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Part I: Key Reading Skills and Key Literary Elements




1.What is the role of questioning as you read? ____, ____, ____



2.The reading skill in which you identify reasons for things happening and the things that happen as a result is known as ____.



3.When you analyze a text, you guess what will happen next in a story.
A.True
B.False



4.All of the following are characteristics of cultural context EXCEPT
A.the values and beliefs of a group of people.
B.customs shared by a local community, nation, or group of nations.
C.the weather patterns in a certain area.
D.the songs and folklore of a group of people.



5.What are two ways in which an author can present the theme of a text? ____, ____, ____



6.The dialect of a language is the variation of the pronunciation, forms, and meanings of that language.
A.True
B.False



7.The method a writer uses to develop the personality of a person or animal in a story is known as ____.

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




8.His absence from work was quite conspicuous.
A.common
B.noticeable
C.unintentional
D.secret



9.The two events took place simultaneously.
A.one right after the other
B.quickly
C.at the same time
D.at a slow pace



10.His parents listened to his story cynically.
A.distrustfully
B.happily
C.with sympathy
D.with envy

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