Unit Skills Assessment



1.	When you recognize author’s purpose, you understand why an author chose to write a selection.
	A.	True
	B.	False

2.	If you are skimming an article on how to create a Web site, you are looking at
	A.	one paragraph or section to find a particular piece of information.
	B.	the whole article to get a general idea of the information included.
	C.	the author’s background to judge the quality of the article.
	D.	the sources used as references in the article.

3.	The purpose of a flashback in a story is to
	A.	move the story ahead to the plot’s resolution.
	B.	allow the reader to see what will happen later in the story.
	C.	provide the reader with the author’s main message about life.
	D.	show an earlier event that helps explain a character’s thoughts or actions.

4.	Which of the following is NOT an example of imagery?
	A.	The moon is a balloon.
	B.	Her thoughts exploded in her head.
	C.	Please state your full name.
	D.	Kind words melted his heart.

5.	Cause-and-effect text structure is an author’s organization of ideas to show
	A.	events that happened in time order.
	B.	the order of importance between and among ideas.
	C.	why something happened and to examine the results.
	D.	how items are alike and how they are different.

6.	Titles, heads, subheads, and graphics are called text features.
	A.	True
	B.	False

7.	A story that is part of an oral tradition is one that
	A.	has been passed on by word of mouth through generations.
	B.	is part of a reader’s theater within a local community.
	C.	teaches a lesson about how the present is better than the past.
	D.	is written to be read aloud.

8.	Click on the letter of the word or phrase that means about the same as the underlined word. The shrewdest player won the school tournament.
	A.	largest
	B.	boldest
	C.	most clever
	D.	most athletic

9.	Which of the following would you NOT do to make an inference about a character in a story?
	A.	Pay attention to the character’s thoughts, words, and actions.
	B.	Pay attention to what other characters say about the character.
	C.	Think about what you already know and your past experiences.
	D.	Pay attention to the order of events in the story’s plot.

10.	Which of the following is an example of an internal conflict in a story?
	A.	A tornado threatens to wipe out all the citizens of a town.
	B.	The main character struggles at trying to decide his future.
	C.	A bully continually picks on younger classmates.
	D.	A mysterious illness plagues members of a family.

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