Key Ideas and Details
A student is writing a report about a man named Mathew Brady. Read the information that was found in an online encyclopedia.
Mathew Brady (c. 1822–1896) was a photographer who lived during the time of the Civil War. He captured on film many important leaders of the era, including United States presidents and generals. President Abraham Lincoln was one of Brady’s most notable subjects. Some argue, in fact, that Brady’s photographs of Lincoln helped to strengthen Lincoln’s fame.
Which is the best paraphrase of the information from the encyclopedia?
What is the author's purpose? Entertain, persuade, or inform?
A children’s book about a cherry pie and an apple pie that overcome their differences to become good friends.
Entertain
alternate
A. to argue with zeal, heat, or anger.
B. to change back and forth between conditions, states, actions, etc.
C. to build an elevated place or platform, to honor something or someone.
B. to change back and forth between conditions, states, actions, etc.
Read the letter of recommendation that the student editor of the school yearbook is writing for another student.
To Whom It May Concern:
Robert Leone has been a dedicated member of the staff for our school yearbook for the last two years. Not only is he highly motivated and intelligent, but he has a really laid-back personality and maintains his calm even in stressful situations. These qualities, among others, have made him an extremely valued member of our team.
Which phrase from the letter should be rewritten in order to maintain a formal style?
This phrase does not fit the formal style that the rest of the letter of recommendation follows.
Review the sentence. What punctuation should it have?
Jenna is excited to go out to eat for her birthday
Jenna is excited to go out to eat for her birthday.
Theme
In his sophomore year of high school, basketball legend Michael Jordan tried out for the varsity basketball team. But at five feet and eleven inches tall, the coach believed that Jordan was too short to play. The coach cut Jordan from the team. Jordan didn’t let this obstacle defeat him. In fact, it pushed him to work even harder. He trained vigorously and grew another four inches the following summer. The next year, Jordan made the varsity squad. He averaged 25 points a game and went on to become one of the greatest basketball players in history.
What is the theme of the story?
What happens in the story that leads you to believe this?
Theme: Never give up. Persistence pays off.
Jordan could have quit in his sophomore year, but he continued playing and became one of the best players in history.
Lucky Duck by Matthew Winters
Wham! Jessie slammed the door shut behind him. He didn't say that he was mad, but from how hard he slammed that door, I'm guessing that he was. Caroline came up to me and asked, "What's wrong with him?" I shrugged my shoulders and threw the cards on the table. "I guess he wanted to win a game," I told her. She crossed her arms and gave me a look of annoyance.
What is the narrator's point of view?
First-person because the narrator is telling the story from the perspective of I.
What does the word seldom mean in the following sentence?
Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape, most athletes seldom eat junk food.
Seldom: rarely/not very often
Junk food does not help athletes stay in shape so they rarely eat it.
Read the sentences.
Last summer, my aunt said that her and my uncle were going to take my cousins and me hiking at Wildcat Mountain State Park. My aunt said that we would probably travel to the park in August, but then my uncle fell down some stairs and broke his ankle. Now we’re going to wait until later this autumn for our trip so my uncle’s ankle will have time to heal and he will be able to hike.
Which underlined part in the sentences is written incorrectly?
Her must be she
Which sentence is correct?
A. His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.
B. His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.
A. His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.
Read the paragraph and determine the main idea.
Yellowstone National Park is mainly located in Wyoming, although three percent is located in the state of Montana. The Continental Divide of North America runs diagonally through the southwestern part of the park. The park sits on the Yellowstone Plateau, which is an average elevation of 8,000 feet above sea level. This plateau is bounded on nearly all sides by mountain ranges. There are 290 waterfalls that are at least fifteen feet in the park, the highest being the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, which falls 308 feet.
This paragraph is about the physical features of Yellowstone National Park.
What text type would you use when writing an essay on this prompt?
Do Kids Need Recess?
Argumentative
If you are “advanced” at something, it means you are …
A. winning or victorious.
B. of the highest level of importance.
C. ahead or far or further along in progress, knowledge, or skill.
C. ahead or far or further along in progress, knowledge, or skill.
Where should quotation marks be used in the following sentence?
Keep vacuuming the rug until all the crumbs are removed, she instructed John.
A. “Keep vacuuming the rug" until all the crumbs are removed, she instructed John.
B. “Keep vacuuming the rug until all the crumbs are removed”, she instructed John.
C. “Keep vacuuming the rug until all the crumbs are removed, she instructed John."
D. “Keep vacuuming the rug until all the crumbs are removed,” she instructed John.
D. “Keep vacuuming the rug until all the crumbs are removed,” she instructed John.
Does the following sentence follow subject-verb agreement? Yes/No
Two pieces of the pizza was missing.
No.
Two pieces of the pizza were missing.
Read the following passage then determine the theme.
Keith was stressed about his research paper. He had to write five pages about something that interested him, but he couldn't think of anything interesting. He decided that he would play basketball instead. The next night Keith sat down to work again, but he still couldn't think of anything interesting. So he listened to music and played video games instead. The next few days went much the same. He told himself that he wasn't interested in anything, and then he read comic books. He watched movies. He read about classic cars. Still, he couldn't think of any interesting topics for his paper. Keith was worried now because it was due very soon, and he didn't even have a topic. He tried to think of something that he found interesting, but again he couldn't. He played his guitar and cooked a meal for his family instead. He loved to cook. At last the due date was here and Keith still didn't even have a topic. By now he had accepted that he would fail. "If only I could have found a topic that interested me," he told himself.
Theme: Sometimes, the answer to your problems is right in front of you.
Keith believed he wasn't interested in anything but played basketball, video games, listened to music, etc, instead of working on his essay. He could have written about any of those activities.
A student has to write an essay on their summer vacation. What text type are they writing?
Narrative
Fill in the blank: A _____ animal is one that’s “living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated.”
A. wild
B. hungry
C. fierce
A. wild
Which sentence includes sensory details?
A. I walked home after school.
B. I caught a whiff of freshly baked bread as I passed by the bakery.
C. She went to the mailbox to grab the package.
B. I caught a whiff of freshly baked bread as I passed by the bakery.
Smell
Fill in the blank: Dogs can get lonely when _____ owners aren’t home.
Their
Read the paragraph then determine the main idea.
Automation is the use of machines to reduce the need for human labor. In other words automation is when jobs done by people become jobs done by robots. Automation can be a good thing. Clothing, cars, and other manufactured products are available at good prices and in large supply because of automation. But automation can also be a bad thing. Because of automation there are over 700,000 robots in America that do jobs once performed by humans. The way of automation may not be best for humanity, but it is the course we are taking.
Automation is both good and bad for humanity.
The Tinfoil Key by Rob Burnside
When young Ian Bradley accidently switches suitcases with an intergalactic space explorer, he ends up going on the trip of a lifetime. Now that he's left holding the bag, Ian must deliver it to the light scientists on Gamma Outpost 9 in time. Every life form in the galaxy is unknowingly depending on the success of Ian's efforts.
What genre is the text?
What sub-genre is the text?
Genre: Fiction
Sub-genre: Science fiction/Fantasy
This story has elements that are not realistic and takes place in space.
What is the name for the type of figurative language used in the following sentence? It was as cold as Antarctica outside today.
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. irony
A. simile
What text structure is used when the writer is describing a problem and providing the reader with a solution?
Problem & Solution
True or false? The independent clause following a semicolon is always capitalized.
False. The first letter of a word is only capitalized if it is a name (proper noun), the first word of a sentence, or the pronoun I.