RTI Reading Quiz 1

The best definition of theme is...

• The central idea the author is teaching.

• The message the author is sending.

• A word that summarizes the story.

• The character's main problem.

“I don’t want to put my shoes on,” cried Timmy. Timmy had been fussy ever since snack time. He didn’t get a cheese stick because Michael ate the last one. Then he didn’t get to sleep at all during nap time. Now he was really worked up. “I want to go home. Get my mommy!”

What is the point of view of the passage?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

• There is no point of view

Which best describes nonfiction?

• a. a book with many chapters
• b. writing that focuses on one person or main idea
• a story with no dialogue or conversations between animals
• writing that is based on facts and true things that happened

Tags

TEKS.ELA.LG.2L

Find the central idea
 Being a clown isn't all fun and games.  Rodeo clowns expose themselves to great danger every time they perform.  When cowboys dismount or are bucked off of bulls at riding competitions, rodeo clowns jump in front of the bulls and motion wildly to get their attention.  In this way rodeo clowns provide an alternate target, and in doing so protect the rider.  So you see, sometimes clowning around can be serious business

• Being a clown isn't all fun and games.
• Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.
• Rodeos are exciting.
• Clowns are good at riding bulls.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

What is the central idea here
A penny for your thoughts?  If it's a 1943 copper penny, it could be worth as much as fifty thousand dollars.  In 1943, most pennies were made out of steel since copper was needed for World War II, so the 1943 copper penny is ultra-rare.  Another rarity is the 1955 double die penny.  These pennies were mistakenly double stamped, so they have overlapping dates and letters.  If it's uncirculated, it'd easily fetch $25,000 at an auction.  Now that's a pretty penny.  

• The 1943 penny is worth 50 thousand dollars.
• the 1943 penny is more rare than the 1955 penny.
• Some pennies are rare and worth a lot of money.
• None of these options

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

Which is the best definition of fiction?

• a. story that comes from the author's imagination
• b. a story that comes from real life
• c. a story in the newspaper
• d. a story that takes place in space

What is the theme of this story?

• Don't be lazy.

• Have as much fun as you can before you die.

• Don't steal.

• Look before you leap.

Some people hunt for lost coins on beaches using an apparatus called a metal detector. It has a long stem that ends in a circular part called a search head, which hovers just over the ground. When it passes over metal, it makes a sound. 

• process
• machine
• services
• hovel

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.4

If you have trouble understanding a word in a passage or sentence of a story, you may want to read previous words or the end of the sentence to determine what the word means. What is this strategy known as?

• text messaging
• content origins
• context clues
• scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

Alice finally threw the withering roses away when a dead petal fell into her cereal bowl.  

• to bloom
• to shrivel or dry up
• smelly
• beautiful 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4