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Part I: Key Reading Skills and Key Literary Elements





1.Which key reading skill will you often find in advertisements and commercials for products? ____



2.Which of the following is an opinion?
A.Today the temperature is below freezing.
B.Cold weather is more comfortable than hot weather.
C.Right now it is snowing outside.
D.When water freezes, it expands.



3.On the other hand and however are words that usually signal
A.comparison.
B.author’s purpose.
C.contrast.
D.persuasion.



4.It is usually easier to identify an author’s perspective, after you have identified the purpose.
A.True
B.False



5.The author’s word choice and word arrangement are usually what helps to define the author’s
A.tone.
B.style.
C.opinion.
D.purpose.



6.Which of the following would be the best example of hyperbole?
A.I almost died when I heard I had won $100 in the raffle.
B.I was so tired that I could hardly keep my head up.
C.It was so cold that my teeth chattered.
D.It was raining so hard that I couldn’t see anything out my window.



7.What are two elements that diction, language, and word choice are able to convey? ____, ____

Part 2: Vocabulary
Choose the letter of the word or phrase that means about the same as the underlined word




8.His ideas were not relevant to the issue we were discussing.
A.important
B.related
C.helpful
D.agreeable



9.The doctors visited the impoverished village.
A.very large
B.expanding
C.very poor
D.old-fashioned



10.She avidly follows her favorite sports team.
A.mildly
B.enthusiastically
C.quietly
D.surprisingly

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