March DBA Review

DBA Review

By Ryan Whitlow

Multiple Choice

The reader can tell that "The Gift of Rhyme" is a play because it has

• common theme

• list of characters

• rhyming pattern

• problem that is resolved

Multiple Choice

The playwright includes the stage directions at the beginning of the play mainly to

• identify the time and place

• hint at how a problem will be solved

• describe the main character's problem

• explain the characters' feelings and actions

Multiple Choice

As it is used in line 28, the word excel means to -

• do many tasks at once

• do better than others

• pretend to know everything

• be afraid of trying new activities

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Let's read "The Spelling Test" from your handout

Multiple Choice

The stage directions in paragraph 42 and 43 are included to help -

• make the play humourous

• create suspense

• show a new problem

• introduce a new character

Multiple Choice

Why does the playwright include a narrator in this play?

• To make the characters conflict seem more suspenseful

• to help the audience understand what the characters are thinking

• to assist the main characters in figuring out how to solve a problem

• to give the audience details about the characters' actions in the scene

Multiple Choice

The word cinch in paragraph 25 refers to something that is -

• easy

• unusual

• similar

• interesting

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Refer to "The Puppy Bowl" in your handout

Multiple Choice

Review the image with information about the origin of supervise.

This information helps the readers know that the word supervises in paragraph 6 means -

• encourages

• judges

• determines

• watches

Multiple Choice

The main purpose of this selection is to -

• compare football players with puppies

• describe how puppies learn to play human sports

• persuade the reader to adopt a pet from the animal shelter

• provide facts from a popular animal show

Multiple Choice

The most likely reason that the author provides the information in paragraph 1 of the article "The Broken-Crayon Solution" is -

• to explain why Cassidy wanted to make her invention

• To explain why Cassidy has so many crayons

• To explain who helped Cassidy become an inventor

• to explain what crayon Cassidy likes best

Read this excerpt from this story...​

Building a Better Sandcastle

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Multiple Choice

In paragraph 1, the prefix mis- helps the reader determine that the word misshapen means -

• badly shaped

• having many shapes

• before being shaped

• being shaped again

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Refer to "My What is Showing" in the handout

Multiple Choice

Jen's main conflict is resolved when -

• Mrs. Warden answers her questions

• She learns what her epidermis is

• Joey says her epidermis is showing

• She covers herself entirely with clothing

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 14, what does the word hesitated mean?

• paused

• shivered

• imagined

• shouted