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SOL Review Academic Challenge Updated 2011

SOL Review Academic Challenge Updated 2011. English - Question #1. What literary element gives a hint about the outcome of the story? A) Foreshadowing B) Setting C) Metaphor D) Flashback Answer: B) Foreshadowing. English - Question #2.

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SOL Review Academic Challenge Updated 2011

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  1. SOL Review Academic Challenge Updated 2011

  2. English - Question #1 • What literary element gives a hint about the outcome of the story? • A) Foreshadowing • B) Setting • C) Metaphor • D) Flashback • Answer: B) Foreshadowing

  3. English - Question #2 • A well written essay consists of how many paragraphs? • Answer: five (5)

  4. English - Question #3 • How is the amazingest thing correctly written? • A) the most amazing thing • B) the most amazingest thing • C) the more amazing thing • D) As it is • Answer: A) the most amazing thing

  5. English - Question #4 • Which of the following is not a story element? • A) setting • B) characters • C) table of contents • D) plot • Answer: C) table of contents

  6. English - Question #5 • Identify and correct the grammatical mistake in the underlined portion of the sentence: Since you left, the canary escapes and the cat ate it. • Answer: escapes should be escaped

  7. English - Question #6 • Complete the following analogy • Hideous : beautiful :: joyful : ____ • A) happy • B) pretty • C) ugly • D) depressed • Answer: D) Depressed

  8. English - Question #7 • Which word is not an synonym for confidence? • A) uncertainty • B) poise • C) ability • D) assurance • Answer: A) uncertainty

  9. English - Question #8 • How is I hope you and me can correctly written? • A) I had hoped you and me can • B) I hope you and I can • C) I hope you and me can • D) As it is • Answer: B) I hope you and I can

  10. English - Question #9 • Which word does not belong? • A) trick • B) fool • C) farce • D) deceive • Answer: C) farce

  11. English - Question #10 • The most exciting or most suspenseful point in a story is known as the… • A) resolution • B) climax • C) rising action • D) conflict • Answer: B) climax

  12. English - Question #11 • How do you spell the word that means to get something from someone? • A) recieve • B) receive • C) receeve • D) recive • Answer: B) receive

  13. English - Question #12 • What is the part of speech for the following word: QUIETLY? • A) Noun • B) Adjective • C) Verb • D) Adverb • Answer: D) adverb

  14. English - Question #13 • What is the part of speech for the following word: GOLDEN? • A) Noun • B) Verb • C) Adjective • D) Preposition • Answer: C) Adjective

  15. English - Question #14 • When beginning the writing process, what should the writer first do? • Answer: brainstorm or pre-write

  16. English - Question #15 • What is the first paragraph called in a five-paragraph essay? • Answer: The introduction or thesis paragraph

  17. English - Question #16 • What part of speech is the following word: Illustrious • A) noun • B) verb • C) adjective • D) adverb • Answer: c) adjective

  18. English - Question #17 • Identify the grammatical mistake in the underlined portion of the sentence. The weather in Florida is beautiful, and I have always enjoyed living their. • Answer: change their to there

  19. English - Question #18 • Identify the grammatical mistake in the underlined portion of the sentence. I helped you whenever you would have asked me. • Answer: asked me

  20. English - Question #19 • Name the elements of a plot or story diagram. • Answer: • Introduction (exposition) • Rising action • Climax or Conflict or Problem • Falling action • Resolution

  21. English - Question #20 • Which word does not belong with the other three words? • A) baffle • B) puzzle • C) bewilder • D) tirade • Answer: D) tirade

  22. English - Question #21 • What do you do when you are reading and you come to a word that you do not know (on an SOL test with NO dictionary)? • A) Ask your teacher for help • B) make a guess at the answer • C) use the context clues • D) give up and go to sleep • Answer: C) use the context clues

  23. English - Question #22 • What is not a characteristic when writing a great personal narrative or any other piece of writing? • A) Background information is provided • B) The writer shares his or her thoughts and feelings. • C) The last line must grab the reader’s attention. • D) Detailed descriptions appeal to the reader’s senses. • Answer: C) The last line must grab the reader’s attention.

  24. English - Question #23 • What is a protagonist and name one from a story you read in English class this year: • Answer: the main character, hero

  25. Civics & Economics - Question #11 • What branch of government carries out the laws of the community, state, or nation? • A) Legislative branch • B) Executive branch • C) Judicial branch • D) Tree branch • Answer: executive branch

  26. Civics & Economics - Question #1 • Who rules in a democratic system of government? • A) the president • B) a dictator • C) the citizens or people • D) big corporations • Answer: C) the citizens or people

  27. Civics & Economics - Question #2 • This term means to influence legislators to vote for or against a bill. • A) rule of law • B) lobby • C) vote • D) elect • Answer: B) lobby

  28. Civics & Economics - Question #10 • What are the legislative powers that are specifically listed called? • Named powers • Rational powers • Enumerated powers • General powers • Answer: enumerated powers

