WorksheetsEnglish 3 Semester 1 Exam
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins
Which of the following definitions is "Evidence".
The available facts or information that indicate whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
A word, phrase, or sentence from a text that is not used to support ideas, claims, arguments, opinions, and thoughts.
Something that is measured by the quality (amount) of something rather than its quantity.
A representation of information in a graphic format designed to make the data easily understandable.
A proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
(a)
Context Clues -
My parents’ perspectives on finances differ. One is scrupulous about finances, but the other is careless and loves to spend money.
Horrible
Honest
careful
searching
chicago illinois because their
was to much traffic.
Which sentence is correct?
Chicago Illinois because
there was too much traffic.
Chicago, Illinois because
there was too much traffic.
The central idea of a text.
mood
tone
theme
characterization
Which of the choices below is the best definition of inference?
a guess or prediction based on evidence in a text
the main point an author is trying to make
the details that support the main idea of a text
Readers can use sensory details from the text to ______________.
Make predictions
Make an inference
Establish purpose for reading
Create mental images
Commas can be used to connect two dependent clauses along with a FANBOY word (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet).
Ex: While fishing, and in the middle of the city.
True
False
Annotating helps us with all of the following except:
slow down to comprehend what we are reading
records my thinking to help me remember my thoughts later
stay engaged with a difficult text
understanding why we get tired.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
This type of questions is asking your to identify which of the following?
Figurative language
Inference
Author's purpose for writing the text.
rhetorical language
Purpose questions require you to analyze the text. These questions require you to go beyond what a text says and work to determine why the text says it.
Which of the following are not related to author's purpose?
Why did the author write it?
What did they want to accomplish?
What's the point?
How did they use figurative language to persuade you to believe them?
Over a million people immigrate to the United States to start new lives every year, and if they arrive in New York, one of the first sights they see is the Statue of Liberty. Though America financed and built the pedestal on which the Statue of Liberty stands, the statue itself was a gift from France. The appearance of the Statue of Liberty is derived from Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom. The torch represents how liberty enlightens the world. The seven points or rays coming from the top of the crown represent the sun, the seven seas, the seven continents, and (as with the torch) how liberty enlightens the world.
The Statue of Liberty actually belongs to France, as they paid for it to be built.
Other countries view the Statue of Liberty as a representation of America.
The Statue of Liberty’s design contributes to its representation of freedom and light.
Millions of people immigrate to the United States each year to begin a new life.
Scientists have identified more than a million and a half species of plants, animals, fungi, and microbes on the planet, but the vast majority of species have yet to be discovered, named, and categorized. There are more than 7 million species we have yet to identify. Thousands of those species are being described each year, from single-celled organisms found in pools of volcanic sulfur to deep-sea organisms and larger animals like primates and birds. Expeditions are one of the primary ways to find animals not yet known to science, so researchers regularly head out to far-flung corners of the globe for a chance to spot new species. However, the actual discovery is more commonly made in scientific collections, often years after collections are brought back and filed away.
To inform readers that a vast majority of species are yet to be discovered.
To explain how scientists actually make discoveries many years after collection.
To describe the most common way that researchers are able to discover new species.
To elaborate on the types of species that are discovered and studied.
Which of the following is not used to help you identify how the text is structured?
How is the text organized?
How does the passage progress from one idea to another?
Is there anything the author is emphasizing?
Does one idea build on another?
Do the ideas agree/disagree?
What is the theme of the text?
Which of the following are signal words that indicate a text structure type?
because
consequently
also
suddenly
there
What is an example of tone?
The author's attitude toward a subject which is detected by descriptive words.
The feeling the author has creates for the reader.
the volume of something
When the author gives hints within a story about something that is going to happen later.
Mood
Tone
Simile
Foreshadowing
A comparison of two seemingly unlike things using the word "like" or "as"
Metaphor
Simile
Genre
Mood
context clue
a hint in the surrounding text that can help a reader infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word, phrase, or description
text that provides the meaning of word through contrast
text that provides the definition of a word
text that provides a clue to the meaning of a word through one or more examples
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
Syntax
Narrative
Inference
Claim
Which statement best explains the relationship between an author's purpose and structure?
Authors choose words and images that will appeal to their audience.
Authors build to a central idea that supports their perspective on an issue.
Authors organize information in ways that support their reasons for writing.
Authors use a tone that communicates their attitude toward the topic.
The writer is considering deleting the preceding sentence. Should this sentence be kept or deleted?
In the most common game of Sudoku, the player is faced with a nine-by-nine space grid with a total of 81 spaces. The solution to the puzzle requires a number, one through nine, to be placed in each box. Each number must appear only once in each row and only once in each column.
