main ideas
c)
never mention the plot of the text
d)
always mention the age of the author
13.
You should write your summary
a)
in your own words with complete sentences
b)
in a secret language that you make up
c)
in one draft without revising
d)
in fragments without punctuation
14.
What can you summarize?
a)
only novels
b)
only nonfiction
c)
only movies
d)
anything you read or watch
15.
Read the following passage and then answer the question.
There are five teams of students in the fifth grade. The blue team has math first period, and the red team has science. The yellow team gets to go outside early in the morning, while the green team goes to music. Only students on the orange team get to play games first period. Each student wears a nametag with his or her color, so that the teachers and students all know where a student should be.
a)
Students are organized by teams with color names .
b)
The blue team has math first.
c)
Students wear nametags.
d)
The yellow team has the best schedule.