Reading Informational and Literature Practice #1

Which is the BEST idea for employee retention?

• A. Threaten to fire employees who come to work late.
• B. Let employees know when a promotion is coming up.
• C. Offer bonuses for employees who do a good job.
• D. Allow employees to leave early on their birthdays.

Which candy slogan has a negative connotation?

• A. “A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play.”
• B. “Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don’t.”
• C. “There’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s!”
• D. “Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!”

Which sentence expresses an opinion, rather than a fact?

• A. The American Civil War was an internal conflict fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. B. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America. C. The Union won the war, which remains the bloodiest in U.S. history. D. The war ended with the justly surrender of all the Confederate armies and the dissolution of the Confederate government in the spring of 1865.
• B. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America.
• C. The Union won the war, which remains the bloodiest in U.S. history.
• D. The war ended with the justly surrender of all the Confederate armies and the dissolution of the Confederate government in the spring of 1865.

Angela was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of work involved with the experiment on photosynthesis. Which dictionary definition BEST matches the word “volume” in this sentence?

• A. a book forming part of a work or series
• B. the amount of space that a substance or object occupies
• C. the amount or quantity of something, especially when great
• D. fullness or expansive thickness of something

Which of these BEST describes informational text?

• A. Fiction, headings, bolded vocabulary, illustrations
• B. Non-fiction, bolded vocabulary, characterization
• C. Both fiction and non-fiction, headings, characterization
• D. Non-fiction, headings, bolded vocabulary, illustrations

She rode to the edge of the pond and looked at the steer unhappily. She was loath to get out in the mud herself. But the annoying steer kept up its crying, and made no effort to get clear of the bog on its own. Which word from this excerpt BEST helps the reader understand what the word “loath” means?

• A. unhappily
• B. mud
• C. herself
• D. crying

Which of these is a literary allusion?

• A. Moses freed the slaves of Egypt.
• B. Rena was a Scrooge when it came to money.
• C. Tina was Abe Lincoln while on trial.
• D. Anne Frank lived in the attic for over two years.

Which of these is a historical allusion?

• A. Moses freed the slaves of Egypt.
• B. Rena was a Scrooge when it came to money.
• C. Tina was Abe Lincoln while on trial.
• D. Anne Frank lived in the attic for over two years.

Which of these combines a real event or real person’s unusual life story with exaggeration and heroic actions?

• A. Fairytale
• B. Fable
• C. Legend
• D. Myth

If you are spontaneous, you are

• A. bored
• B. impulsive
• C. attractive
• D. unusual