  29. Civics & Economics - Question #3 • What are two ways of obtaining citizenship in the United States of America (choose two answers) • A) birth • B) move across the border • C) naturalization • D) wear an American flag pin • Answer: birth or naturalization

  30. Civics & Economics - Question #4 • Police may arrest a person accused of a crime if they have • A) a gun • B) reward money • C) a vendetta against someone • D) probable cause • Answer: probable cause

  31. Civics & Economics - Question #5 • What court case established the principle of judicial review? • A) Marbury v. Madison • B) Plessy v. Ferguson • C) Brown v. Board of Education • D) Miranda v. Jones • Answer: Marbury v. Madison

  32. Civics & Economics - Question #6 • In Virginia, the executive branch prepares the budget to present to what group? • A) the President’s cabinet • B) the General Assembly • C) the school board • D) the national Congress • Answer: General Assembly

  33. Civics & Economics - Question #7 • What can greatly determine the price (and availability) of a good or service? • A) supply and demand • B) how expensive it is • C) the economy • D) celebrity endorsement • Answer: supply and demand

  34. Civics & Economics - Question #8 • Who makes ordinances for communities and has power that is delegated by the state? • A) the President of the USA • B) the General Assembly • C) the House of Representatives • D) local government • Answer: local government

  35. Civics & Economics - Question #9 • To become a citizen through naturalization, a person must demonstrate this… • A) they can drive a car • B) knowledge of U.S. history • C) the pledge of allegiance • D) they have a job • Answer: knowledge of U.S. history

  36. Civics & Economics - Question #12 • Where can the differences between political parties be found? • A) their platforms • B) celebrity endorsements • C) their stands • D) in the constitution • Answer: their platform

  37. Civics & Economics - Question #13 • What determines the number of electors in each state? • A) Super delegates • B) the number of reps in congress • C) the President decides • D) the popular vote Answer: the number of representatives in Congress

  38. Civics & Economics - Question #14 • What is the inability to satisfy all the wants at the same time? • A) command economy • B) scarcity • C) recession • D) population • Answer: scarcity

  39. Civics & Economics - Question #16 • What groups recruit and nominate candidates for public office? • A) lobbyists • B) local government • C) political parties • D) voter registration Answer: political parties

  40. Civics & Economics - Question #20 • This document affirmed rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. • A) Constitution • B) Bill of Rights • C) Declaration of Independence • D) 14th amendment • Answer: Declaration of Independence

  41. Civics & Economics - Question #21 • Which amendment prevents schools from teaching about one particular religion? • A) 19th Amendment • B) 1st Amendment • C) 2nd Amendment • D) 5th Amendment • Answer: First Amendment

  42. Civics & Economics - Question #22 • How does the Preamble of the Constitution begin? • A) Dear Citizens • B) We the people • C) In order to form a more perfect union • D) For life, liberty, and the pursuit • Answer: We the People

  43. Reading - Question 1 • The water was impure so we couldn’t drink it. What does the word impure mean? • A) Stale • B) Unreachable • C) Static • D) Unclean • Answer: D) Unclean

  44. Reading - Question 2 • “Everyone must know that nothing is going to happen next week” is an alliteration because: • A) It has an irregular beat. • B) It has a serious tone. • C) Three words have the same beginning sounds. • D) The rhyme scheme is not A B A B. • Answer: C) Three words have the same beginning sounds.

  45. Reading - Question 3 • The day dawned cold and wet. A steady but fine rain thickened the air, washing the color from everything it touched. The water intensified the chill in the air, driving it deep into the bones. Which word best describes the overall mood of this passage? • A) Evil • B) Gloomy • C) Romantic • D) Mysterious • Answer: B) Gloomy

  46. Reading - Question 4 • The phrase below is a type of figurative language. Which one is it and why? The wind in the pines whispered softly. • A) Alliteration because some of the words have the same beginning sounds. • B) Hyperbole because it’s an exaggeration. • C) Metaphor because the wind is compared to the pines. • D) Personification because the wind can not whisper like humans. • Answer: D. Personification

  47. Reading - Question 5 • Analogy: LAWYER is to TRIAL as SURGEON is to… • A) Doctor • B) Patient • C) Operation • D) Hospital • Answer: C) Operation

  48. Reading - Question 6 • The story’s main idea or the message that the author intends to communicate by telling the story is the… • A) Mood • B) Theme • C) Tone • D) Conflict • Answer: B) Theme

  49. Reading - Question 7 • Which of the following statements is a fact? • A) Some school districts have banned dodgeball. • B) Dodgeball is a lawsuit waiting to happen. • C) Dodgeball is violent but very fun. • D) Dodgeball helps kids learn survival skills. • Answer: A) Some school districts have banned dodgeball.

  50. Reading - Question 8 • The perspective from which the story is told is the… • A) narrator • B) exposition • C) mood • D) point of view • Answer: D) point of view

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