SOL Reading Prep2

Figurative Language

100

Name the type of figurative language: I am as blind as a bat!

Simile

200

Name the type of figurative language: The bee buzzed in my ear.

Ontomatopoeia

300

Name the type of figurative language: He got dumped by his girlfriend.

Idiom

400

Name the type of figurative language: The floorboards groaned as she crept through the quiet night.

Personification

500

Name the type of figurative language: The world is your oyster.

Metaphor (kindof an idiom too, because it's an expression)

Cause and Effect

100

Identify the CAUSE in the following example:

My sister called me a rude name so I slapped her.

My sister called me a rude name.

200

Identify the EFFECT in the following example:

The driveway was very icy so I slipped.

I slipped.

300

Identify the EFFECT in the following example:

All of my plants blew off my porch because the wind was blowing so hard.

All of my plants blew off my porch.

400

What CAUSED the fire?

I left my candle burning so my house burned down :(

My candle that I left burning.

500

What is the effect of Isreal having confidence?

Isreal believed he was going to do well so he  got a 600 on the SOL.

He got a 600!

Inferences and Conclusions

100

What can you infer:

Anthony puts his head down. He has dark circles under his eyes. He can't stop yawning.

Anthony is tired.

200

Draw a conclusion:

Brendan's stomach is growling. He is getting grumpy (grumpier than normal, ha!) 

Brendan is hungry.

300

Draw a conclusion:

My sister is 16. She's been studying for her driving test for months. She took it this morning. She walks into the house smiling and waving around a piece of paper. 

My sister passed her driving test.

400

Make an inference:

Tears were streaming down Johnny's face as he walks out of the vet's office. He wails, "he was only 2 years old! Practically a puppy!"

Johnny's dog died. (got put down)

500

What two things do you need to use to draw an inference?

Text evidence + Background knowledge

Synonyms and Antonyms

100

This is a word that means the SAME or almost the same as another word.

Synonym

200

This is a word that means the OPPOSITE of a word.

ANTONYM

300

Which of the following is a synonym for confident?

Sure

Nervous

Happy

Sure

400

Which of the following is an antonym for disobedient?

Mischievous

Well behaved

Deviant

Well behaved

500

Tell me a synonym for smart.

Intelligent, well-read, bright, brilliant (something like that)

Fact and Opinion

100

Fact or opinion:

It's a nice day out.

opinion

200

Fact or opinion:

Today is May 6, 2019.

Fact.

300

Fact or opinion:

Miss Kanaskie's guinea pigs are ADORABLE.

opinion (though WHO would argue, am I right!!???)

400

Fact or opinion:

The Civil War ended in 1865.

fact (even if you're not sure, you could look it up. And they won't lie to you on the SOL)

500

Fact or opinion:

Wordly Wise is boring.

Opinion