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Enhance your reading skills with this guide on identifying synonyms, antonyms, main ideas, themes, and making inferences. Brush up on literary devices like metaphors and similes, prefixes, and suffixes to improve comprehension and interpretation. Test your knowledge of point of view, genre, and fiction vs. non-fiction. Learn strategies for tackling multiple-choice and short response questions effectively.
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Question 1 - 10 • When two words have the same or similar meanings they are called?
Answer 1 – 10 • Synonyms • A synonym. A synonym. It means the same thing!
Question 1 - 20 • Two words that have opposite meanings of each other are called?
Answer 1 – 20 • Antonyms. • An antonym means opposite. An antonym means opposite. An antonym means opp-o-site!
Question 1 - 30 When trying to figure out what the story is mostly about you are looking for the ….
Answer 1 – 30 • Main Idea
Question 1 - 40 • Theme means the ….
Answer 1 – 40 • Moral or lesson learned.
Question 1 - 50 • When you have to use context clues from the selection and make connections from your prior knowledge you are making an …
Answer 1 – 50 • Inference or Prediction
Question 2 - 10 • The boy in front of me for the roller coaster was a tower, shading me from the blazing sun. • The above is an example of • A) simile • B) metaphor • C) idiom
Answer 2 – 10 • B) metaphor. Two things were being compared without using like or as. The boy was compared to a tower – We can infer that the boy was really tall.
Question 2 - 20 • My dad is like a grumpy bear when his favorite football team loses. • The above is an example of • A) simile • B) metaphor • C) idiom
Answer 2 – 20 • A) simile. Two things are being compared using the word like. The dad is being compared to a grumpy bear. Similes can also use “as.”
Question 2 - 30 • Something that goes at the beginning of a root/base word is called …. • The ____ “re” as in replay means: • The ____ “non” as in nonfiction means:
Answer 2 – 30 • Prefix • Re means to …. Do again • Non means … not
Question 2 - 40 • Something that goes at the end of a root/base word is called … • The ____ “able” as in shakable means: • The ____ “ly” as in happily means:
Answer 2 – 40 • Suffix • able means … you are able to do something • ly means … to do something in a _____ way. So happily means to do something in a happy way.
Question 2 - 50 • Something that can be proven is a ….. • Something that can’t be proven and is based on how someone personally feels is a ….
Answer 2 – 50 • Fact • Opinion
Question 3 - 10 • Someone outside the story telling the story.
Answer 3 – 10 • Third Person
Question 3 - 20 • Someone inside the story telling the story – the narrator.
Answer 3 – 20 • First Person
Question 3 - 30 • Gavin is excited to play in his first hockey game. He has been practicing with his dad every day. This is an example of what point of view?
Answer 3 – 30 • Third Person. Someone outside the story is telling the story.
Question 3 - 40 • I cannot wait to celebrate my 10th birthday with my friends this weekend. We are going out for pizza and then bowling. This is an example of what type of genre?
Answer 3 – 40 • First Person. Someone inside the story is telling the story.
Question 3 - 50 • True or False. When trying to figure out what point of view a story is told in you should always look at what is written inside the quotations.
Answer 3 – 50 • False. You should never use the quotations to help you determine the point of view. Instead, use the surrounding paragraphs and look for clue words.
Question 4 - 10 • When a selection has true facts and information it is called …
Answer 4 – 10 • Non-fiction
Question 4 - 20 • When a selection is made up (not real) it is called …
Answer 4 – 20 • Fiction
Question 4 - 30 • A type of text that could have stanzas, rhythm and/or rhyme is called ….
Answer 4 – 30 • Poetry
Question 4 - 40 • A selection that could take place in real life is called …
Answer 4 – 40 • Realistic Fiction
Question 4 - 50 • A selection that has talking animals or objects is called …
Answer 4 – 50 • Fantasy
Question 5 - 10 • When trying to figure out a multiple choice question dealing with unknown words, synonyms, or antonyms you should always … plug each answer choice back in, reread the question with the new choice and ask yourself what three things?
Answer 5 – 10 • Does it sound right? Does it look right? Does it make sense?
Question 5 - 20 • When answering a short response question you should make sure to stay within the box otherwise your work outside the box won’t be scored. All short response questions will ask you to prove your answer with support, proof, or evidence from the text. What strategy should you use to prove your answer?
Answer 5 – 20 • You should go back in the text. Underline what the author is saying. Be a thief and steal what you’ve underlined to support your answer.
Question 5 - 30 • True or False. When answering a venn-diagram compare/contrast question whatever you have in one outside circle should be represented in the other outside circle.
Answer 5 – 30 • True Ocean Desert • Wet • Water • Whales Found in the U.S. Both Biomes • Dry • Sandy • Llamas
Question 5 - 40 • The OAA is a timed test. You need to make sure you are pacing yourself and listening to the amount of time you have left. • True or False. If you have one minute left and you still have questions that are not answered you should leave them blank.
Answer 5 – 40 • False. If you get to the one minute mark and still have questions left you should quickly go through and bubble in a answer – this will give you at least a 25% chance of getting the question correct.