WorksheetsStandards Review (RI/RL8.1-8.4)
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 11mins
An inference is a reasonable guess about a text based on___________.
text evidence and background knowledge
text evidence and author's input
text evidence and reader's opinion
text evidence only
What is the main idea of an informative text?
theme
central idea
author's purpose
supporting detail
A summary should be both __________ and ___________.
objective
accurate
opinionated
specific
Information used to support an opinion or belief is
explanation
central idea
evidence
inference
An extended comparison that helps present or explain complex ideas is a/an_____________.
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
analogy
A collection of things or ideas that have characteristics in common is a/an
category
comparison
type
section
A central idea is a text is DEVELOPED through
one single supporting detail
multiple supporting details
___________ is a piece of information from a text used to support an inference or claim.
Evidence
Supporting Detail
Text Reference
Relevant Information
The conversation between characters is
plot
script
dialogue
play
The message or lesson in a piece of literature is the ______________.
main idea
topic
central idea
theme
Summaries include irrelevant details.
True
False
Summaries of literary text include which of the following? (Choose all that apply)
Main Characters
Setting
Important Events
Opinions
The dictionary definition of a word.
Connotation
Figurative
Denotation
Citation
Language that expresses ideas in creative or unusual ways.
Descriptive Language
Positive Language
Technical Language
Figurative Language
Words may have a ________, _________, or _________ connotation. (Choose all that apply)
positive
negative
neutral
objective
An author uses ___________ to develop the central idea.
inferences
supporting details
irrelevant details
opinions
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.
1
2
3
4
What does text structure mean?
information in the text
the way the author organizes information in the text
the way the author presents the information in the text.
how the text is typed up.
What is the purpose of subheadings in a text?
to give an idea of what the previous paragraph is about
to give an idea of what the following paragraph is about
to give an idea of what the entire passage is about
to give extra ideas of what the paragraphs are about
