Text Evidence
Which line below shows that the character is angry?
Billy got home from school with his sister Betty. He stormed into his bedroom before slamming the door shut.
“He stormed into his bedroom before slamming the door shut.”
What is the definition of theme?
The message, lesson, or moral in a story.
What is the definition of main idea?
What the story/text is mostly about.
Where should the comma go in the following sentence?
It took a long time but I finally learned to ride a bike.
It took a long time, but I finally learned to ride a bike.
Then a tall man of sunburned face and grave demeanor, one of those men who have evidently traveled unknown and far-away lands, whose calm eye seems to preserve in its depths something of the foreign scenes it has observed, a man that you are sure is filled with courage, spoke for the first time.
Which answer best describes the man from the passage?
a) Angry and frustrated
b) Exhausted and lonely
c) Experienced and wise
d) Happy and peaceful
C
Which line below discusses what cats eat?
Cats are felines, just like lions and tigers. For most cats, their natural diet is to eat meat like fish and birds. It’s true that cats are agile and light on their feet. They are very flexible which allows them to escape small spaces and navigate obstacles.
“For most cats, their natural diet is to eat meat like fish and birds.”
Out of the options below, which options are more likely to be considered a theme?
Never give up on yourself
If you stay consistent, your efforts will be rewarded.
There are 100 different ways to bake a potato.
One time, I broke both my elbows at the same time.
Certain trees can grow hundreds of feet.
There are always going to be tough times, but you have to work through them to enjoy the happy times.
1, 2, 6
Out of the options below, which options are more likely to be considered a main idea?
1) Anything is possible when you believe.
2) The Wizard of Oz is a movie that has made a huge impact on other films.
3) Even though it can be hard to be honest, it always pays off.
4) Summer and Fall are the most preferred months according to many surveys.
5) It’s important to give yourself a break, even when you’re feeling too busy.
2 and 4
Which statement is correct:
The books is on the table.
The books are on the table.
The book’s are on the table.
The books are on the table
2
Identify three verbs and three adjectives used in this passage:
It was a dull and rainy Friday. The clouds rolled in and covered the wide open sky above the city. The faint glow of airplane landing lights flashed through the murky atmosphere. One thing was clear to me now that I had overcome the worst part of the month; I needed to move away from this place. I ran to out of the shop and drove straight to my apartment. As I drove, I stretched my neck out to see a mysterious woman standing in front of my usual parking spot.
Possible verbs: rolled, covered, ran, drove, stretched, standing.
Possible adjectives: dull, rainy, murky, faint, mysterious
Erosion of America's farmland by wind and water has been a problem since settlers first put the prairies and grasslands under the plow in the nineteenth century. By the 1930s, more than 282 million acres of farmland were damaged by erosion. After 40 years of conservation efforts, soil erosion has accelerated due to new demands placed on the land by heavy crop production. In the years ahead, soil erosion and the pollution problems it causes are likely to replace petroleum scarcity as the nation's most critical natural resource problem.
Which sentence talks about the problems soil erosion may cause in the future?
“In the years ahead, soil erosion and the pollution problems…”
A hobby helps us the most in utilizing our spare time properly. There are various kinds of hobbies such as photography, stamp-collecting, coin-collecting, gardening, carpentry, painting and singing. In fact, anything one does with interest is called a hobby. If you love to swim, it can be a very useful hobby. Reading books is another important hobby. Hobbies like stamp-collecting, coin-collecting, drawing pictures, photography, playing on musical instruments are very expensive. But books can be read in the library even. Luckily, we have a small plot of land on the front side of our houses. I have adopted gardening as my hobby. I grow fruit plants and vegetables in that plot. It gives me change. In fact, life without a hobby is quite dull.
What is the theme being taught in this paragraph?
One option - Hobbies are important for enjoying life.
What’s the main idea of this passage?
Tigers are in crisis. They are facing extinction. Yet there are more tigers living in captivity as illegal pets in the United States than in the wild. Popular shows such as Tiger King highlight the miserable conditions that most of the animals are kept in as they are bred illegally for profit. Even though these illegal breeders are saving the species, the animals they are producing live miserable lives often trapped in concrete enclosures the sizes of dog kennels. Should people be allowed to keep tigers as pets?
There are more tigers being kept in illegal captivity than there are in the wild.
Correct these sentences:
Gabriela didn’t want to talk to Estaban she was mad at him.
No I don’t want to go to the park it’s boring there.
One option: 1) Gabriela didn’t want to talk to Estaban; she was mad at him.
2) No I don’t want to go to the park. It’s boring there.
Some schools are adopting year-round schedules, but I believe that long summer vacations are beneficial and necessary. First of all, many students need to work during the summer. Without several months to devote to full-time work, teens will be cheated of income and work experience. Additionally, some students need to re-take courses in summer school. If there is no time to catch up, those students will fall further behind. Finally, teachers deserve an extended break from school. They might need to take classes themselves, to stay up to date in their subject matter. Without a summer break, teachers don’t have a chance to do this. In conclusion, there are important reasons to keep long summer vacations.
What are the three reasons that this author uses to argue that school should continue to have long summer breaks?
Students want to work in the summer, People need to retake classes, and teachers need a break.
Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Could any of these mammals be more intelligent than man? Certainly the most common argument in favor of man's superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less we appear superior when we destroy them.
The writer of the passage thinks that we can kill dolphins more easily than they can kill us. What do they say about this?
A) That they are better adapted to their environment than we are
B) That dolphins have a very sophisticated form of communication
C) That it does not mean that we are superior to them
D) It proves that dolphins have linguistic skills far beyond what we previously thought
C
What’s the theme of this passage?
In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. "Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?" "I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same." "Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; “we have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew.
One option: If we don’t think of the future now, we might fail.
What’s the main idea of this passage?
A penny for your thoughts? If it’s a 1943 copper penny, it could be worth as much as fifty thousand dollars. In 1943 most pennies were made out of steel since copper was needed for World War II, so the 1943 copper penny is ultra-rare. Another rarity is the 1955 double-die penny. These pennies were mistakenly double-stamped, so they have overlapping dates and letters. If it’s uncirculated, it’d easily fetch $25,000 at an auction. Now that’s a pretty penny.
1943 copper pennies could be worth as much as fifty thousand dollars…
What does FANBOYS stand for?
For And Nor But Or Yet So
Identify an opinion statement and a statement of fact in the paragraph:
Opera and musical theater can be different. According to the Paris Opera House, Opera is when emotional content is conveyed to the audience as much through music, both vocal and instrumental, as it is through the lyrics. By contrast, in musical theater an actor's dramatic performance is primary, and the music plays a lesser role. For me, opera is my preferred choice of entertainment, but I do appreciate general musical theater as well.
Opinion: For me, opera is my…
FACT: According to Paris Opera House…