Part A Part B

Test Scenario: The answer to Part A of a test question is given below. Answer Part B.

Part A: Which theme is developed in the passage?

Answer: Continue to believe in dreams.

Part B: Which sentence from the passage supports the theme in Part A?

• "The first few years of her life had been spent doing the usual things like learning words and burping."

• "When she was nine, she became best friends with Jezelle and they have been friends ever since."

• "To her dismay, she could not find many of the creatures that were in the journal."

• "She knew that one day she would search for it and she could not wait for the day when she would begin."

Test Scenario: The answer to Part A of a test question is given below. Answer Part B.

Part A: What can the reader infer from the poem about how the brook feels?

Answer: The brook sees itself as enduring while people change.

Part B: Which lines from the poem support the answer in Part A?

• I steal by lawns and grassy plots, / I slide by hazel covers; (lines 1-2)

• I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance. / Among my skimming swallows; (lines 5-6)

• I murmur under moon and stars / In brambly wildernesses; (lines 9-10)

• For men may come and men may go, / But I go on for ever. (lines 15-16)

The answer to Part A of a test question is given below. Answer Part B.

Based on the information in the passage, what inference can be made about Cleopatra?

Answer: She befriended people in order to maintain control.

Which sentence(s) support the answer in Part A?

• "In 51 BC, when her father died, Cleopatra and her younger brother inherited the throne."

• "She was forced to flee to Syria, where she put together her own army and planned her return."

• "Cleopatra knew she needed Caesar's support to win back her power and to preserve Egypt's independence. She introduced herself, and soon the two became close."

• "Young Caesarion became Cleopatra's co-ruler after both Caesar and Ptolemy XIV died. He was known as Ptolemy XV."

The answer to Part A of a test question is given below. Answer Part B. *You do not need the text to answer the question.

Part A: What can the reader infer about Ellie in the passage?

Answer: Ellie thinks Jerome will lose because he is not measuring things carefully the way she does.

Part B: Which sentence supports the answer in Part A?

• 'I just wish I could make a main course instead of having to bake something,' Jerome said.

• When Jerome arrived, he took the bowl Ellie meant to use for her flour mixture.

• 'Aren't you worried that you'll put in the wrong amount?' Ellie asked.

• She was busy putting her spices back in order again.

Which metaphor best represents this image?

c

time is money

time is green

money is time

time is like moeny

To make an inference, the reader must use ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   to understand what the author does not say in the text.

• text evidence

• background knowledge

• dictionary

• highlighter

Label this basic plot diagram.

a

b

c

d

e

Rising action

Falling action

Climax

Resolution

Introduction

This image is an example of _______.

c

personification

hyperbole

metaphor

inference

Test Scenario: The answer to Part A of a test question is given below. Answer Part B.

Part A: Which word best describes Chris's attitude toward the four-leaf clover in the story?

Answer: Hopeful

Part B: Which sentence supports the answer in Part A?

• "He pulled out a carefully folded napkin, opened it up, and held it out to Jessie."

• "Chris carefully refolded the napkin around the clover, placed the napkin back in the pocket, and zipped the pocket shut."

• "He hoped he'd have good luck again and Grandma would have a fresh batch of gingerbread cookies cooling on the rack."

• "Chris tugged at his sister's arm. 'Do you know why we stopped?'"

The answer to Part A of a test question is given below. Answer Part B.

Part A: What can the reader infer about Rawlings?

Answer: She loved writing from an early age.

Part B: Which sentence supports the answer in Part A?

• "She was born in Washington, D.C., in 1896, spent much of her childhood in Wisconsin, and died in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1953."

• "She was first published in The Washington Post at age 11, and she won a national writing contest for McCall's magazine when she was 16."

• "Early in her career, she worked as a newspaper reporter while pursuing her dream of writing fiction."

• "Perhaps her most famous book is The Yearling, about a boy who adopts a fawn, which was also made into a movie."