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Unit Skills Assessment






1.

The ____________ is the part of a plot that presents the final outcome of the story.

A.rising action
B.conflict
C.resolution
D.exposition



2.

Which of the following does NOT happen when you ask and answer questions about what you’ve read?

A.You help clarify what you don’t understand.
B.You make sure you understand what you’ve read so far.
C.You review important information that may be on a test.
D.You preview the next selection.



3.

Learning about a character in a story through what others say and think about the character is called

A.symbolism.
B.visualizing.
C.direct characterization.
D.indirect characterization.



4.

Analyzing cultural context involves thinking about the values and beliefs of a group of people and about how those values and beliefs influence a writer.

A.True
B.False



5.

When you analyze bias in a text, you

A.determine whether a writer favors an opinion based on personal preference.
B.determine whether a writer has had adequate training as an author.
C.determine whether a writer’s style is the same as or different from yours.
D.determine whether a writer’s personality is revealed in his or her word choices.



6.

Which of the following is the BEST reason for studying functional documents?

A.to be able to understand and complete real-world tasks
B.to better understand literature and language arts
C.to recognize when you don’t understand the story you’ve read
D.to recognize and remember special strategies for reading



7.

Which of the following lines is an example of an allusion?

A.She sells seashells at the seashore.
B.Jane felt she had begun her own Odyssey.
C.A good education is as valuable as gold.
D.Winter arranged a blanket of snow on the bird’s nest.



8.

Click on the letter of the word that means about the same as the underlined word.

The tapping of his shoe punctuated the silence in the concert hall.

A.awoke
B.stopped
C.emphasized
D.continued



9.

____________________ is studying the organizational pattern of a piece of writing.

A.Making predictions
B.Evaluating an argument
C.Interpreting meaning
D.Analyzing text structure



10.

Personification involves the methods a writer uses to create characters in a literary work.

A.TRUE
B.FALSE

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