AmLit Quiz 1 Review

What is textual evidence?

• You claim.
• Proof from the text to support your answer.
• What the author thinks about a topic.
• An explanation in your own words about your claim.

Which piece of evidence supports that Kathleen is brave?

• "Even slight miscalculations could send the Vulcan cruiser thousands of miles off course."
• Kathleen might never see her parents again.
• "Kathleen reassured them with a confident look as she logged onto the navigation computer."
• Something could go wrong during takeoff. 

Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well. 
Which of the following would be considered explicit textual evidence? 

• Michael was trying to sleep
• Toby is Michael's brother
• Michael and Toby were cold
• "the sky looked gray and dirty"

It was the sea eagle that called Emily down to the beach. It hovered above the waves, it's broad wings dusty where the land had left its mark, its small eyes that could follow the horizon bright and keen.
She hadn't meant to come down onto the beach. She'd meant to sit at the top of the ramp till the other kids had left the street, till she could walk home from school in peace without strangers staring at her, but somehow the bird seemed to urge her to come down.

Which textual evidence best describes Emily's thoughts and feelings? 

• "... till she could walk home from school in peace..."
• "... sea eagle that called Emily..."
• "... its broad wings dusty..."
• "... the bird seemed to urge her to come down."

You usually have to __________ a product on Amazon after you buy it so they know if it's any good or not.

• observe

• adapt

• evaluate

• rigorous

You have to _________ to the cold when you move to MN. Most people are not used to it.

• inherit

• adapt

• assume

• recede

The police __________ the young man take the money from the store. They had been watching him for a long time.

• observed

• evaluated

• recollected

• assumed

This is what you look for when trying to determine the central/main idea.

• Clues, hints, and evidence.

• Patterns, repeated words, phrases, or related ideas.

• The bibliography

• The table of contents

These connect directly back to the central/main idea.

• Sentences

• Paragraphs

• Supporting Details

• Summaries

What is the central idea of this paragraph?

Habit 2, Begin with the End in Mind, means developing a clear picture of where you want to go with your life. It means deciding what your values are and setting goals. Habit 1 says you are the driver of your life, not the passenger. Habit 2 says, since you’re the driver, decide where you want to go and draw up a map to get there.

• You are the driver of your life, not the passenger.

• Since you are the driver, decide where you want to go and draw up a map to get there.

• Decide on your values and set goals.