What is a summarization?

Giving a brief statement or account of the main points.

In the sentence, The flowers nodded in the breeze, what does the phrase "nodded" mean?

The flowers are moving slightly due to the breeze.

Which of the following contains an example of onomatopoeia?

The bee buzzed around the flower.

In a story, what purpose is served by the falling action?

To reveal the resolution of the main conflict.

What do you include in a good summary?

Main ideas, important details, and key points.

When comparing and contrasting two informational texts, what should you pay attention to the most?

The main ideas, key details, and the structure.

Which of the following is an example of personification?

The stars danced playfully in the sky.

Which of the following is a common strategy for summarizing a story?

Identifying the main events and characters and writing a brief summary.

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

The wind howled like a pack of wolves.

What does it mean to compare two informational texts?

To find and explain both the similarities and differences between the texts

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1
What text structure would likely be used in a biography?
Cause and effect.
Compare and contrast.
Problem and solution.
Chronological
2
Why is it important for authors to use text structures in their writing?
Text structures help us understand the main ideas and supporting details.
Text structures help organize information in a logical way.
Text structures make the writing more interesting to read.
All of the above.
3
What is a summarization?
Enhancing the text with additional details.
Giving a brief statement or account of the main points.
Rewriting the text in your own words.
Copying text verbatim. (word for word)
4
In the sentence, The flowers nodded in the breeze, what does the phrase "nodded" mean?
The flowers are talking to the breeze.
The flowers are dancing.
The flowers are agreeing with the breeze.
The flowers are moving slightly due to the breeze.
5
Which of the following words is the closest synonym for "perceive"?
Ignore
Notice
Loud
Forget
6
Which of the following contains an example of onomatopoeia?
She is a tough nut to crack.
The sky is as blue as the ocean.
The bee buzzed around the flower.
He is a shining star.
7
In a story, what purpose is served by the falling action?
To introduce the main conflict.
To build suspense immediately before the climax.
To reveal the resolution of the main conflict.
To illustrate the outcome or effects of the climax.
8
What do you include in a good summary?
Only the first and last sentences of each paragraph.
Main ideas, important details, and key points.
Every detail piece of information from the text.
A sumary does not include anything, just a title.
9
What is the main purpose of the rising action in a story?
To build suspense and tension
To provide background information.
To reveal the resolution to the conflict.
To introduce the main conflict.
10
When comparing and contrasting two informational texts, what should you pay attention to the most?
The main ideas, key details, and the structure.
The publication date of the texts only.
The font style and color used in the texts.
The length of the texts only.
11
Which of the following is an example of personification?
The fire swallowed the wood whole.
Birds sang sweetly in the early morning.
The stars danced playfully in the sky.
The sun is shining brightly.
12
In the sentence "The sun was so bright that I had to squint my eyes," what does "bright" most likely mean?
Blank
Happy
Intelligent
Shining
13
Which of the following is a common strategy for summarizing a story?
Identifying the main events and characters and writing a brief summary.
Writing down every single detail from the story.
Focusing on the introduction and conclusion only.
Ignoring the plot and summarizing the characters.
14
Find the word in the list that is the most opposite in meaning too "confident".
Doubtful
Secure
Anxious
Bold
15
A text structure that presents events or ideas in the order in which they occured?
Problem/Solution
Sequence
Compare/Contrast
Cause/Effect
16
Which of the following is an example of a simile?
The wind howled like a pack of wolves.
The wind is so loud, it is howling like a pack of wolves.
The wind howls, sounding like a pack of wolves.
The wind is a howling pack of wolves.
17
What does it mean to compare two informational texts?
To summarize one text and ignore the other.
To find only the differences between the texts.
To find the similarities between the texts.
To find and explain both the similarities and differences between the texts
18
What text structure explains how two or more things are similar or different?
Cause and effect
None of the above
Problem and solution
Compare and contrast
19
Which of the following words is the best choice to complete the sentence: "The lost hikers were in need of ________."
Food
Music
Hats
Directions
20
In which text structure would you likely find signal words like "because", "since", or "as a result"?
Compare and contrast
Chronological
Cause and effect
Problem and solution

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