Moana Passage
What is the central idea of the article? A. People were recently upset by casting in the movies Moana, Kubo and the Two Strings and Coco due to many accusations of Hollywood “whitewashing” movies.
B. The new animated movie Moana represents an important shift toward culturally sensitive casting and away from the trend of “whitewashing” movies in Hollywood.
C. The new animated Disney movie Moana is about a girl looking for a fictional island in Hawaii and features Hawaiian natives Auli'i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson.
D. The new animated Disney movie Moana caused protests on twitter about only casting white actors using #CartoonsSoWhite.
B. The new animated movie Moana represents an important shift toward culturally sensitive casting and away from the trend of “whitewashing” movies in Hollywood.
What is the theme of “Long Way Down”?
A. Will seeks revenge for his brother’s murder
B. Family is more important than friends
C. Elevators are often haunted
D. Revenge doesn’t always make things better
D. Revenge doesn’t always make things better
____ is the big moral or lesson that we learn from a story or poem
Theme
Which change, if any, shows the best way to revise the underlined text? paths that are both winding and made of stone.
A. winding stone paths.
B. stone and winding paths.
C. stone paths that are winding.
D. No change
A. winding stone paths.
What should you do after reading the following question:
"What is the relationship between paragraph 4 and paragraph 5 in the passage?"
Go back and reread the paragraph.
Which paragraph BEST supports the central idea?
A. Paragraph 2
B. Paragraph 4
C. Paragraph 13
D. Paragraph 15
D. Paragraph 15
Which quote best supports the idea that revenge doesn’t always make things better?
A. “Not my baby. Not my baby. Why?”
B. “If someone you love gets killed, find the person who killed them and kill them.”
C. “What if you miss?”
D. “Get down with somebody or get beat down by somebody.”
C. “What if you miss?”
_____ is the author’s attitude about the text or topic. The author uses specific words to create the ______.
-Tone
Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text? into consideration, light, color,
A. into consideration; light, color,
B. into consideration, light: color,
C. into consideration: light, color,
D. No change
C. into consideration: light, color,
What is the first step when completing the multiple choice section of the EOC?
Read the questions/prompt
Which of the following pieces of evidence is LEAST relevant to the author's central claim?
A. Princess Moana herself is voiced by young Hawaiian native Auli'i Cravalho — who was discovered after an extensive casting call — and Maui is voiced by Dwayne Johnson, whose mother is of Samoan descent.
B. Kubo features the voices of Oscar winners Matthew McConaughey and Charlize Theron and Oscar nominees Rooney Mara and Ralph Fiennes, with Irish-born teen actor Art Parkinson voicing the title role.
C. The Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA), a watchdog group, has criticized the film company Laika for casting white actors in the roles that receive the most screen time.
D. "The critical conversation around diversity is one that Laika cares very deeply about," Kubo director Travis Knight said in a statement.
D. "The critical conversation around diversity is one that Laika cares very deeply about," Kubo director Travis Knight said in a statement.
Why does the author manipulate time in Long Way Down?
A. To create a sense of mystery as to who is getting on the elevator next
B. To set a more supernatural, mysterious mood
C. Because elevator rides are slow
D. To help readers understand Will’s sadness
B. To set a more supernatural, mysterious mood
___ is the use of language to persuade or convince an audience. We looked at several ___ devices.
Rhetoric
Rhetorical
Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text? abundant, however if
A. abundant: however, if
B. abundant; however, if
C. abundant, however; if
D. No change
B. abundant; however, if
What is the difference between a theme and central idea?
A theme is the moral or lesson that we learn from a story. It is universal and not specific to a story. A central idea is the main idea of the story. It summarizes the entire story and is specific.
In the article, how does the description of gradual changes in Disney's casting support the author's argument?
A. It illustrates different reasons why other movie studios have not yet followed Disney's example in their own casting.
B. It illustrates the anger that some people still feel about the casting of movies like Kubo and the Two Strings.
C. It suggests that Hollywood will never be able to change the way that it casts movies that are not animated.
D. It suggests that Moana is an important step forward in the long evolution toward greater diversity in casting.
D. It suggests that Moana is an important step forward in the long evolution toward greater diversity in casting.
Why does Jason Reynolds use extended metaphor in the following lines: “The sadness is so hard to explain…but the worst part is the constant slipping of your tongue into the new empty space, where you know a tooth is supposed to be but ain’t no more.”
A. To emphasize the pain and emptiness that his brother’s death has caused.
B. To demonstrate the deep desire to seek revenge for his brother’s murder
C. To describe what it felt like when he went to the dentist to have a tooth removed
D. To suggest that the neighborhood’s 3 rules are pointless
A. To emphasize the pain and emptiness that his brother’s death has caused.
____ is when a character in the book is telling the story from his or her perspective. It relies on words like “I” and “me”
1st person point of view
Which change, if any, shows the best way to revise the underlined text? and bloom time
A. and to bloom times
B. and with thought to blooming times
C. and considering bloom times in their planting
D. No change
C. and considering bloom times in their planting
What is an author's claim?
A claim is the author’s primary argument. This is their opinion and it can be disagreed with.
Read the paragraph from the article.
Hollywood at large, of course, has increasingly faced accusations of "whitewashing" — by which white actors are cast in ethnic-specific roles — with Sony's Aloha (in which Emma Stone played a character who is part Asian and part Hawaiian), Marvel's forthcoming Doctor Strange (in which Tilda Swinton plays a character who traditionally has been of Tibetan descent), and 2010's The Last Airbender (in which some of the featured actors are white in the fantasy's tribal South Pole setting) as recent examples.
How does this paragraph contribute to the author's argument?
A. It suggests that many movies have been made recently that feature actors of color.
B. It questions whether mainstream Hollywood animated films are increasingly “whitewashing.”
C. It demonstrates that Disney’s culturally sensitive casting of Moana is uncommon.
D. It encourages moviegoers to see the culturally sensitive movies listed in the paragraph.
C. It demonstrates that Disney’s culturally sensitive casting of Moana is uncommon.
What is the author’s tone in the following line:
“There was a moment before the door opened when we all just stood there, sickening smoke thickening, crowded in this cell, this coffin, this elevator, quiet.”
A. Ominous and cynical
B. Uncomfortable and apprehensive
C. Calm and reflective
D. Joyful and triumphant
B. Uncomfortable and apprehensive
______ is when the author jumps back in time to show something that happened to a character previously. This is usually to explain the character’s motivation or create tension or suspense. ________ is when the author gives a hint about what is to come in the story.
-Flashback
-Foreshadow
Which change, if any, shows the best way to revise the underlined text? grouping plants together with a variety of different kinds of leaf types and a lot of colors
A. grouping plants with a variety of leaf types and colors
B. grouping plants with a variety of leaf types and a variety of colors
C. grouping plants together with lots of different and various leaf types and colors
D. No change
A. grouping plants with a variety of leaf types and colors
_____ is using synonyms, antonyms, examples, and other hints to figure out what a word means
Context clues