Literary Terms
What is the definition of "tone?"
The author's attitude toward the subject.
Define the term "mood."
The way a reader feels when reading the passage.
Which sentence from the article suggests that Happy Feet may have become accustomed to living in captivity?
A At first, conservation authorities said they would wait and let nature take its course with the penguin.
B The penguin slipped down the slide on his stomach, bottom first, she said.
C And, perhaps befitting of a bird from the Internet age, those followers will be able to keep track of him for a while longer.
D But when they opened the door of the crate, the penguin showed no interest in leaving.
D But when they opened the door of the crate, the penguin showed no interest in leaving.
Read the two sentences:
(3) But online networking promotes short, superficial connections. (4) It is very popular with teens today.
What is the most effective way to combine sentences 3 and 4?
A But online networking, which is very popular with teens today, promotes short, superficial connections.
B But online networking promotes short, superficial connections, it is very popular with teens today.
C But online networking that promotes short, superficial connections, it is very popular with teens today.
D But online networking promotes short, superficial connections with teens today, which it is very popular.
A But online networking, which is very popular with teens today, promotes short, superficial connections.
(5) As students explore texts that were written hundreds of years before, you peer through a window into the world as it was in those days.
How should sentence 5 be changed?
F Change explore to explored
G Change were written to was written
H Change years to year’s
J Change you to they
J Change you to they
What is the definition of "theme?"
The message or moral of a story.
“Buying this nugget was how I once helped a man save his children. Now, in selling it, I'll be saving my own children.”
How is irony demonstrated in this quotation?
F It shows that the grandfather’s act of charity is helping him during his own time of need.
G It shows that each object in the grandfather’s collection is worth more than he initially thought.
H It brings closure to the problem the grandfather faces as a result of political change in his country.
J It illuminates the reason the grandfather treasures something of little monetary value.
F It shows that the grandfather’s act of charity is helping him during his own time of need.
Argilla said crew members from the boat carried the penguin inside his custom-built crate to the stern of the ship for his final send-off about 50 nautical miles north of remote Campbell Island. The crew had already cut the engines and put in place a canvas slide that they soaked with water from a hose.
How does the photograph support an important detail in paragraph 4?
F By showing the number of crew members on the Tangaroa
G By demonstrating how Happy Feet used the slide
H By showing the terrible weather conditions
J By revealing what Happy Feet’s custom-built crate looked like
J By revealing what Happy Feet’s custom-built crate looked like
Read the following sentence:
(12) Perhaps these teens are discovering what they have been suggesting for a while: spending time with others in real life is important.
How can Susan improve the clarity of sentence 12?
F Change these teens to they
G Change they to researchers
H Change suggesting to saying
J Change a while to some time
G Change they to researchers
What change should be made in sentence 9?
A Insert a comma after past
B Change is to are
C Change privilage to privilege
D Change grateful to gratefull
C Change privilage to privilege
What is another term for "controlling idea?"
Main point/main idea
Which sentence best explains the narrator’s reluctance to buy the American apples?
A I had expected my daughter to jump for joy again, yet at the very first bite, she froze, a puzzled look in her vivid eyes.
B In this city of ours where people like to chase whatever is fashionable, many kinds of foreign apples flood in like mad, the most attention-catching of which are American apples.
C The red ones are so red, green ones so green, shiny, wax like, as if painted on.
D It’s just that in my heart I didn’t want to waste my money on such hot foreign things
D It’s just that in my heart I didn’t want to waste my money on such hot foreign things
What information from the article is highlighted by the map?
A The places where other penguins have been found in New Zealand
B The location of penguin habitats in Antarctica
C The distance from New Zealand to Antarctica
D The size of New Zealand in square miles
C The distance from New Zealand to Antarctica
Read the following paragraphs:
(15) Face-to-face communication also gives teens an opportunity to learn to read people. (16) Everyone communicates in person differently than communicating over the phone, through texting, or in online posts. (17) Being face-to-face requires a person to think and respond more quickly—without the safety net of a delete key. (18) And much of our communication is nonverbal anyway. (19) Facial expressions, gestures, and vocal tones are just a few examples. (20) Teens need to have face-to-face interactions so they can learn to read these nonverbal cues, which are sometimes even more important than the words a person is saying.
(21) A time will come when the teen will need to enter the job market, and this usually means a face-to-face interview. (22) A young person needs to be confident and comfortable in this kind of interaction. (23) A teen applying for a job will want to convince the employer that he or she has the skills to handle business relationships. (24) For example, a person will need to be able to interact naturally with customers, hearing and understanding their words as well as their nonverbal cues in many different kinds of businesses. (25) A teenager adept at communicating in person will be much more likely to get hired and to experience success at work.
Susan needs a better transition from the third paragraph (sentences 15–20) to the fourth paragraph (sentences 21–25). Which of the following can be added to the beginning of the fourth paragraph, just before sentence 21, to strengthen this transition?
F This ability to communicate in person becomes even more important as teenagers get older.
G In a few short years, most teens in our school will be entering the job market or college.
H Learning to read people’s communication cues will help build opportunities for teens.
J In a business setting, a teen will need to know how to understand his coworkers.
F This ability to communicate in person becomes even more important as teenagers get older.
How should sentence 23 be changed?
