Reading SOL Practice 1

Question 1

The words, phrases, or sentences surrounding a word that helps you understand its meaning.

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Context Clues

Question 2

Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

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Simile

Question 3

Words with opposite or nearly opposite meanings.

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Antonyms

Question 4

Determining what happened, and what will happen because of it.

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Cause and Effect

Question 5

Letters added to the beginning of a root word.

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Prefix

Question 6

The location and time in which a story or other literature takes place.

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Setting

Question 7

Which word has a prefix meaning, "not"

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Unmitigated

Question 8

Which word has a prefix meaning "again"

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Retrace

Question 9

Extreme exaggeration.

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Hyperbole

Question 10

A short retelling of a text.

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Summary

Question 11

Looking at the similarities and differences of two or more things.

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Compare and Contrast

Question 12

Letters added to the end of a root word.

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Suffix

Question 13

Which tool might be used to compare and contrast two characters?

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Venn diagram

Question 14

Which word would be a synonym for mad?

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Grouchy

Question 15

Which word has a prefix meaning "below"

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Subtropical

Question 16

Which word would come first in the glossary... Bird, birch, burly, bottom

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Birch

Question 17

The people for whom an author writes a text.

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The Audience

Question 18

Two words that sound the same but are spelled differently.

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Homophones

Question 19

A central message or lesson of a literary work.

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Theme

Question 20

Which tool would you use to find a current map of Reston, VA?

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Atlas

Question 21

An educated guess based on evidence in the text.

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Inference

Question 22

A first-hand account of an event.

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Primary source

Question 23

A list of sources cited in a research paper.

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Bibliography

Question 24

Events organized by the time in which they occurred.

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Chronological

Question 25

The author's attitude toward a topic.

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Tone

Question 26

To find the definition of an important word, readers must turn to the...

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Glossary

Question 27

What research tool would you use if you needed long articles about cheetahs?

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Encyclopedia

Question 28

A title or short explanation of what is shown in a picture.

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Caption

Question 29

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!" is an example of...

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Hyberbole

Question 30

Giving human-like qualities to something that is not alive.

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Personification

Question 31

If you wanted to find a better word for "happy," what would you use?

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Thesaurus

Question 32

The turning point in a plot where the character has to face the main problem.

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Climax

Question 33

The prefix pre- means...

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Before

Question 34

Which word has a suffix meaning, "full of"

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Beautiful

Question 35

The words spoken by a character.

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Dialogue

Reading SOL Practice 1

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Reading SOL Practice 1

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