Unit Assessment

Part 1: Key Reading Skills and Literary Elements



1.	What is the difference between skimming a text and scanning a text? ____, ____, ____, ____


2.	What are some examples of text structures that an author may use to organize a text? ____, ____, ____


3.	When you look at the title, headings. photographs, charts, illustrations, to get a head start in understanding what you are reading, you are using the skill of ____.


4.	Click on the sentence that shows the use of evidence to support an idea.
	A.	I believe that in the last ten years, coaches have been much too hard on teenage gymnasts.
	B.	Tattooing has become more popular because in the 1990s it was the sixth fastest growing retail venture.
	C.	Wearing the hijab, in my opinion, seems to prolong discrimination against women.
	D.	People still think that video games do not encourage aggressive behavior, especially in young children.

5.	The difference between what is expected and what actually happens or exists is called ____.


6.	The tone of a text usually reflects the writer’s attitude toward the subject of a text.
	A.	True
	B.	False

7.	Even though it is a different style of writing, poetry still can have a main idea with supporting details.
	A.	True
	B.	False

Part 2: Vocabulary
Choose the letter of the word or phrase that best defines the underlined word.



8.	The violence was perpetrated by only a small group of people.
	A.	opposed
	B.	carried out
	C.	stopped
	D.	supported

9.	The sight of the starving people left an indelible image in her memory.
	A.	negative
	B.	unclear
	C.	unusual
	D.	permanent

10.	On Fridays, the students are invariably late for class.
	A.	always
	B.	seldom
	C.	sometimes
	D.	never

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