Central Idea of a Text
(Question 1) Which boxed in sentence may be a detail summarizing the section titled "Basketball today?"
Note: There are two possible answers
There are hundreds of professional basketball leagues in many countries (Choice 1)
or
Women also have their own professional league (Choice 4)
(Question 10) Which 1 of the "Boxed in phrases" from the text helps shape and refine the central idea (theme) of the text?
Note: There are 2 possible answers
"All the sufferings he had undergone"
or
"Lonely with bleeding feet and covered with dust"
(Question 12 part A) What could the reader infer based on the information in paragraphs 2-3?
"The people of the villages Oliver visited had no sympathy for the needy"
Contrasting the experience of Jack and Oliver
This element of plot describes the problem or conflict being introduced or becoming evident to the reader
Rising Action
(Question 2) Who invented Basketball matches which central idea?
Basketball is still played by a variety of people in a variety of places
(Question 11) Select 1 theme from the passage (there are 2 possible answers
"Innocence and experience"
or
"Compassion versus indifference"
(Question 12 part B) Which additional paragraph from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?
Paragraph 6
(Question 13 part 2) ......Which is best developed in
Paragraph 14
_________ is the careful study of a text
*Hint: Starts with an A*
Analysis
(Question 3) Name 1 of the statements that belong in a summary of the section titled Early Days
Note: There are 2
"Naismith's students wanted to keep playing basketball" (B)
or
"Naismith's first students used a soccer ball but later used a leather ball" (D)
True or false: The theme of the story is explicitly stated at the beginning
False
The theme emerges as one reads. It is shaped and refined (or developed) by specific details in the text
Clearly stated evidence is _________ stated in a story
*Hint: Starts with an E*
explicitly
Characters, settings, and plot are story _______ that interact with each other
elements
An educated guess based on details from the story along with the reader's background knowledge
Inference
(Question 6) What is the central idea of paragraph 1?
(D) Basketball can be played by anyone
Important events + Character's words, actions and feelings = _________
Theme
What the reader has to make when they take clues from the story plus their own knowledge (background knowledge)
*Hint: Starts with an I*
Inference
Man versus Society is a type of conflict that involves how many people?
Several (many, a lot, etc.)
The message an author wants to give a reader
(Starts with a T)
Theme
(Question 7) Which statement belongs in an objective summary of the section titled "Who invented basketball"?
(D) Naismith's boss asked him to create an indoor game
True or False: A reader may predict the theme to be something at the beginning and by the end be totally wrong
True
What one must use, along with evidence from the story, to make inferences
*Hint: 2 words, first starts with a B, second starts with a K*
Background Knowledge
What is the letter answer to the multiple choice question on page 55?
C
A brief restatement of the article's important details and central ideas that must be accurate and objective
*Starts with an S*
Summary