Unit Assessment

Part I: Key Reading Skills and Key Literary Elements



1.	When you skim a selection you are looking for specific information and when you scan, you look over the entire selection to get a general idea of what it is about.
	A.	True
	B.	False

2.	In a play, the scene changes when the story calls for a different setting or time.
	A.	True
	B.	False

3.	All of the following are examples of stage directions EXCEPT
	A.	the movement of actors onstage.
	B.	the lines the actors should say.
	C.	the part of the stage that is lit.
	D.	the music and sound effects.

4.	When you take an educated guess about what will happen in a selection you are ____.


5.	When you ____, you picture a writer’s ideas or descriptions in your mind’s eye.


6.	Rereading, reading slowly, and asking questions, are all good ways to ____ as you try to understand a text.
	A.	clarify
	B.	visualize
	C.	predict
	D.	skim

7.	What are two ways in which a writer shows the personality of a character in a selection?____, ____, ____

Part 2: Vocabulary
Choose the answer that best defines the underlined word.



8.	The room was elaborately decorated.
	A.	sparsely
	B.	attractively
	C.	in great detail.
	D.	usually

9.	I lost interest when the speaker kept rambling on about the political situation.
	A.	talking excitedly
	B.	using words I did not understand
	C.	talking softly
	D.	talking in a disorganized way

10.	It is important to have a daily routine.
	A.	regular plan of activities
	B.	different plan
	C.	change of schedule
	D.	checkup

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