Vocab
Read the following sentence:
"The market research from Mintel released a study last week showing that younger consumers are decidedly cynical about the high prices charged for organic goods"
What word could replace cynical in the sentence?
1. Clear
2. Resigned
3. Suspicious
4. Vague
3. Suspicious
Critical reading is a demanding process. To read critically, you must slow down your reading and, with pencil in hand, perform specific operations on the text. Mark up the text with your reactions, conclusions, and questions. When you read, become an active participant.
This paragraph best supports the statement that:
1. critical reading is a slow, dull, but essential process.
2. the best critical reading happens at critical times in a person’s life.
3. readers should get in the habit of questioning the truth of what they read.
4. critical reading requires thoughtful and careful attention.
4. Critical reading requires thoughtful and careful attention
What is the definition of theme?
Life lesson you can learn from a text
Match the definitions of tone and mood:
Definition 1: An author's attitude towards a subject, character, and situation.
Definition 2: The feeling a text gives a reader.
Tone - An author's attitude
Mood - The feeling
What does CERCA stand for?
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning, Counterargument, Audience
Which word is a synonym of fluctuate?
1. Vary
2. Stretch
3. Assume
4. Unnecessary
1. Vary
Read the claim below:
Teenagers should not be allowed to drive.
What piece of evidence best supports this claim?
1. Drivers between the ages of sixteen and nineteen are three times more likely to get in a serious car crash
2. It is stressful and time-consuming for parents to drive teens to their jobs and extracurricular activities
3. Teenagers in five states can apply for a learner's permit when they turn fourteen.
1. Drivers between the ages of sixteen and nineteen are three times more likely to get in a serious car crash
True or False:
Themes are always clearly stated in a text.
False
What is the mood of the following passage?
The boys had scattered far and wide during these years, but they still came back to their childhood home to tell their various stories and laugh over the pleasures of the past. Homecomings keep hearts tender with the memories of young and happy days.
1. Miserable
2. Sentimental
3. Pathetic
4. Warm
2. Sentimental
Read the following claim:
The best position for sleeping is on your stomach.
What is the best counterclaim to the claim?
1. Many people go to the doctor with pain caused by the position they sleep in
2. Sleeping on your stomach can put uncomfortable pressure on your lower back
2. Sleeping on your stomach can put uncomfortable pressure on your lower back
Which of the following is an antonym of strenuous?
1. Mental
2. Unhealthy
3. Easy
4. Weak
3. Easy
Read the claim below:
Digital books are superior to print books.
Select two pieces of evidence that best support this claim.
1. A vast library of digital books takes up only as much space as a single device
2. For some readers, digital books often cause more eyestrain than print books
3. The first handheld digital books were developed during the 1990s
4. Digital books allow users to adjust the size and spacing of type for better readability
1 and 4
What is the theme of the following story?
Growing up, Sally was always in the shadow of her older sister Mary. Mary always got better grades, was better at sports, and seemed to even be prettier. Sally spent a lot of time in the family's garden feeling sorry for herself. Then one day Mary needed help on a science project about plants. Due to all of her time in the garden, Sally knew a lot about plants and was able help Mary with the project. Sally was shocked that she was better at something than her sister.
1. Accept yourself for who you are.
2. Playing sports is not important.
3. You can learn a lot from plants.
1. Accept yourself for who you are
What is the mood of the passage?
The footsteps were coming closer. I knew I had to get out of there fast. Looking desperately around, I finally spotted a small window at the end of the room, a beacon of light in the dark, rancid basement. I sprinted and leapt up to grab a ceiling pipe. Thankfully, the pipe was close enough to the window to allow me to swing my body through. My enemy was making his way down the hall, bursting open door after door. I needed to break through this window in two tries to make it out in time.
1. timid
2. cheerful
3. sorrowful
4. daring
4. Daring
What is an allusion?
Ex. Johnny and Ponyboy reading Gone With the Wind in The Outsiders.
A reference to another literary work or media within another piece of work.
