Unit Assessment

Part 1: Key Reading Skills and Literary Elements



1.	Analogy, onomatopoeia, and sensory imagery are all methods authors might use for
	A.	identifying purpose.
	B.	setting sequence.
	C.	description.
	D.	cultural reference.

2.	How might your purpose for reading a handbook about applying for jobs be different from your purpose for reading a biography of a mountain climber?


3.	When you perceive sarcasm, anger, admiration, or laughter as you read a selection, you are getting a sense of the author’s
	A.	description.
	B.	tone.
	C.	cultural reference.
	D.	sequence.

4.	What are some examples of authors' purposes for writing?


5.	When an author mentions values, beliefs, traditions, or customs of a specific community, he or she is using ________.


6.	If you recall what you might know about a topic before reading, you are using the skill of connecting.
	A.	True
	B.	False

7.	If a work is identified as an autobiography or memoir, then you know it uses first person point of view.
	A.	True
	B.	False

Part 2: Vocabulary
For each of the following questions, choose the word or phrase that best defines the underlined word.



8.	Andy struggled relentlessly to make it to the end.
	A.	without effort
	B.	without giving up
	C.	clumsily
	D.	unhappily

9.	I could not believe she had the audacity to speak to the teacher that way.
	A.	understanding
	B.	sympathy
	C.	boldness
	D.	opportunity

10.	Meryl was in a state of bewilderment on her first day at the new school.
	A.	confusion
	B.	cheerfulness
	C.	fear
	D.	nervousness

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