EOC Reading Practice

Based on context clues in the passage below, trifle means ______________.
Her cat was dying, and she worried about a trifle like her torn dress!

• Little

• Giant

• Everything

• Hopeful

Again they searched meticulously, but no keys.  Where could they be?  They've looked EVERYWHERE! If you did something meticulously, you would be-

• feeling silly.

• working very carefully.

• trying to finish quickly.

• trying to find something.

The perspective from which the story is told. It could be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.

• climax

• point of view

• description

• opinion

The type of writing that tells a story and can be actual (non-fiction) or fictional. It may be expressed orally or in writing.

• narrative

• climax

• alliteration

• fact

The arrangements of events in a story is called the

• climax

• point of view

• plot

• narrative

the time and place in which the story occurs

• setting

• theme

• figurative language

• conflict

language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special mood or feeling

• figurative language

• meter

• conflict

• resolution

the main idea of a story, the message the author wants to communicate

• resolution

• conflict

• theme

• opinion

the main source of drama or tension in a story. A struggle can be internal or external.

• compare/contrast

• conflict

• resolution

• meter

What is the main idea of a passage called?

• Theme

• Setting

• Plot

• Character