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EOG Reading Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How does the setting advance the plot?

What is this question asking you to do?

a)

To choose the answer choice that explains how the conflict is causing the plot of the story to move forward.

b)

To choose the answer that shows how the character's actions are causing the plot of the story to move forward.

c)

To choose the answer choice that shows how the mood is causing the plot of the story to move forward.

d)

To choose the answer choice that explains how the setting of the story is causing the plot to move forward.

2.

How does the setting influence the plot of a story?

How is influence being used in this sentence?

a)

beginning

b)

effect

c)

determine

d)

apply

3.

What is the significance of the crowd returning at lunchtime to watch Maniac?

How is the word "significance" being used in this sentence?

a)

problem

b)

synonym

c)

order

d)

importance

4.

What is the most likely reason the poet used capitalization in line 6? What skill are you being asked to use in this question?

a)

correct use of writing conventions

b)

graphical elements

c)

theme

d)

conflict

5.

Paragraph 7 mainly focuses on - What skill are you being asked to use for this question?

a)

summary

b)

main idea

c)

context clues

d)

conflict

6.

The author organizes this selection by -

What skill are you being asked to use in this question?

a)

main idea

b)

conflict

c)

supporting details

d)

text structure

7.

Which sentence from the selection states an opinion? Which one of the following strategies will help you determine the answer to this question?

a)

Reread the entire selection and separate all the facts from opinion.

b)

Read the answer choices and look for opinion words (such as: definitely, obviously, clearly, unfair).

c)

Write a summary of the selection.

8.

What does the break between stanzas 2 and 3 help the poet convey? What skill are you being asked to use in this question?

a)

figurative language

b)

theme

c)

graphical elements

d)

tone

9.

The abrupt dialogue in the poem helps convey the idea that the characters are -

How is the word abrupt being used in this sentence?

a)

short or choppy dialogue

b)

long or expanded dialogue

10.

The playwright uses the sounds of rain and thunder throughout selection mainly to -

What is a playwright?

a)

author of a poem

b)

author of nonfiction text

c)

author of dramas

11.

The author begins and ends the selection with this idea in order to emphasize that -

Which of the following is the best synonym for the word emphasize -

a)

determine

b)

conclude

c)

point out/make important

12.

What lesson does the narrator learn while spending time with her grandmother?

What skill are you being asked to use in this sentence?

a)

main idea

b)

theme

c)

conflict

d)

character motivation

13.

Which sentence from the blog entry is an example of stereotyping?

What is stereotyping?

a)

a type of font used in blogs

b)

denying someone the same rights

c)

making a general statement about a group of people

14.

If the question includes the word suggests, I know that this is a or an _____________ question.

a)

right there

b)

vocabulary

c)

inference

d)

theme

15.

What is an excerpt?

a)

a book or story

b)

a quotation

c)

an inference

d)

a piece of a larger writing

16.

What does primarily mean?

a)

mostly or most importantly

b)

first or at the beginning

c)

not very important

d)

inference or conclusion

17.

A questions that asks for supporting details or something that supports an idea is asking for...

a)

an inference

b)

evidence

c)

a selection

d)

a definition

18.

Most likely means...

a)

not really

b)

not very true

c)

at the beginning

d)

probably

19.

If something is revealed it is...

a)

hidden

b)

closed

c)

done again

d)

shown or made known

20.

Non-fiction/Expository is...

a)

true and informational based on eye-witnesses or people in authority

b)

stories that were created in the mind of the author

21.

Expresses means to

a)

squeeze

b)

go very fast

c)

communicate

d)

listen

22.

Sensory language used by the author helps the reader to see or visualize what they are reading. Choose an example of sensory language below.

a)

The walls shook and vibrated like the tail of a rattle snake.

b)

It was extremely windy outside.

c)

The walls of the house shook.

d)

The wind blew the trees.

23.

In the question, "Which sentence best illustrates Noah's conflict?", illustrates means:

a)

evidence

b)

names

c)

explains

d)

infers

24.

Another word, or synonym, for tension is...

a)

strong

b)

stress

c)

happiness

d)

beginning

25.

Most likely means...

a)

always

b)

sometimes

c)

never

d)

probably

26.

The best way to summarize a non-fiction story is to

a)

use information from the end of the story

b)

use information from the beginning of the story

c)

Use character, conflict, resolution

d)

use information from the Beginning, Middle, and End

27.

The best way to summarize a fiction story is to

a)

use information from the end of the story

b)

use information from the beginning of the story

c)

use information from the Beginning, Middle, and End

d)

use information that contains character, conflict and resolution

28.

The author begins and ends the selection with this idea in order to emphasize that -

Which of the following is the best synonym for the word emphasize -

a)

determine

b)

conclude

c)

point out/make important