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Reading/Language Arts Benchmark 2 Study Guide
1. Using Context clues to help determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Example:
She thought she remembered the corners she must turn to find the short corridor with the door covered with
tapestry…The sound had come up that passage.
a.
b.
c.
d.
corner
short
tapestry
passage
2. Identify the meaning of a word with a prefix and/or suffix. Be able to identify a prefix and/or suffix
Definition
Word parts added to the beginning of a word that
change the word’s meaning
word parts added to the end of a word that change
the word’s meaning
Prefix
Suffix
Example
readmit
Additional Examples
manageable
Example:
Based on the suffix –ful, the word meaningful means?
a. having no meaning
b. full of meaning
c. one who creates meaning
d. a state of meaning
3. Identify figurative language and its meaning.
Figure of Speech
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
Definition
A saying that means something
different from what is says
A comparison of two unlike things,
using the words like or as
A comparison of two unlike things;
NOT using like or as; saying something
IS something else.
Example
4. You need to be able to infer information from what you read.
Infer- when you take your prior knowledge and use your common sense to determine what has or is happening
Example:
You just got home from school and you smell fresh cookies.
a. Mom just fed the dog.
b. The toilet has backed up again.
c. Mom has just baked cookies.
d. Dad just mowed the yard.
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5. What part of speech are the underlined words?
Examples:
My favorite class is Language Arts!
a. adverb
b. noun
c. adjective
d. pronoun
6. Which of the following words are nouns?
Examples:
The students at our school need to show responsibility.
a. students, school, need, show
b. students, school, show
c. students, our, school
d. students, school, responsibility
I like to fish during the holidays.
a. conjunction
b. preposition
c. interjection
d. verb
Sydney went to the movies to see Wreck It Ralph last
Friday.
a. Sydney, the, Wreck It Ralph, Friday
b. Sydney, the, Wreck It Ralph, last, Friday
c. Sydney, movies, Wreck It Ralph, Friday
d. Sydney, movies, see, Wreck It Ralph, Friday
7. What is the best way to combine sentences?
Example:
The cheerleaders were fabulous at competition! They were very talented. “I am so proud of you,” shouted the coach.
a. The talented cheerleaders were fabulous at competition! “I am so proud of you, shouted the coach.”
b. The cheerleaders were fabulous at the competition. They were talented too. Great job, said the coach.
c. The talented cheerleaders were fabulous at the competition. “I am so proud of you!” shouted the coach.
d. The cheerleaders were fabulous. They were also talented at competition. The coach was happy.
8. Staying on topic: Which sentence does not belong?
Example:
1. Brooke is a very talented young lady. 2. She is a cheerleader, and she is in the band. 3. She ate peanut butter for lunch
today. 4. She plans on attending Duke University in the Fall.
a. Sentence 1
b. Sentence 2
c. Sentence 3
d. Sentence 4
9. Transition words
Example:
Which of the following words is a transition word?
a. Winter
b. Finally
c. Believe
d. To
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10. What kind of sentences are the following?
Example:
Ben went to the store to buy some bread.
My friends love to watch t.v., and they love to skateboard.
a. Simple
b. Compound
c. Complex
d. Compound-Complex
11. Using Commas correctly
Example:
The bike riders cruised to Panama City yesterday and my
dad traveled along with them.
a. riders, cruised
b. yesterday, and
c. to, Panama
d. and, my
a. Simple
b. Compound
c. Complex
d. Compound-Complex
I used flour eggs milk and butter to make the cookies.
a. flour, eggs, milk and butter
b. flour eggs, milk, and butter
c. flour, eggs, milk, and butter
d. flour, eggs, milk, and butter,
12. Writing and incorporating a direct quote in your response.
Look out! You are a target! It's true; you are the target of many ads. Advertisers send TV ads aimed at you at home.
You'll see more on the Internet. You see billboard ads when you walk down the street or ride in a car. You probably see
as many as 40,000 ads a year!
Thirty years ago, parents were mostly the targets of advertising. Now, ads are often aimed directly at kids. The ads try
to make you think you need whatever product they are selling. (Remember the difference between need and want?)
They want you to think their products will make your life better. They want you to think their products will make you fit
in and be more popular. They may even try to make you think you can't be happy without their product!
Why are kids the targets of advertisers? When you go to the grocery store with your mom, do you ask for certain
items? Do you ask for certain clothes, toys, or books? You, and kids like you, influence parents to purchase certain
products. That makes you a target!
So when you're looking at those 40,000 ads this year, stop and think. Don't you believe everything these ads are
saying! Be a smart consumer. Don't go out and buy things just because advertisers tell you to!
What can you do to be a smart consumer? Use your reading skills to study advertisements. After all, even a TV
advertisement started out as written words. Is the ad fiction or nonfiction? What is the author's purpose of the words in
an ad? What is fact in the ad? What is someone's opinion? Then compare and contrast. Are there other products like it
on the market? Will a cheaper item do the same thing but cost less? You may do an experiment to find out if one
product is really better than the other. Then you can choose to spend your money - or not-on the best product for you.
What can you do to be a smarter consumer? Be sure to use a direct quote from the passage to support your
answer.
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13. You should be ready to discuss the following ideas in writing.
From Steal Away Home: Compare the parenting styles of Dana and James’s parents.
From Steal Away Home: The different views that Mr. and Mrs. Weaver had on how to fight against slavery.