Unit 1 Mid-Comprehensive Quiz
1.
A genre that occurs in a real place and time with some characters and events that are fictional.
a. Realistic fiction
c. Science fiction
b. Historical fiction
d. Adventure fiction
2.
Connecting what is in the text with what is in the mind to create an educated guess.
a. Connection
c. Context clue
b. Summary
d. Inference
3.
When doing vocabulary, a word that means the same thing.
a. Antonym
b. Definition
c. Synonym
d. Part of Speech
When doing vocabulary, a word that means the opposite.
a. Antonym
b. Definition
c. Synonym
d. Part of Speech
A strategy that helps you understand and remember new material.
a. Part of speech
b. Note-taking
c. Reading log
d. Skimming
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6.
A strategy that should include the main idea and significant details in a text.
a. Vocabulary Square
c. STEAL notes
b. DISSECT Strategy
d. Summary
7.
The sequence of events that make up a story.
a. Plot
b. Theme
c. Timeline
d. Climax
The part of a story that includes the characters and setting.
a. Rising Action
b. Falling Action
c. Exposition
d. Resolution
The main part of a word that contains the essential meaning.
a. Prefix
b. Suffix
c. Root
d. Affix
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10. The part of the word before the stem.
a. Prefix
b. Suffix
c. Root
d. Affix
11. What do the roots jur, jus, and jud mean?
a. Rule
b. Law
c. To cut
d. To write
12. What does the root cred mean?
a. Believe
b. Law
c. To cut
d. To write
13. When you try to make excuses for your actions, whether they are right or wrong, you are offering what?
a. Justice
c. Credentials
b. Justification
d. Credit
14. If you owe someone money, who do you need to pay back?
a. Jurist
b. Judge
c. Accreditation
d. Creditor
15. What do the roots mal and male mean?
a. Bad
b. Good
c. To break
d. Together
16. What do the roots ben, bene, and bon mean?
a. Bad
b. Good
c. To break
d. Together
17. Which word describes a sad feeling?
a. Malevolent
b. Bonus
c. Dismal
d. Beneficial
18. What do we call an act that shows an evil intent?
a. Benevolent
b. Malice
c. Malnourished
d. Beneficial
19. What does the root bio mean?
a. Life
b. To throw or toss
c. to speak
d. health
20. What kind of book are you reading if it’s about a Roman emperor and was written by a historical researcher?
a. Autobiography
c. Biography
b. Biology
d. Biopsy
21. What do the prefixes co- and com- mean?
a. Opposite
b. Together
c. Apart
d. Meeting
22. What do the prefixes contra- and counter- mean?
a. Before
b. One
c. Opposite
d. Same
23. He designed a machine to ____________the weights.
a. Counterbalance
b. Cohesive
c. Committee
d. Contrarian
24. When you bake a cake, you need to ______________ the ingredients.
a. Coexist
b. Contrast
c. Compare
d. Combine
25. What does the prefix sub- mean?
a. Under
b. Over
c. Beyond
d. Better
26. What does the prefix super- mean in the words superimpose and supervisor?
a. Over
c. Better
b. Under
d. More
27. This is a person who manages a company.
a. Subordinate
b. Supervisor
c. Superior
d. Subcutaneous
28. They had a __________of ornaments so the store put them on the clearance table.
a. Submerge
c. Surplus
b. Surtax
d. Superimposition
29. What does the suffix –ology mean?
a. Study of
b. Fear of
c. Love of
d. After
30. If you are interested in learning about how the mind works, which area will you study?
a. Graphology
c. Psychology
b. Bodyology
d. Zoology