Academic Vocabulary
The voice telling the story:
A. First Person
B. Narrator
C. Third Person
D. Main Character
B. Narrator
A Hare was making fun of the Tortoise one day for being so slow.
"Do you ever get anywhere?" he asked with a mocking laugh.
"Yes," replied the Tortoise, "and I get there sooner than you think. I'll run you a race and prove it."
The Hare was much amused at the idea of running a race with the Tortoise, but for the fun of the thing he agreed. So the Fox, who had consented to act as judge, marked the distance and started the runners off.
The Hare was soon far out of sight, and to make the Tortoise feel very deeply how ridiculous it was for him to try a race with a Hare, he lay down beside the course to take a nap until the Tortoise should catch up.
The Tortoise meanwhile kept going slowly but steadily, and, after a time, passed the place where the Hare was sleeping. But the Hare slept on very peacefully; and when at last he did wake up, the Tortoise was near the goal. The Hare now ran his swiftest, but he could not overtake the Tortoise in time.
What is the theme of the story?
A. Trust no one
B. Slow and steady wins the race
C. The fastest person always wins
D. Hares are faster than tortoises
B. Slow and steady wins the race
The moral or lesson of a story is the:
A. Evidence
B. Theme
C. Central Idea
D. Mood
B. Theme
"My mother is as busy as a bee" is an example of:
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Personification
D. Onomatopoeia
B. Simile
A cookbook giving you the steps to bake a cake would most likely use which text structure?
A. Chronological/Sequence
B. Compare/Contrast
C. Description
D. Problem/Solution
A. Chronological/Sequence
Quotes from the story that support your answer:
A. Textual Evidence
B. Narration
C. Quotations
D. Context Clues
A. Textual Evidence
A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion's nose. Roused from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her.
"Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse. "Please let me go and some day I will surely repay you."
The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. But he was generous and finally let the Mouse go.
Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a hunter's net. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring. The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion struggling in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed it until it parted, and soon the Lion was free.
"You laughed when I said I would repay you," said the Mouse. "Now you see that even a Mouse can help a Lion."
What is the theme of the story?
A. Kindness never goes to waste
B. The small cannot help the great
C. Lions eat mice
D. Do not show kindness to others
A. Kindness never goes to waste
The way an author feels about the topic they are writing about is called:
A. Mood
B. Claim
C. Plot
D. Tone
D. Tone
"My brother is taller than a skyscraper" is an example of:
A. Personification
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Hyperbole
D. Hyperbole
You are trying to convince your parents to go to the beach instead of the mountains for summer break. If you wanted to tell them the good and bad things about each place, which text structure would you use?
A. Problem/Solution
B. Cause/Effect
C. Compare & Contrast
D. Chronological/Sequence
C. Compare & Contrast
Breaking something down into parts to understand it better:
A. Context Clues
B. Textual Evidence
C. Quotations
D. Analyze
D. Analyze
In a spell of dry weather, when the Birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck, and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the water. The poor thing felt as if he must die of thirst.
Then an idea came to him. Picking up some small pebbles, he dropped them into the pitcher one by one. With each pebble the water rose a little higher until at last it was near enough so he could drink.
What is the theme of this story?
A. Things are not always as they appear
B. Knowledge can help us prepare for the future
C. Evil is punished and good is rewarded
D. Creative thinking can get us out of hard situations
D. Creative thinking can get us out of hard situations
A conclusion based on your prior knowledge and text evidence is:
A. Inference
B. Central Idea
C. Point of View
D. Context Clues
A. Inference
"Sally sells seashells by the sea shore" is an example of:
A. Alliteration
B. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole
D. Simile
A. Alliteration
Crocodiles are native to Africa, Asia, and Australia. They are carnivores with powerful jaws and lots of teeth. They mostly live in the water, but can follow their prey onto land. They are a "living link" between present day and dinosaur-like reptiles from prehistoric times.
This paragraph is an example of:
A. Cause/Effect
B. Chronological Sequence
C. Compare & Contrast
D. Description
D. Description
The author's reason for writing something:
A. Compare
B. Analyze
C. Purpose
D. Contrast
C. Purpose
A Wild Boar was sharpening his tusks busily against the stump of a tree, when a Fox happened by. Now the Fox was always looking for a chance to make fun of his neighbors. So he made a great show of looking anxiously about, as if in fear of some hidden enemy. But the Boar kept right on with his work.
"Why are you doing that?" asked the Fox at last with a grin. "There isn't any danger that I can see."
"True enough," replied the Boar, "but when danger does come there will not be time for such work as this. My weapons will have to be ready for use then, or I shall suffer for it."
What is the theme of this story?
A. It's important to be prepared
B. Things are not always as they appear
C. Good triumphs over evil
D. Treat others as you want to be treated
A. It's important to be prepared
Which point of view has an outside narrator that allows the reader to know the thoughts of only one character?
A. First person
B. Second Person
C. Third Person Limited
D. Third Person Omniscient
C. Third Person Limited
"I stood in the kitchen, enjoying the smell of fresh baked bread and the purring of my cat in the windowsill" is an example of:
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Alliteration
C. Rhyme
D. Imagery
D. Imagery
"Research shows that sitting for long periods of time can cause potential health conditions like obesity, heart failure, and some types of cancer. Some ways to combat these conditions are to take more walks, work at standing desks, or go to the gym every day."
This text uses which type of text structure?
A. Chronological/Sequence
B. Problem/Solution
C. Cause/Effect
D. Description
B. Problem/Solution
How a character views and understands events, people, and the world around them:
A. Perspective
B. Purpose
C. Narrator
D. Plot
A. Perspective
A Wolf had been feasting too greedily, and a bone had stuck crosswise in his throat. He could get it neither up nor down, and of course he could not eat a thing. Naturally that was an awful state of affairs for a greedy Wolf.
So away he hurried to the Crane. He was sure that she, with her long neck and bill, would easily be able to reach the bone and pull it out.
"I will reward you very handsomely," said the Wolf, "if you pull that bone out for me."
The Crane, as you can imagine, was very uneasy about putting her head in a Wolf's throat. But she was grasping in nature, so she did what the Wolf asked her to do.
When the Wolf felt that the bone was gone, he started to walk away.
"But what about my reward!" called the Crane anxiously.
"What!" snarled the Wolf, whirling around. "Haven't you got it? Isn't it enough that I let you take your head out of my mouth without snapping it off?"
What is the theme of the story?
A. Don't eat too fast
B. Wolves and Cranes don't get along
C. You should do good things without expecting a reward
D. Don't help others
C. You should do good things without expecting a reward
Put the pieces of the plot map in order from beginning to end (A, B, C, D, E)
A. Rising Action
B. Falling Action
C. Climax
D. Exposition
E. Resolution
D, A, C, B, E
"Her smile is the sunrise"
This metaphor gives her smile the characteristic of being:
A. Ugly
B. Unnatural
C. Bright
D. Dark
C. Bright
"Two hours into our road trip, our car got a flat tire. We had to wait for someone to come help us change it, so we missed our dinner reservations and had to get McDonald's on the way to our hotel."
This text uses which text structure?
A. Cause and Effect
B. Problem and Solution
C. Description
D. Chronological/Sequence
A. Cause and Effect