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| 1. | A nonfiction account of a person’s life written by someone else is called |
| A. | a personal essay. |
| B. | a biography. |
| C. | an autobiography. |
| D. | a memoir. |
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| 2. | When you analyze author’s tone, you think about how the writer’s |
| A. | choice of language reveals his or her attitude toward a topic. |
| B. | family background is revealed in the events of the selection. |
| C. | education is revealed in his or her grammatical choices. |
| D. | choice of time and place are described in the story. |
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| 3. | Click on the letter of the group of words that means about the same as the underlined word. People could easily see the politician’s indifference to those in need. |
| A. | feelings of sympathy |
| B. | close attention |
| C. | attitude of criticism |
| D. | lack of concern |
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| 4. | Which of the following is NOT an example of closed form poetry? |
| A. | sonnet |
| B. | hakiu |
| C. | free verse |
| D. | rhymed stanzas |
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| 5. | Which strategy will best help you find an implied main idea? |
| A. | Look at the first sentence of each paragraph. |
| B. | Look at the last sentence of each paragraph. |
| C. | Think about the title, headings, and pictures in the selection. |
| D. | Think about the one key idea that the supporting details describe. |
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| 6. | In a selection using third-person point of view, the narrator is |
| A. | in the selection and refers to himself or herself as I. |
| B. | in the selection and refers to himself or herself as he or she. |
| C. | outside the selection and refers to himself or herself as I, me, or myself. |
| D. | outside the selection and refers to those in the story as he, she, or they. |
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| 7. | When you summarize what you have read, you |
| A. | think about your own life experiences and knowledge. |
| B. | briefly retell the main ideas of a selection in your own words. |
| C. | go back to reread paragraphs that are unclear or confusing to you. |
| D. | use clues in the text to identify ideas the author does not directly state. |
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| 8. | What type of selection might best use a timeline as a text feature? |
| A. | a science article that shows the causes and effects of tornados |
| B. | a social studies article about the differences between deserts and mountains |
| C. | a biography of a president that shows the important events in his life |
| D. | a mathematics chapter that explains how to multiply fractions |
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| 9. | When you evaluate description, you make a judgment about how well an author uses sensory language, imagery, similes, and metaphors to portray a person, place, object, or event in a selection. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
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| 10. | Which of the following definitions describes an allusion? |
| A. | a comparison using the words like or as |
| B. | the giving of human characteristics to an animal or object |
| C. | a traditional story that uses talking animals to teach a lesson |
| D. | a reference to a character, place, or situation from history, music, or art |
Literature
