Language/Vocabulary
Writing & Research
Communication & Media
Literature
Informational Text
100
In the late nineteenth century, a young girl named Frances Benanti emigrates with her family from Italy to new york.
What is New York?
100
Holly started organizing her speech and needs to place the statement of her theme. Attention-getter Main Argument Summary Closing Statement
What is before the Main Argument?
100
Choose the group member who is most responsible for taking notes. • recorder • reporter • timekeeper • information gatherer
What is recorder?
100
If Eldridge makes it to shore safely, what can the reader predict will most likely happen in the future? • He will demand that Garrick take him back to England. • He will insist on teaching Garrick to read and write. • He will continue asking Garrick questions about literacy. • He will have more respect for the talents of others.
What is He will have more respect for the talents of others?
100
Choose the item that best fills the chart. • City Blocks • Flat City Streets • Ranging in Size • Flowing Groundwater
What is Flowing Groundwater?
200
In fact, life seems much hard for them in America than it had back home.
What is harder?
200
I felt incredibly foolish. I couldn’t believe it. I had hiked all the way up to the top of a mountain and had completely forgotten why I was there. It was the first time I had ever gone hiking in this area. The splendor of the misty mountaintops took my breath away. The trees below us looked like miniatures from a model train set, and the mountains stretched as far as the eye could see. I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life. Choose the sentence that should be deleted.
What is It was the fi rst time I had ever gone hiking in this area.
200
The person in the picture appears to be • eager. • frustrated. • depressed. • patient.
What is frustrated?
200
According to the passage, what caused Garrick to wince? • He is getting hit by rain. • He is annoyed by Eldridge. • He doesn’t know how to swim. • He is standing in the wind.
What is He is getting hit by rain?
200
According to the Key, which two types of pizza were the most popular? • Cheese and Sausage • Sausage and Deluxe • Pepperoni and Deluxe • Cheese and Pepperoni
What is Pepperoni and Deluxe?
300
The large industrial machinery is very unsafe, and several of her coworkers are serious injured.
What is seriously injured?
300
Choose the most focused research topic • deciduous trees of the South • the history of fly fishing • wildlife in the Appalachian Mountains • how zebra mussels harm waterways
What is how zebra mussels harm waterways?
300
The conflict in this picture best represents • person vs. self. • person vs. environment. • person vs. person. • person vs. technology.
What is person vs. person?
300
Based on the passage, the reader can infer that Garrick • wishes he could read. • does not like Eldridge. • has never sailed before. • never learned to swim.
What is does not like Eldridge?
300
What is the best order for the set of instructions? • 3, 2, 1, 4 • 1, 4, 2, 3 • 2, 1, 3, 4 • 4, 2, 1, 3
What is 4, 2, 1, 3?
400
Under a male pen name she writes a book about her experiences in the factory.
What is Under a male pen name, she writes a book about her experiences in the factory?
400
A student is writing a research paper about Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency. Choose the the most appropriate primary resource for the student’s paper. •a scholarly journal article about Johnson’s achievements in office •a magazine article about the controversies of Johnson’s presidency •a transcript of Johnson’s “We Shall Overcome” speech •an encyclopedia entry about Johnson’s life and presidency
What is a transcript of Johnson’s “We Shall Overcome” speech?
400
When giving his speech, Juan should • speak loudly and wave his arms. • read from detailed typewritten notes. • use a quiet and humble tone of voice. • have a strong opening and closing.
What is have a strong opening and closing?
400
Complete the analogy below. Scruffy is to tidy as crass is to ________. • angry • polite • rude • happy
What is rude?
400
Why does the speaker want to be alone? • He doesn’t like his friends very much. • He has a lot of homework to do. • He needs to make a private phone call. • He wants a break from his busy life.
What is He wants a break from his busy life?
500
Marie said I think Mother will really like this gift.
What is Marie said, “I think Mother will really like this gift.”?
500
Justin and Steve are identical twin brothers who were born minutes apart. Because they are twins, many people assume that they are exactly alike. However, the two brothers are quite different in many ways. ___________ , Justin likes to play sports and Steve prefers to read. In addition, Steve is a very good artist, but Justin prefers to spend his time doing mechanical tasks such as fixing his bike. They feel that their differences complement each other and make them a better team.
What is For example?
500
Which strategy would be most important for a group to use when trying to complete a task quickly and accurately? • divide the task into equal workloads • assign most of the task to the best student • work quickly to see who can finish the task first • take a vote on which group member could do the best job
What is divide the task into equal workloads?
500
He recalled the stinging tone of the mockingbird as he slunk back into the forest—a foolish king with his foolish subjects limping behind. Which literary device does this excerpt contain? • foreshadowing • metaphor • flashback • hyperbole
What is flashback?
500
In the story, the character of Julia is best revealed through • how Brian reacts to her. • the things she says. • how her appearance is described. • what she thinks.
What is the things she says?