What is the difference between a response and a retort?
1. A retort is more argumentative
2. A retort is more polite
3. A response is always in writing
1. A retort is more argumentative
Today’s postal service is more efficient than ever. Mail that once took months to move by horse and foot now moves around the country in days or hours by truck, train, and plane. If your letter or package is urgent, the U.S. Postal Service offers Priority Mail and Express Mail services. Priority Mail is guaranteed to go anywhere in the United States in two days or less. Express Mail will get your package there overnight.
This paragraph best supports the statement that:
a. more people use the post office for urgent deliveries than any other delivery service.
b. Express Mail is a good way to send urgent mail.
c. Priority Mail usually takes two days or less.
d. mail service today is more effective and dependable
d. mail service today is more effective and dependable
What is the theme of the following story:
Barry liked playing board games, but he hated losing. He hated losing so much that he would do whatever it took to win, even cheating. He'd steal money from the bank, skip spaces, and shortchange whenever he owed money. He won most of the games, but his friends and family decided not to play anymore because he wouldn't stop cheating.
1. Cheating in board games is the best way to win.2. Being dishonest can hurt yourself and others.
3. You should always listen to your friends and family.
4. Cheaters never win.
2. Being dishonest can hurt yourself and others.
What is the mood of this story?
During the holidays, my mother's house glittered with decorations and hummed with preparations. We ate cookies and drank cider while we helped her wrap bright packages and trim the tree. We felt warm and excited, listening to Christmas carols and even singing along sometimes. We would tease each other about our terrible voices and then sing even louder.
1. Content/Happy
2. Melancholy/Sad
3. Doubtful
4. Humorous
1. Content/Happy
Order the following topics from broadest to narrowest:
1. Agricultural technology exhibitions at state fairs
2. Attractions at state fairs
3. Milking machine demonstrations at state fairs
Which sentence uses this meaning of settle?
Settle - to establish a long-term residence
1. In 2012, Mars One, a Dutch company, announced its plan to have them settle there. The company wants to turn the process into a TV show.
2. It seems that Josie and Dylan will never settle the question of which is the best science-fiction film of all time: Stars Wars or 2001: A Space Odyssey
1. In 2012, Mars One, a Dutch company, announced its plan to have them settle there. The company wants to turn the process into a TV show.
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects citizens against unreasonable searches and seizures. No search of a person’s home may be conducted without a written search warrant issued on probable cause (they believe a crime has taken place). This means that a neutral judge must approve that the search warrant is necessary and legal.
This paragraph best supports the statement that the police cannot search a person's home unless they have:
1. Legal permission from a judge
2. Direct evidence of a crime
3. Read the person their constitutional rights
1. Legal permission from a judge
What is the theme of the following story?
Blaine opened up the present and began pouting. He screamed, "This is Captain Thunder! I wanted Captain Lightning!" His mother looked at him with dismay and handed him another present, which is snatched greedily from her. He didn't like this one either and threw it across the room. His mother could bear his ingratitude no longer, and she donated his toys to needy children.2. Other people need gifts more than you.
3. You should always be grateful when receiving gifts.
4. Being mean gets you nowhere.
3. You should always be grateful when receiving gifts.
Which passage has a more affectionate tone?
1. Then, as the darkness closed in, the daughter laid her head down on the hard ground close at the father's side, and watched him. The darkness deepened and deepened, and they both lay quiet, until a light gleamed through the chinks in the wall.
2. The girls gave their hearts into their mother's keeping, their souls into their father's. And to both parents, who lived and labored so faithfully for them, they gave a love that grew and bound them tenderly together by the sweetest tie which blesses life and outlives death.
2. The girls gave their hearts into their mother's keeping, their souls into their father's. And to both parents, who lived and labored so faithfully for them, they gave a love that grew and bound them tenderly together by the sweetest tie which blesses life and outlives death.
Which phrase has a more negative connotation?
1. An intricate argument
2. A convoluted argument
3. A complex argument
2. A convoluted argument