Reading Review 2

1. Reading Review 2

3. Question 1 - 100 Simile, metaphor, or onomatopoeia? The burning wood hissed and crackled.

4. Answer 1 – 100 Onomatopoeia

5. Question 1 - 200 Simile, hyperbole, or personification? You could have knocked me over with a feather.

6. Answer 1 – 200 Hyperbole

7. Question 1 - 300 Simile, metaphor, or personification? “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.”

8. Answer 1 – 300 Metaphor

9. Question 1 - 400 Personification, Metaphor, Alliteration Opportunity knocked on the door.

10. Answer 1 – 400 Personification

11. Question 1 - 500 Simile, metaphor, or personification? The world is my oyster.

12. Answer 1 – 500 Metaphor

13. Question 2 - 100 Siniwai crouched behind a tree and watched the wolf pack. His breath came in short, hurried gasps and his heart fluttered in his chest. He knew it was too late now. The wolves had seen him. If they attacked he would try to outrun them. He closed his eyes briefly and tried to steady his body. He hoped the wolves would forget about him and begin their hunt. Then he would do what he had come to do. He remembered the wise old chief’s words.

14. Answer 2 – 100 Third Person Limited

15. Question 2 - 200 It was clear to everyone in the room that the teacher was calling my name. I was, after all, the new kid. I was expected to parade to the front of the room so all the students could stare at this person named Michael Bevons.

16. Answer 2 – 200 First person

17. Question 2 - 300 “Long ago, in a Pueblo village, a boy named Kuo-Haya lived with this father. But his father did not treat him well. In his heart he still mourned the death of his wife, Kuo-Haya’s mother, and did not enjoy doing things with his son…As a result, Kuo-Haya was a timid boy and walked about stooped over all the time.” The Bear Boy by Joseph Bruchac

18. Answer 2 – 300 Third-person Limited

19. Question 2 - 400 “But Edmond secretly thought that it would not be as good fun for him as for her. He would have to admit that Lucy had been right, before all the others, and he felt sure the others would all be on the side of the Fauns and the animals; but he was already more than half on the side of the witch.” There was nothing Lucy liked so much as the smell and feel of fur. She immediately stepped into the wardrobe and got in among the coats and rubbed her face against them, leaving the door open, of course, because she knew that it is very foolish to shut one-self into any wardrobe.” The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

20. Answer 2 – 400 Third person omniscient

21. Question 2 - 500 “This Anselmo had been a good guide and he could travel wonderfully in the mountains. Robert Jordan could walk well enough himself and he knew from following him since before daylight that the old man could walk him to death. Robert Jordan trusted the man, Anselmo, so far, in everything except judgment. He had not yet had an opportunity to test his judgment, and, anyway, the judgment was his own responsibility.” Whom the Bell Tolls by Edgar Allan Poe

22. Answer 2 – 500 Third Person Limited

23. Question 3 - 100 A writer tells the life story of another person.

24. Answer 3 – 100 Biography

25. Question 3 - 200 The central message or lesson in the story.

26. Answer 3 – 200 Theme

27. Question 3 - 300 A story passed on from person to person by word of mouth.

28. Answer 3 – 300 Folktale

29. Question 3 - 400 Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses.

30. Answer 3 – 400 Imagery or Sensory Language

31. Question 3 - 500 To restate something in your own words to make the meaning clear to yourself.

32. Answer 3 – 500 Paraphrase

33. Question 4 - 100 • Native peoples were astonishing astronomers. They had no • tools—no telescopes, no computers, not even any eyeglasses • to improve their eyesight. Yet the Maya people of Central America • and the Yucatan made accurate observations of the skies and • made predictions about the movements of Venus. These • predictions rival our computer predications today. • The paragraph tells mainly: • About the movements of Venus. • About the skill of the Maya astronomers. • Why the Maya had such poor eyesight. • Where in Central America the Maya lived.

