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Unit 3 Sec. 2 Author's viewpoint

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 28mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which sentence in the passage contains the author's viewpoint?


1 Many Americans regularly eat beef, which is meat that comes from cattle. 2 We ought to replace beef with chicken in our diets. 3 It takes eleven times more water to raise cattle for beef than it does to raise chickens. 4 Cattle also require twenty-eight times more land than chickens do.

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1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

2.

Which sentence in the passage contains the author's viewpoint?


1 Most banks offer savings accounts for adults, families, and children. 2 All young people should open their own savings accounts. 3 When you keep money in a savings account, you earn interest. 4 Interest is extra money the bank gives you for just keeping your money with them.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

3.

Which sentence in the passage contains the author's viewpoint?


1 Our school has three bike racks. 2 These racks can fit a total of fifteen bikes. 3 However, in a recent survey, more than three dozen students said they would like to ride their bikes to school. 4 We should definitely get more bike racks.

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1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

4.

Which sentence in the passage contains the author's viewpoint?


1 Brad Foley ought to be elected class president. 2 Brad has served on the school council for the last three years. 3 He was also a member of the school club that painted the mural near the library.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

5.

Which sentence in the passage contains the author's viewpoint?


1 My dog Astro, weighs only fourteen pounds, but he is the toughest little pup in the whole world! 2 When we go to the beach together, he guards our blankets from anything and everything that tries to come near. 3 One time he even barked at a pickup truck that was driving by.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

6.

Which sentence in the passage contains the author's viewpoint?


1 Diwali is the most fun holiday of the year. 2 People around the world light candles for Diwali. 3 The holiday lasts for five days, and something different happens on each day.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

7.

Which sentence in the passage contains the author's viewpoint?


1 Knowing where our words come from is important. 2 For example, the word "library" comes from a Latin word. 3 The Latin word for "book" is liber.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

8.

Which sentence in the passage contains the author's viewpoint?


1 Rachel the Magician is a terrible magician. 2 She did a trick where she was supposed to make a card disappear. 3 My brother and I were sitting in the front row at her show and we could see the card down her sleeve.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

9.

Which sentence in the passage contains the author's viewpoint?


1 The one-cent coin, or penny, has been used in the United States since 1787. 2 Today, though, pennies are more trouble than they're worth. 3 The metal that it takes to make a single penny costs more than one cent!

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

10.

Which sentence in the passage contains the author's viewpoint?


1 Carrot-raisin salad takes about ten minutes to prepare. 2 There is no better snack for a lazy summer afternoon. 3 To start, you will need shredded carrots and raisins. 4 You'll also need something to mix them with, such as mayonnaise or yogurt.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

11.

Which sentence in the passage contains the author's viewpoint?


1 The Burmese python is a snake that eats small mammals and birds. 2 Some of these pythons even eat pigs. 3 Seeing a Burmese python in the wild would really be frightening.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

12.

Which sentence in the passage contains the author's viewpoint?


1 The ancient Maya people lived for many years in Central America. 2 Spanish explorers arrived in the early 1500s and took over the lands of the Maya people. 3 The arrival of the explorers was the saddest thing to happen to the Maya.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

13.

Which sentence in the passage contains the author's viewpoint?


1 Brett is an amazing dancer. 2 He has been dancing since he was four years old, so he has had years of training. 3 He was even invited to train with the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago last summer.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

14.

Which sentence in the passage contains the author's viewpoint?


1 The Spanish artist Salvador Dali had a great imagination. 2 You may have seen one of his paintings of melting clocks. 3 People have many different ideas about what the melting clocks in his paintings might mean.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3