Context Clues
Select the synonym of the word boisterous.
Thousands of boisterous soccer fans filled the stadium, waving flags and singing fight songs. When the center forward quickly scored a goal, the rowdy crowd erupted in cheers.
A. Rowdy
B. Erupted
C. Cheers
D. Forward
A. Rowdy
Which figure of speech is used in this text?
Emmet's '64 Impala groaned as he turned the ignition. Yet again he resolved to refurbish it over the summer.
A. simile
B. personification
C. hyperbole
B. Personification
What is the question asking you to do when it say "convey"?
A. Author's purpose
B. Show or explain
C. Hide and conceal
D. Text Structure
B. Show or explain
I am taking a reading a reading test today. After reading the text and showing my thinking on my planning sheet...
what should I do first?
A. Guess
B. Read the question first and mark/notice key words to know what the question is asking
C. Use back ground information
D. Cheat off my neighbor
B. Read the question first and mark/notice key words to know what the question is asking
The root min means small. What does the word diminish mean?
A. to delay or prevent from occurring
B. to copy or recreate
C. to reduce in importance or size
C. to reduce in importance or size
Select the synonym of the word disperse.
Seedlings often grow best at a distance from their parent plant, where they can avoid competition for nutrients. As a result, plants have evolved different strategies to disperse seeds away from the parent. One such strategy is to use the wind to scatter the seeds to new locations.
A. Nutrients
B. Seeds
C. Scattered
D. Locations
C. Scattered
Which figure of speech is used in this text?
After the stock market crash, many people's financial futures went into free fall.
A. simile
B. hyperbole
C. alliteration
C. Alliteration
What is the meaning of Text structure?
A. The author's purpose for writing the text
B. What the text is mostly about
C. The way the author organized the text
D. The main claim is the authors central argument
C. The way the author organized the text.
I am taking a reading a reading test today. After reading the text and taking showing my thinking on my planning sheet...
What approach helps with choosing the best possible answer?
A. Guessing
B. Cheating
C. Process of elimination
D. Identifying the argument
C. Process of elimination
The root fic or fac means do or make. What does the word prolific mean?
A. Expressive or well- spoken
B. Productive or fruitful
C. Careful or precise
B. Productive or fruitful
Select the antonym of the word chide.
I often chide my husband about his cell phone addiction; he always checks his messages in the middle of dinner and even at the movies. If he tried to limit his cell phone usage every now and then, I would applaud him for his effort
A. Limit
B. Applaud
C. Dinner
D. Scold
B. Applaud
Read:
In Greek mythology, the gods send Pandora a box and instruct her never to open it. Curiosity overcomes Pandora and she opens it, unleashing evil into the world.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Reopening the investigation would be like opening Pandora's box.
A. a wealth of information
B. a source of many problems
C. a story about Greek mythology
B. a source of many problems
What is the central idea of a text?
A. What the text is mostly about
B. The way the text is organized
C. The main claim of the text
D. The clues that help to determine a word
A. What the text is mostly about
I am taking a reading a reading test today. After reading the text and taking showing my thinking on my planning sheet...
How can I check to make sure that my answer choice is correct?
A. Guess
B. When in doubt select B
C. Reread the text for evidence, use back ground knowledge and make sure my answer connects back to the question
D. Reread the text for evidence, inference and identify the central idea
C. Reread the text for evidence, use back ground knowledge and make sure my answer connects back to the question
The root bene means good. What does the word benefactor mean?
A. a person who is disloyal and cannot be trusted
B. a person who causes conflict and strife
C. a person who helps others by contributing money or aid
C. A person who helps others by contributing money or aid
select the synonym of the word superfluous .
"What can I get you?" I asked the customer at the counter. He gave me his order and then told me all sorts of superfluous information about himself: how he couldn't find a parking spot near the coffee shop, how he was running late for work, and how he was taking a much-needed vacation next week. While he shared these unnecessary details, a line of annoyed customers gathered behind him.
A. Information
B. Important
C. Coffee
D. Unnecessary
D. Unnecessary
Read:
In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is known for the eloquent declaration of love with which he woos Juliet.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Before Sasha had even met her future husband in person, she knew about his reputation as a Romeo.
A. a man who is very romantic
B. a man who likes to play video games
C.a man who lies and isn't loyal
A. a man who is very romantic
What is the meaning of theme?
A. What the text is mostly about
B. The way the message, lesson, moral
C. The way the text is organized
D. The clues that help determine a words meaning
B. The way the message, lesson, ,moral
I am taking a reading a reading test today. After reading the text and taking showing my thinking on my planning sheet...
If the question says According to the passage… or Presented in the passage…, make sure that the answer you choose is based on information you read in the passage
A. True
B. False
C. Maybe
A. True
The root jur means law. What does the word perjury mean?
A.the crime of lying under oath
B. the act of telling a white lie
C. the tactic of deceiving an enemy
A. The crime of lying under oath
Select the antonym of the word adept.
Isabelle is a new addition to the Kensington High School softball team. After much practice, she has improved quickly and become an adept hitter. On defense, however, she is still somewhat clumsy and frequently misses easy catches.
A. Quickly
B. Amateur
C. Expert
D. Clumsy
B. Amateur
Read:
The novella A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, tells the story of the penny-pinching and bitter Ebenezer Scrooge, who values money more than people.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Mr. Bennett has a reputation as a Scrooge, so our club has stopped asking him for donations.
A. a person without much money
B. a person who likes Christmas carols
C. a person who isn't generous
C. a person who isn't generous
What is the author's purpose for writing a text?
A. To tell what the text is mostly about
B. To persuade, inform or entertain the reader
C. To argue the main claim
D. To show the way the text is organized
B. To persuade, inform or entertain the read (P.I.E.)
. Don’t expect to always know the answers to most questions after only one reading.
Good test takers learn how to go back into the passage again and again to find specific information. – knowing what information you need and rereading until you find it.
A. True
B. False
C. Maybe
A. True
The root cred means trust or believe. What does the word incredulous mean?
A. unwilling to speak out in a situation
B. unwilling to accept something as true
C. unwilling to do harm to others
B. Unwilling to accept something as true.