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Standards Review (RI/RL8.1-8.4)

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An inference is a reasonable guess about a text based on___________.

a)

text evidence and background knowledge

b)

text evidence and author's input

c)

text evidence and reader's opinion

d)

text evidence only

2.

What is the main idea of an informative text?

a)

theme

b)

central idea

c)

author's purpose

d)

supporting detail

3.

A summary should be both __________ and ___________.

a)

objective

b)

accurate

c)

opinionated

d)

specific

4.

Information used to support an opinion or belief is

a)

explanation

b)

central idea

c)

evidence

d)

inference

5.

An extended comparison that helps present or explain complex ideas is a/an_____________.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

analogy

6.

A collection of things or ideas that have characteristics in common is a/an

a)

category

b)

comparison

c)

type

d)

section

7.

A central idea is a text is DEVELOPED through

a)

one single supporting detail

b)

multiple supporting details

8.

___________ is a piece of information from a text used to support an inference or claim.

a)

Evidence

b)

Supporting Detail

c)

Text Reference

d)

Relevant Information

9.

The conversation between characters is

a)

plot

b)

script

c)

dialogue

d)

play

10.

The message or lesson in a piece of literature is the ______________.

a)

main idea

b)

topic

c)

central idea

d)

theme

11.

Summaries include irrelevant details.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Summaries of literary text include which of the following? (Choose all that apply)

a)

Main Characters

b)

Setting

c)

Important Events

d)

Opinions

13.

The dictionary definition of a word.

a)

Connotation

b)

Figurative

c)

Denotation

d)

Citation

14.

Language that expresses ideas in creative or unusual ways.

a)

Descriptive Language

b)

Positive Language

c)

Technical Language

d)

Figurative Language

15.

Words may have a ________, _________, or _________ connotation. (Choose all that apply)

a)

positive

b)

negative

c)

neutral

d)

objective

16.

An author uses ___________ to develop the central idea.

a)

inferences

b)

supporting details

c)

irrelevant details

d)

opinions

17.

What statement does NOT belong in this summary?

(1).At a school in Nicaragua in the early 1980s, deaf children who neither spoke nor used sign language turned a simple system of gestures into an entirely new language. (2) Over time, the language continued to change and develop. (3) Deaf Nicaraguan children had to learn their own language because their parents did not teach them how to communicate. (4) Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL) is now taught at other Nicaraguan schools for deaf children.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

18.

What does text structure mean?

a)

information in the text

b)

the way the author organizes information in the text

c)

the way the author presents the information in the text.

d)

how the text is typed up.

19.

What is the purpose of subheadings in a text?

a)

to give an idea of what the previous paragraph is about

b)

to give an idea of what the following paragraph is about

c)

to give an idea of what the entire passage is about

d)

to give extra ideas of what the paragraphs are about