A Change According to Acording
B Insert a comma after Davis
C Change Serious to serious
D Sentence 23 should not be changed.
B Insert a comma after Davis
List the 4 possibilities for Author's Purpose
Inform/explain, persuade, entertain, express thoughts and feelings
Read the following sentence:
It looked like a supermarket with piles of apples neatly arranged, a pile of red apples, then a pile of green apples, then a pile of red apples again, and then another pile of green apples, and so on, stretched out like a dragon.
The author uses a simile to describe the apples in paragraph 2 to convey —
F their mythic appeal
G the advertising techniques used in foreign magazines
H their universal symbolism
J the contrast between Chinese and foreign supermarkets
F their mythic appeal
Read the sentence from the passage:
It turns out that, once kids have some proficiency in a task, the excitement and uncertainty of real competition may become the activity’s very appeal.
In paragraph 9, the word proficiency means —
F curiosity
G investment
H expertise
J discipline
H expertise
Read the opening paragraph:
(1) At first glance, the Australian city of Coober Pedy looks like an abandoned ghost town. (2) It doesn’t appear to consist of much more than a few hotels and a peculiar, grassless golf course. (3) As bleak as this may sound, the city of Coober Pedy is actually quite fascinating. (4) There are even people who live here. (5) These people are under ground.
Anika has written a weak thesis statement for her paper. Which of the following can replace sentences 4 and 5 and serve as a more effective thesis for this paper?
F The people who live in Coober Pedy love their special little city. All of these people have made a decision to live in a unique way.
G It isn’t what you can see that makes this city amazing; it’s what you cannot see. There are 3,500 people who call Coober Pedy home, and almost all of them live and work under ground.
H Coober Pedy’s interesting history includes miners, people living under ground, very hot weather, and media attention. All of this put together makes Coober Pedy an interesting place to me.
J It isn’t because it’s abandoned that Coober Pedy is fascinating; it’s because it only looks abandoned since people are really living under ground.
G It isn’t what you can see that makes this city amazing; it’s what you cannot see. There are 3,500 people who call Coober Pedy home, and almost all of them live and work under ground.
Read the following sentence:
(11) Most teens are absorbed with
their own daily activities, they rarely think about the fact that human civilization has
been around for a long time.
What is the correct way to write sentence 11?
F Most teens are absorbed with their own daily activities. Rarely thinking about the fact that human civilization has been around for a long time.
G Most teens are absorbed with their own daily activities and rarely think about human civilization. Which has been around for a long time.
H Most teens are absorbed with their own daily activities and rarely think about this fact, human civilization has been around for a long time.
J Most teens are absorbed with their own daily activities and rarely think about the fact that human civilization has been around for a long time.
J Most teens are absorbed with their own daily activities and rarely think about the fact that human civilization has been around for a long time.
Define irony.
The opposite of what you'd expect.
Read this quotation from paragraph 4.
I had never seen such stubbornness for so long in my daughter, even at her young age. I was shocked. These red American apples had such scary appeal to the young children.
What does this quotation reveal about the narrator’s conflict?
F He is displeased with his daughter’s rebellious behavior.
G He is stunned by how easily children are enticed by the appearance of the apples.
H He is uncertain about whether to buy his daughter what she wants.
J He is angry that the American apples are being marketed specifically to children.
G He is stunned by how easily children are enticed by the appearance of the apples.
Read the passage below.
Having studied recent increases in narcissism and entitlement among college students, she warns that when living rooms are filled with participation trophies, it’s part of a larger cultural message: to succeed, you just have to show up. In college, those who’ve grown up receiving endless awards do the requisite work, but don’t see the need to do it well. In the office, they still believe that attendance is all it takes to get a promotion.
Paragraph 14 provides support for the author’s claim that —
A adults are responsible for monitoring the learning and emotional development of children
B society as a whole suffers when children assume they will benefit from doing very little
C children and parents alike expect trophies and prizes for doing their best
D trophy and award sales have become a multibillion-dollar industry
B society as a whole suffers when children assume they will benefit from doing very little
Read the following sentence:
(23) The fascinating city of Coober Pedy has become a popular destination for both tourists and filmmakers.
Which of these ideas could best follow and support sentence 23?
A More than 150,000 people visit the small town each year, and a host of movies, including Kangaroo Jack, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and Opal Dream, have been filmed there.
B Coober Pedy residents now make their livelihood in both the tourism industry and opal-mining industry, and this keeps most of the people working and able to provide for their families.
C Today the people in this town get the vast majority of their water from under ground from a source 24 kilometers away that has to be pumped in via an underground pipeline.
D Since February of 1915, many of the highest-quality opals in the entire world have been found in Coober Pedy; in fact, Coober Pedy is sometimes even referred to as the opal capital of the world.
A More than 150,000 people visit the small town each year, and a host of movies, including Kangaroo Jack, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and Opal Dream, have been filmed there.
Read the following sentence:
(13) As a teen in the junior ranks, Ortiz became the first Mexican of any age to compete in the world freestyle kayak championships.
What change is needed in sentence 13?
A Change the comma after ranks to a semicolon
B Change became to becomes
C Insert a comma after age
D Change world freestyle kayak championships to World Freestyle Kayak Championships
D Change world freestyle kayak championships to World Freestyle Kayak Championships