Fast Prep ELA

Read this sentence from the story.

Theo walked inside the house but his heart sank when Mr. Parker said, “I want to introduce our new dog walker, Jo!” (paragraph 18)

Which phrase means the same as his heart sank as it is used in the sentence above?

• 
  he stopped breathing

• he became angry

• he felt pain

• he felt very sad

What does Theo infer after his first conversation with Mr. Parker?

• The Parkers will walk Horace themselves.

• He will help the Parkers find a dog walker.

• He will be the Parker's dog walker.

• The Parkers will not change how often they walk Horace.

As a teenager in Ghana in the 1930s, Esther Afua Ocloo started making and selling her own marmalade to local shoppers. Hoping to turn her efforts into a successful business, she applied for loans, but banks assumed she would not make large profits and refused to lend her money. Undaunted, Ocloo continued to work hard to grow her business. She used the proceeds from her sales to buy more supplies and gain new customers. After winning a contract to supply marmalade to the military, she finally convinced a bank to grant her a loan. Over time, Ocloo helped establish an organization that provides small loans to women-owned businesses. What is the meaning of undaunted as used in the passage?

• not discouraged by a challenge

• not able to improve

• not sure of what to do next

• not ready to start your day

How does the sentence above help the reader understand Theo's problem?

• It shows he is angry that he doesn't get an allowance.

• It shows he wants the comic books very much and can't buy them.

• It shows he can earn money to buy the comic books.

• It shows he may be able to get the Parkers to give him comic books as a gift.

The emotional and/or figurative meaning of a word

• Denotation

• Context Clues

• Figurative Language

• Connotation

• Imagery

‘As David drove toward the Greenville suburb where Landon lived with his mother, the guilt gnawed at him.’

What is given human characteristics in this statement?

• David's Guilt

• David's Car

• David's Mother

• Landon's House

Read these sentences from the story. When Theo reached his street, he saw his elderly neighbors, the Parkers. The couple, who had lived in their house for more than forty years, was lounging on the porch. (Paragraph 2) What does the word elderly mean as it is used in the sentence above?

• Lazy

• Happy

• Old

• Energetic

Which sentence below supports the theme of the story: Do not count on something before it happens.

• After leaving the store, Theo decided to stop by the Parkers’ house and offer to start walking Horace right away.

• The Parkers weren’t on their porch, so he walked up to their door and knocked.

• “Well, hello, Theo,” said Mr. Parker when he opened the door. “You are just in time. Come inside, please.”

• Theo walked inside the house but his heart sank when Mr. Parker said, “I want to introduce our new dog walker, Jo!”

What is the definition of theme?

• The authors side in an argumentative text.

• What the story is about

• The lesson learned from the story

• How the story's conflict is resolved

• Where and when the story takes place

When a character in a story learns a lesson about honesty after telling a lie, what is this an example of?

• Irony

• Theme

• Setting

• Conflict