WorksheetsEOG Reading Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Interruptions to the story that writers use to insert past events are called...
flashbacks
foreshadowing
summaries
dialogue
When something that is not human is given human characteristics, it is...
a hyperbole
a simile
being personified
a metaphor
Exaggerating for effect is called...
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
A condensed (shortened) version of an original text is a...
theme
tone
inference
summary
A conversation between two or more characters in a literary piece is called...
dialogue
prologue
epilogue
perspective
A situation that ends up in a different way than what you would normally expect is...
plot
figurative language
dialogue
irony
Evidence in front of you and prior knowledge combined to make an intelligent guess is...
a summary
a stanza
the mood
an inference
Katie jumped out of bed when she realized the sun was shining bright through her window. Everyone was already gone! She quickly got dressed, brushed her teeth, and grabbed her book bag. When she got to school she was completely out of breath and the class was already at specials.
What can you infer about Katie?
Katie over slept and was late to the movies.
Katie over slept and was late for church.
Katie over slept and was late to school.
Katie over slept and was late to friend's house.
The girls went to the library and read three books in one afternoon. They were voracious readers.
What does the word voracious mean as it is used in the text?
lazy
helpful
avid
happy
What does the word stroll mean in the sentence above?
walk
run
swim
Based on context clues in the passage below, truncated means ______________.
I was upset that the ebook file was truncated because I couldn't find out how the story ended.
Finished
Cut short
Boring
Too long
Based on context clues in the passage below, trifle means ______________.
Her cat was dying, and she worried about a trifle like her torn dress!
Little
Giant
Everything
Hopeful
What is the term for a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Personification
D) Hyperbole
Which of the following is a type of figurative language that gives human traits to non-human things?
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Personification
D) Hyperbole
What is the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work called?
A) Theme
B) Plot
C) Setting
D) Character