34. Answer 4 – 100 b. About the skill of the Maya astronomers.

35. Question 4 - 200 • Ann Fitzpatrick makes the sweetest statues. She builds them out of gumdrops. She learned to do this while she was recovering from a skiing accident. She first makes a paste of sugar, then shapes it and sticks gumdrops onto it. She makes castles, dolls, toy-size cars, and even life-size humans. You probably wouldn’t eat one of Ann Fitzpatrick’s statues, • However. They look too good—and may cost more than $700 • The paragraph tells mainly: • How Ann Fitzpatrick was injured. • Where Ann Fitzpatrick lives. • Why Ann Fitzpatrick uses gumdrops for her statues. • What unusual skill Ann Fitzpatrick has.

36. Answer 4 – 200 d. What unusual skill Ann Fitzpatrick has.

37. Question 4 - 300 The governor of New York signed a bill in 1933 that outlawed any dance lasting longer than eight hours. The law was aimed at dance marathons. After each hour of dancing in the marathons, couples were allowed fifteen minutes to rest or eat. In order to win prizes, couples would often dance their way to exhaustion. The law stepped in to stop the dangerous fad. The paragraph tells mainly: • How long dance marathons lasted. • Why the law had to stop marathon dances. • How couples won prizes for dancing. • When the dance marathon was a fad.

38. Answer 4 – 300 b. Why the law had to stop marathon dances.

39. Question 4 - 400 • During the early days of our country, most people ate corn • twice a day, day after day, year after year, all their lives. Some • people ate corn three times a day. Often it was mixed with • water or milk. Then it was boiled for hours with much stirring, • till it formed a rather solid pudding. This was called hasty • pudding. • The paragraph tells mainly: • Why people raise corn. • How delicious hasty pudding is. • How much corn people ate long ago. • Why people like the taste of corn so much.

40. Answer 4 – 400 c. How much corn people ate long ago.

41. Question 4 - 500 One of the greatest avalanche disasters in the history of the United States occurred in 1910 at Wellington, Washington. Three trains were hurled into a canyon by a single snow slide. More than a hundred people were killed. One of the greatest avalanche disasters in the world occurred during World War I. In a period of twenty-four hours, five thousand Austrian and Italian soldiers were buried alive by an avalanche in the Alps. The paragraph tells mainly: • Where avalanches have occurred. • How destructive avalanches can be. • What the most destructive avalanches were. • How powerful avalanches can be.

42. Answer 4 – 500 c. What the most destructive avalanches were.

43. Question 5 - 100 English women once thought they looked best with wigs that rose two or even three feet above their heads. They certainly looked taller. Wool, cotton, and goats’ hair were used to give the hairpieces the desired height. The finest high-piled wigs were often decorated with imitation fruit, model ships, horses, and figurines. From the story you cannot tell… • How high the wigs were. • What wigs were made of. • The color of wigs.

44. Answer 5 – 100 (c) The color of wigs.

45. Question 5 - 200 Bees have cleanup squads that not only clean the wax cells that will hold the precious honey, but also help keep infection from spreading in another way. When a bee has died inside the hive, the workers carry the dead bee far away. In the case of larger animals who have died in the hive, they seal them in bee glue like mummies, thus preventing the spread of disease. Bees are very concerned with their… • Color • Mummies • Health

46. Answer 5 – 200 (C) Health

47. Question 5 - 300 The first national park to be established in the United States east of the Mississippi River is known as Acadia National Park. The park, located in Maine, covers over 41,000 acres on Mount Desert Island, Isle au Haut, and on Schoodic Peninsula. A spectacular view is provided from the peak of Mount Cadillac. Acadia National Park is also an excellent sanctuary for wildlife. The writer hints that… • Mount Cadillac was named after an automobile. • Earlier parks were established west of the Mississippi. • Acadia was America’s first national park.

48. Answer 5 – 300 (b) Earlier parks were established west of the Mississippi.

49. Question 5 - 400 “Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning” is an old proverb that warns of rain. Actually, there is a reason why this proverb about the color of the morning sky is so widespread. A red sun indicates that there is dust and moisture in the air. These are two of the important elements necessary for rain. Thus there is some degree of truth in the proverb. You can tell that… • There is no truth in this proverb. • Other elements are also important for rain. • Rain doesn’t need moisture or dust.

50. Answer 5 – 400 (B) Other elements are also important for rain.