Text Structures & Features
This type of text feature describes what’s in the photograph or illustration.
A) Heading
B) Caption
C) Diagram
D) Index
B) Caption
The time and place of a story; in a drama, this is found at the beginning of scenes
A) Exposition
B) Main Idea
C) Plot
D) Setting
D) Setting
Which definition best matches the meaning of "foul" as used in the paragraph?
A) Definition 1
B) Definition 2
C) Definition 3
D) Definition 4
D) Definition 4
A comparison between two different things using "like" or "as"
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Hyperbole
D) Setting
What can the reader infer about the speaker’s feelings toward being bicultural?
A) Being bicultural can be an advantage for future monetary gains.
B) Being bicultural can be a struggle, and the choices are always easy.
C) The speaker has felt divided between cultures but has found a resolution.
D) Bicultural individuals are forced to make choices between right and wrong.
C) The speaker has felt divided between cultures but has found a resolution.
This text structure explains the differences and similarities between 2 things.
A) Cause & Effect
B) Description
C) Chronological
D) Compare & Contrast
D) Compare & Contrast
Usually in italics or parentheses, these words tell the actors in a drama what to do or how to say something
A) Character Tags
B) Stage Directions
C) Dialogue
D) Setting
B) Stage Directions
Which definition best matches the meaning of "suspend" as used in the paragraph?
A) Definition 1
B) Definition 2
C) Definition 3
D) Definition 4
C) Definition 3
When a poet does something different with the words, such as italics, repeats, bold, puts it on its own line, etc., the poet is trying to ____________________
A) emphasize that word(s)
B) tell you the main idea
C) create sound in the poem
D) tell you the theme of the poem
A) emphasize that word(s)
Which statement best supports the idea that the players are the only people left on Earth?
A) A player can always join again and re-experience the game with new players.
B) Players use guns, swords, and grenades to fight the monsters (husks) explaining the rating T for Teens which Fortnite has been assigned.
C) As a player, you are one of 100 players or part of a squad who are ultimately battling for survival in this open world game in which humanity has disappeared.
D) Fortnite has become wildly popular since its launch by the North Carolina based studio Epic Games in late 2017.
C) As a player, you are one of 100 players or part of a squad who are ultimately battling for survival in this open world game in which humanity has disappeared.
This text structure explains what happens and the reasons why that thing happens.
A) Cause & Effect
B) Description
C) Chronological
D) Compare & Contrast
A) Cause & Effect
The problem of the story
A) Climax
B) Setting
C) Conflict
D) Resolution
C) Conflict
Which words from the folktale help the reader understand the meaning of engulfed?
A) remained visible
B) covered their village
C) atop the mountain
D) tsunami wave
B) covered their village
The message about life is called the ___________
A) main idea
B) theme
C) setting
D) figurative language
B) theme
Read the following sentence:
Though the game is free across different platforms, to buy V- Bucks, the in-game currency, the gamer uses real money.
This sentence helps illustrate—
A. Free games make more money than games that are sold.
B. V Bucks are used to purchase skins which help the players change their appearance.
C. Fortnite is worth billions of dollars.
D. Fortnite’s earnings do not depend on the initial cost of the game.
D. Fortnite’s earnings do not depend on the initial cost of the game.
This type of text feature tells us the main idea of the section.
A) Caption
B) Title
C) Glossary
D) Heading/Subheading
D) Heading/Subheading
How the problem gets fixed
A) Conflict
B) Resolution
C) Climax
D) Exposition
B) Resolution
Which words help the reader understand the meaning of scramble?
A) Once on the ground
B) as quickly as possible
C) players are confined
D) suspended in midair by a balloon
B) as quickly as possible
An overexaggeration is called a __________________
A) alliteration
B) onomatopoeia
C) metaphor
D) hyperbole
D) hyperbole
What statement best supports the theme of the selection?
A. Superheroes have a responsibility to bring justice to the world.
B. Imperfections should not keep you from making good choices.
C. Even superheroes have problems.
D. The more powerful you become, the greater problems you will face.
B. Imperfections should not keep you from making good choices.
This text structure is used to tell the steps of how to do something or to describe the order of events.
A) Description
B) Sequential
C) Compare & Contrast
D) Cause & Effect
B) Sequential
The words that the characters say in a drama
A) Dialogue
B) Stage Directions
C) Character Tags
D) Setting
A) Dialogue
Based on this paragraph, the word calamity means —
A) a disastrous event
B) a disease
C) a drought
D) an ocean wave
A) a disastrous event
The repetition of the beginning sounds of words is called _____________________
A) repetition
B) onomatopoeia
C) alliteration
D) hyperbole
C) alliteration
The poet uses personification in the second stanza to show that the wind ______________?
A. and the trees co-exist peacefully around the world.
B. passes by unseen and unfelt.
C. though invisible, is a powerful force.
D. creates fear as it passes by.
C. though invisible, is a powerful force.