Springboard Unit 2 Review

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Springboard Unit 2 Review

• Answer questions correctly to score a base hit
  for your team!

2
What are the 5 parts of the plot diagram in order?
3
What is the most important point in a passage
called?
4
Give an example of alliteration.
5
Which statement uses appropriate capitalization
and punctuation?

1. I studied for the test before playing video
   games.
2. I studied for the test before playing video
   games.
3. before playing video games, I studied for the
   test.
4. before playing video games I studied for the test.

6
Which word(s) in the following passage help you
understand what hover means?

• Have you ever watched a hummingbird fly? This
  small American bird with bright plumage can fly
  sideways, backwards, and upside down. Amazingly,
  a hummingbird is also able to hover, hanging in
  the air over a certain spot, like a helicopter.
  When flying, hummingbirds flap their wings about
  90 times per second. They flutter their wings so
  fast that you cant see their wings at all. You
  can only hear the humming sound that their
  fluttering makes.

7
How do you recognize the main idea of a
passage?A. Many details are provided to
support the idea.B. The idea is emphasized
throughout the passage.C. The idea is what
readers should remember most about the
passage.D. All of the above
8
Which sentence combines these two fragments
correctly?At the last secondthe ball in the net

1. At the last second the ball dropped in the net.
2. At the last second, the ball dropped in the net.
3. At the last second, and the ball dropped in the
   net.
4. At the last second, the ball in the net.

9
True or False?To recognize a main idea, the
reader should pay attention to the important
point to which all facts included in the passage
add up to.
10
What is a simile?
11
Give an example of an external conflict.
12
Which part of the plot ties up loose ends and
gives the reader closure?
13
Which sentence uses correct punctuation of
dialogue?

1. Then I wont turn you loose said the lady.
2. Then I wont turn you loose, said the lady.
3. Then I wont turn you loose. said the lady.
4. Then I wont turn you loose, said the lady.

14
Read the following passage from Thank you,
Maam by Langston Hughes. What character traits
does Mrs. Jones exhibit?

• She was a large woman with a large purse that
  had everything
• in it but a hammer and nails. It had a long
  strap, and she carried it
• slung across her shoulder. It was about eleven
  oclock at night, dark,
• and she was walking alone, when a boy ran up
  behind her and tried
• to snatch her purse. The strap broke with the
  sudden single tug
• the boy gave it from behind. But the boys weight
  and the weight
• of the purse combined caused him to lose his
  balance. Instead of
• taking off full blast as he had hoped, the boy
  fell on his back on
• the sidewalk and his legs flew up. The large
  woman simply turned
• around and kicked him right square in his
  blue-jeaned sitter. Then
• she reached down, picked the boy up by his
  shirtfront, and shook
• him until his teeth rattled.

15
Which word(s) in the following passage help you
understand what evoke means?

• There are few names in American history that can
  still evoke images the way Daniel Boone can. The
  mention of Boones name calls to mind a rugged,
  tough, and handsome man who helped settle the
  state of Kentucky. Who was Daniel Boone really,
  and why is he still a renowned figure?

16
Name the most intense, exciting part of the plot.
17
What are facts and pieces of information that an
author includes to strengthen the main idea?
18
Which example of dialogue is written correctly?

• Where should we go for dinner asked Granny. How
  about Applebees replied Gramps?
• Granny asked, Where should we go for dinner
  tonight? How about Applebees? replied Gramps.
• Where should we go for dinner asked Granny.
• How about Applebees replied Gramps.
• Where should we go for dinner? asked Granny.
• How about Applebees? replied Gramps.

19
What are character traits?
20
Which type of figurative language is used below?

• When she learned she had won, Mandys smile was
  a burst of sunlight.

21
Which group would not be the intended audience
for a hard news story about recent tax increases?

1. Adults who have just gotten married
2. Senior citizens living on a fixed income
3. Middle school students who babysit
4. A store manager who just received a promotion

22
What is the main idea or lesson that an author
wants a reader to understand?
23
Which of the following would be the best question
to ask the director of the animal shelter if you
were doing a feature story on animals available
for adoption?

1. What other jobs have you held?
2. What is your least favorite part of your job?
3. Is this a no kill shelter?
4. What type of animals are currently available for
   adoption?

24
Which part of the plot advances the action by
introducing complications and building up
suspense?
25
In the following excerpt from Thank You Maam
by Langston Hughes, how does Hughes show
characterization?

• But you put yourself in contact with me, said
  the woman. If you think that that contact is not
  going to last awhile, you got another thought
  coming. When I get through with you, sir, you are
  going to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington
  Jones.

26
Why do writers use hyperbole?
27
What are the 5 Ws and the H questions?
28
Explain the difference between a hard news story
and a feature story.
29
Which statement LEAST helps you understand that
Byron is a bully?

1. As soon as I looked at him, Byron blasted me in
   the face with a mouthful of snow.
2. Byron rolled his eyes like he didnt care. All
   he did was tuck the blanket farther into the
   couch cushions
3. I must be adopted, there just aint no way two
   folks as ugly as your momma and daddy coulda give
   birth to someone as sharp as me.
4. If it had been me with my lips stuck on something
   like this hed have tortured me for a couple of
   days before getting help.

30
Which of the following titles contains
alliteration?

1. Thank You Maam
2. And You Wonder Why They Call Us the Weird
   Watsons
3. The Gathering of the Wild Animals
4. Persephone

31
What type of questions should be avoided in an
interview?
32
What is a graphic?
33
Which type of figurative language is used below?

• Only today I wish I didnt have only eleven
  years rattling inside me like pennies in a tin
  Band-Aid box.
• --Eleven by Sandra Cisneros

34
Who is the intended audience for a feature story
on how to apply make-up so that it looks natural?
35
Name at least 3 ways an author can show
characterization.
36
Which type of figurative language is used below?

• Theresa ate the entire pizza in roughly three
  seconds.

37
Which of the following would be the least
appropriate graphic to use in a news story about
flooding in Haiti?

1. A current map of Haiti
2. A picture of Haitian children playing on a sunny
   day
3. Pictures of damage caused by the flood
4. Video clips of people trying to repair their
   homes after the flood

38
What is a trickster character
39
Which part of the plot introduces the characters
and setting before the action is revealed?
40
Which type of figurative language is used below?

• Her mouth was as dry as a desert.

41
Make up a metaphor.
42
What is the theme of the following passage?

• Elaine laid out a map of the United States
  across the kitchen table and called her family
  into the room. On the map she pointed to a large
  star sticker shed placed over Lexington, their
  hometown. Then she pointed to a circle shed
  drawn over Seattle, the city where they would be
  spending their vacation. For thirty minutes,
  Elaine described the routes that they would drive
  on the way to Seattle, the places they would see,
  and the towns where they would sleep. She also
  told everyone how long each drive would take and
  what time they would leave each morning to see as
  much as they could. Three weeks later, when the
  trip was over, the whole family looked back with
  amazement at how much they were able to see and
  how much fun they had on vacation.

43
Which sentence uses dialogue correctly?

1. Joan thought about her choices and then told her
   parents, I am going to major in chemistry.
2. Joan thought about her choices and then told her
   parents I am going to major in chemistry.
3. Joan thought about her choices and then told her
   parents, I am going to major in chemistry.
4. Joan thought about her choices and then told her
   parents, I am going to major in chemistry.