Kept, because the reader needs to understand the process by which he or she can solve the puzzle
Kept, because it helps the reader visualize the solution to a specific puzzle in a magazine.
Deleted, because it is not relevant to the preceding sentence.
Deleted, because it is unnecessarily wordy.
The name Sudoku is derived from the phrase single number in the Japanese language. Nevertheless, its definition refers to the placement or allotment of a single number
NO CHANGE
Specifically,
Ultimately,
Largely,
Which of these is the correct way to join two sentences:
After a few more questions and a breif pause, the quiz continued.
What is the most effective way to combine the 2 sentences?
What are the key elements of an argumentative essay?
Introduction, quotes, and conclusion
Counterclaim, setting, and introduction
Claim, reasons, and evidence
Something to provoke thought
Researchers Suchithra Rajendran and Maximilian Popfinger modeled varying levels of passenger redistribution from short-haul flights (flights of 50 to 210 minutes, from takeoff to landing) to high-speed rail trips. Planes travel faster than trains, but air travel typically requires 3 hours of lead time for security, baggage handling, and boarding that rail travel doesn't, so short-haul routes take similar amounts of time by air and by rail. However, the model suggests that as rail passenger volumes approach current capacity limits, long lead times emerge. Therefore, for rail to remain a viable alternative to short-haul flights, ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
rail systems should offer fewer long-haul routes and airlines should offer more long-haul routes.
rail systems may need to schedule additional trains for these routes.
security, baggage handling, and boarding procedures used by airlines may need to be implemented for rail systems.
passengers who travel by rail for these routes will need to accept that lead times will be similar to those for air travel.
1. Recycling protects our health and environment because it removes harmful substances and pollution from landfills and run off. Recycling also conserves our natural resources, because it reduces our need for raw materials. Throwing that paper away? Maybe you should recycle and save a forest from logging.
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
2. The roaring of the engine got louder and louder. The motorboat picked up so much speed that its bow was almost five feet above the water while the engine made water erupt in large wakes at the back of the boat. Dark thunderclouds loomed in the distance. Thankfully, we were not far from home.
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Read and answer the question:
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is called the Red Planet due to its iron rich soil. For several years, two Mars Exploration Rovers have been studying Mars closely. The rovers discovered that Mars has evidence of volcanoes, plate tectonics, and liquid water. It even has polar ice caps, with water in the north and solid carbon dioxide in the south. But Mars is very different from Earth. It has only 40% of our gravity and an atmosphere made of carbon dioxide.
How do we have so much information about Mars?
It's the closest to us.
Mars Exploration Rovers
We know it's very different from Earth
It is the Red Planet
Read and answer the question:
There are two main types of camels. Bactrian camels have two humps on their backs where they store fat. The second type are Arabian camels, called dromedaries and they have only one hump. Both of these types of camels use their stored fat as energy and water when they are far away from food and a freshwater source. They can stand harsh desert conditions for long periods of time because of the way they store fat and water.
What is the main difference between Bactrian camels and dromedaries?
Bactrian camels have two humps on their backs where they store fat.
Dromedaries have only one hump
The number of humps each camel have.
What is the central idea of the passage?
Millions of acres of tropical rainforest have been destroyed. Many animals and people lose their homes when the rain forest is cut down. Today, people are destroying the forests so quickly that the animals are unable to adapt. Many of these animals, such as the leopard, need miles and miles of untouched rain forest in order to live. Furthermore, as more of the rainforest is destroyed, the risk of air pollution and loss of oxygen increases.
Leopards are losing their homes
The destruction of the rain forest is harming humans and animals.
The destruction of the rain forest is an interesting subject
Forests provide oxygen for humans and animals
Which words help describe the setting?
Which of the following sentences correctly punctuates the sentences below?
I like to run and bike in the evening but it's been too cold to be outside.
I like to run, and bike in the evening, but it's been too cold to be outside.
I like to run, and bike in the evening but it's been too cold to be outside.
I like to run and bike in the evening, but it's been too cold to be outside.
Which of the following sentences properly uses punctuation?
Soccer's the best. All my friends play it. I'm the only one who plays at school, though.
Soccer's the best all my friends play it. I'm the only one who plays at school, though.
Soccer's the best all my friends play it I'm the only one who plays at school, though.
Soccer's the best. All my friends play it I'm the only one who plays at school, though.
Paired texts are two texts (which are each a paragraph long) typically written by two different authors addressing the same subject. Often, they will have slightly different points of view about the subject. All of the following are questions that accompany paired texts except?
How the viewpoints of the authors are similar and are different?
How each author provides different insights on the same subject?
How does the author create an element of rhetoric in order to persuade their reader to understand the purpose of their writing?
How one author might receive the views of a second author, and what each author might say about the other’s opinions?
