MCA Practice Questions

What is the definition of main idea?

• a supporting detail

• what the text is mostly about; the gist

• a broad topic

• a question

Which of the following options is most likely a main idea?

• Recycling

• 90% of what we throw away could actually be recycled.

• Recycling is worthwhile and easy to do.

• Recycling is a daily activity for over 100 million Americans.

If you are struggling to find the main idea of a passage, what should you do?

• Try to recall each and every specific detail in the passage?.

• Ask yourself questions about the passage.

• Read the passage once and then don't look at it again.

• Read the passage over and over to memorize it.

What is the main idea of the following paragraph?

• Soccer is important at the Olympics.

• Soccer is a worldwide sport.

• Soccer is also called football.

• Soccer is played by men and women.

The author's main purpose for writing this paragraph is most likely to

• encourage the reader to appreciate clean water

• explain to readers what water conservation is

• persuade the reader to make small changes to save water

Ethel is gregarious unlike her sister who is quiet and shy. Define "gregarious."

• outgoing

• annoying

• meek

• angry

A mood in literature is...

• the main idea the author is trying to get across

• the way a text makes the reader feel

• an extreme exaggeration

• the life lesson the author intends for the reader to learn

"Nature's first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold" is...

• simile

• assonance

• hyperbole

• alliteration

"I have a million math problems to do tonight!"

This _______ is used to convey ______.

• hyperbole; that the speaker has a lot of work to complete

• metaphor; that the speaker doesn't like math

• hyperbole; that the speaker is smart

• metaphor; that the speaker has a lot of work to complete

"I could hear spring break calling my name."

This is an example of _____.

• irony

• personification

• metaphor

• pun