Reading for information exam review

What is making an inference?

• Finding the important details of the text

• identifying sentence fragments

• using the information you know and the information from the text to make a guess

• using the information from the text to edit the article

Which of the following would be considered an informational text?

• A book about a cat who has nine lives.

• A magazine article on how to grow tomatoes.

• A story about a big red dog that is as big as a house.

• An article about aliens invading New York.

Read the following text: Many people believe that Christopher Columbus discovered the United States but that is simply not true. Leif Erikson landed his ship in North America 500 years before Columbus.

What is the explicit message?

• Christopher Columbus was not the first person to land in North America.

• Christopher Columbus was not smart.

• Leif Erikson is old.

• Christopher Columbus discovered America first.

What is an explicit message?

• A message that is hidden

• A message that is clearly stated

• A message that you can infer from the details

• A message that is loud

What is an implicit message?

• A message that you can infer from the details

• A message that is clearly stated

• A message that is hidden

• A message that is loud

Which of the following details support the message, 'Elephants have strong family bonds and a gentle nature.'

• Elephants live for hundreds of years.

• Elephants are fascinating, huge, creatures.

• Elephants in the wild form close family units that work together to protect each other.

• Elephants are some of the biggest, most dangerous creatures on earth.

Which of the following details would not support the message, 'Elephants are gentle and caring creatures.'

• Elephants take care of their young and form close bonds.

• Elephants are social animals that love community.

• Elephants are fierce and can crush a human with one step.

• Elephants protect their young and the young of their community.

If you know that whales are mammals and that most mammals feed their young with milk, what inference can you make about whales?

• Whales lay eggs.

• Baby whales drink milk when they are young.

• Whales do not have backbones.

• All mammals except baby whales drink milk when they are young.

What is the main idea of this passage:

Before electricity, people lit their homes using candles and oil lamps. Candles were sticks made of wax with a burning wick, creating a warm and flickering glow. Oil lamps had a container for oil and a wick, providing a steady flame. Families had to be careful with these methods to avoid accidents, but the soft glow added a cozy and magical feel to homes in the past.

• Oil lamps were used with a container for oil and a wick.

• People used candles made of wax.

• Before there was electricity, people used fire in different ways to light their homes.

• Candles and oil lamps were expensive.

Before electricity, people lit their homes using candles and oil lamps. Candles were sticks made of wax with a burning wick, creating a warm and flickering glow. Oil lamps had a container for oil and a wick, providing a steady flame. Families had to be careful with these methods to avoid accidents, but the soft glow added a cozy and magical feel to homes in the past.

What detail in this paragraph showed that oil lamps need fire to burn?

• Oil lamps had a container for oil and a wick providing a steady flame.

• Before electricity, people lit their homes using candles and oil lamps.

• Candles were sticks made of wax with a burning wick, creating a warm and flickering glow.