MAAP Test Prep #1

Question 1

DEFINE: Deliberate type of language choices an author uses in text like connotation, sensory words, & literary devices.

Accepted Answer

word choice

Question 2

A synonym for author's claim is primary argument.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

DEFINE: A statement from an author/speaker that persuades, argues, convinces, proves, or suggests something to a reader

Accepted Answer

claim

Question 4

If a test question asks about the relationship between characters, it can mean all BUT the following...

Accepted Answer

how the characters behave on their own

Question 5

The speed at which a text or passage moves or the speed of a text is called "rhythm."

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Testing Term: A test question asks, "How does the author convey the theme of a text." What does convey mean?

Accepted Answer

to show or express

Question 7

DEFINE: The main concept or topic that the text or passage focuses on in a nonfiction text.

Accepted Answer

central idea

Question 8

DEFINE: The main idea or lesson of a fiction text that the author wants to convey to the audience.

Accepted Answer

theme

Question 9

DEFINE: The feeling or association of a word, rather than the actual meaning of a word.

Accepted Answer

connotation

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT an example of figurative language?

Accepted Answer

theme

Question 11

The theme of the story can usually be summed up in one or two words.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Testing Term: Which of the following is NOT a simpler way of saying validate?

Accepted Answer

to refute

Question 13

Testing Term: What does it mean for something to be effective?

Accepted Answer

It is successful or produces a desired result.

Question 14

This is a claim: "There are over 2.9 million people living in Mississippi."

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

DEFINE: How the reader sees the story based on the perspective of a particular character or individual is called...

Accepted Answer

point of view

Question 16

DEFINE: How an author a speaker views or feels about a topic, idea, character, subject, etc. within the text.

Accepted Answer

author's perspective

Question 17

If something in the story is advancing the plot, then it is...

Accepted Answer

moving the story forward.

Question 18

When making a strategic reading guide for an informational text, what should you look for to determine central idea?

Accepted Answer

The 5 W's.

Question 19

This is a claim: "The death penalty should be abolished because it has been proven that it does not curb murder rates."

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

DEFINE: The attitude of the author towards the subject of their writing

Accepted Answer

tone

Question 21

TESTING TERM: If a question asks you to "Evaluate the effectiveness of a claim" then evaluate means...

Accepted Answer

Determine how good something is.

Question 22

What's a simpler way to define rhetoric?

Accepted Answer

Language that persuades.

Question 23

Testing Term: A question asks, "How does this quote clarify similarities between the passages?" What does clarify mean?

Accepted Answer

to make more clear

Question 24

Which of the following is another way the test may say author's claim?

Accepted Answer

argument

Question 25

DEFINE: The overall feeling, emotion, or mindset an author wants the reader to have when reading a text.

Accepted Answer

mood

Question 26

Organizational structure refers to both how a text and its sections are ordered as well as word choice.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

An inference is an educated guess made based on what you've read in a text or passage.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

DEFINE: How an author describes a character’s looks, personality, actions, etc. to a reader.

Accepted Answer

characterization

Question 29

To infer or make an inference means to make something more clear or explain it better.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Testing Term: A test question asks you to "Identify the primary claim," of a text. What does identify mean?

Accepted Answer

to choose or pick out

MAAP Test Prep #1

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MAAP Test Prep #1

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