5.6 test review

What question do you ask when identifying the SOMEBODY part in the Summary?

• Who is the main character of the story?

• Who is the story about?

• Can anybody find me somebody to love?

• Who is the villain?

What makes a good summary? (choose all that apply)

• Only including information from the text

• Includes only most important details.

• Copies sentences word for word from the text.

• Explains what the author thinks

• States the reader's opinion

Rosa Parks has been called the "mother of the civil rights movement." She is one of the most important people of the 20th century. In December of 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. The bus driver had her arrested. She was sent to court. She was found guilty of breaking the law.

Her act sparked a boycott of the bus system by blacks. Blacks refused to use the buses for more than a year. The boycott introduced the country to a man named Martin Luther King, Jr. People all over the country came to know King. Soon, the U.S. Supreme Court made segregation on city buses against the law.

Over the next forty years, Rosa Parks helped make Americans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle. She earned many honors, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize. She is an example of courage and strength. She inspires all Americans to live free.

• Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Then, the buses were boycotted, and Martin Luther King, Jr., became very well known. He had a prize named after him.

• Rosa Parks boycotted the bus system. This boycott brought Martin Luther King, Jr., to the front of the civil rights movement. People all over the country got to know Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus. The bus driver had her arrested, and then she was found guilty of breaking the law. She was important to American history.

• Rosa Parks was an important person of the 20th century. She refused to give up her seat on a bus, which led to a boycott of the bus system. She earned many honors for her work in the civil rights movement.

The Blackpole Warbler is a tiny bird that takes a really long trip. This little songbird lives in the forests of North America in the summer. However, when the weather turns cold in North America, the Blackpole Warbler takes flight.These small birds fly all the way to the Caribbean, where they spend the winter on warm tropical beaches. How far does the warbler fly for this tropical getaway? Scientists have tracked the Blackpole Warbler and say these amazing birds can fly over 1,700 miles!

Which is the best summary of this text?

• The blackpole warbler is a small bird. It is also asongbird. It can fly.

• The blackpole warbler is a small songbird that can flyover 1,700 miles.

• The blackpole warbler is a small songbird that flies fromNorth America all the way to the Caribbean. The bird fliesover 1,700 miles.

• Birds often migrate to warmer places in the winter.

A summary does what?

• nothing

• makes an educated guess using inferences made in the text

• is a shorter way to explain a text with important information or key points

• tells an opinion and reasons why you believe so

Select the answer choice that most effectively revises the sentence below.The storm was very big, the thunder was very loud, the lightning was very bright, and the rainfall was very hard on the roof, all of which made the cat very scared.

• The big storm will scare the cat.

• The huge storm caused really loud thunder, blinding lightning, and loud heavy rainfall that, all combined, made the cat feel terrified.

• There was a great big storm, complete with loud thunder, bright lightning, and rainfall drumming on the roof, and it made the cat very scared.

• During the large storm, thunder boomed, lightning flashed, and rain pounded on the roof, terrifying the cat.

My father warned us about the dangers of forest fires before he took us camping.

This is an example of

• a simple sentence

• a compound sentence

• a complex sentence

• an incomplete sentence.

Which answer choice correctly combines the two sentences below.

The tree swayed in the wind. The tree did not break.

• The tree swayed in the wind but did not break.

• The tree, in the wind, swayed, without breaking.

• The tree swayed in the wind, the tree did not break.

• The tree did not break, when the tree swayed in the wind.

Which answer choice correctly combines the two sentences below?

The tree swayed in the wind. The tree did not break.

• The tree swayed in the wind but did not break.

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• The tree, in the wind, swayed, without breaking.

• The tree swayed in the wind, the tree did not break.

• The tree did not break, when the tree swayed in the wind

It's a good thing we were all wearing seat belts when the turbulence hit!

Based on the text, which of the following most likely happened?

• A family was on a road trip and hit a pothole.

• A boat went over some waves.

• A plane had gone through a storm.

• There are not enough details to answer the question.