Chapter 9
User Teresa Lynn Shelton Course Educ 342: Developmental Reading Spring 2012 Test Ch. 9 Started 4/4/12 10:28 PM Submitted 4/5/12 1:06 AM Status Completed Score 34 out of 40 points Time Elapsed 2 hours, 37 minutes. Instructions
User Teresa Lynn Shelton Course Educ 342: Developmental Reading Spring 2012 Test Ch. 9 Started 4/4/12 10:28 PM Submitted 4/5/12 1:06 AM Status Completed Score 34 out of 40 points Time Elapsed 2 hours, 37 minutes. Instructions
- Question 1 1 out of 1 points
The way authors organize ideas in stories, informational books, and poems is referred to asAnswer Correct Answers: text structure.
- Question 2 1 out of 1 points
How do graphic organizers help students learn about text structure?Answer Correct Answers: Students can visualize the big ideas and see the connections between ideas and vocabulary.
- Question 3 1 out of 1 points
Which of the following is NOT a narrative text genre?Answer Correct Answers: cause and effect
- Question 4 1 out of 1 points
A story that focuses on the conflict between good and evil and often involves quests is calledAnswer Correct Answers: high fantasy
- Question 5 1 out of 1 points
The perspective that a story is told from is which story element?Answer Correct Answers: point of view
- Question 6 0 out of 1 points
Which of the following is NOT a common literacy device?Answer Correct Answers: problem and solution
- Question 7 1 out of 1 points
When authors use descriptive or sensory words and phrases to convey a certain picture in the reader's mind or a certain sense of smell or taste, it is calledAnswer Correct Answers: using imagery.
- Question 8 1 out of 1 points
Which of the following is NOT one of the most common expository text structures?Answer Correct Answers: contemporary fiction
- Question 9 1 out of 1 points
An author lists items or events in numerical or chronological order. What type of text structure is this?Answer Correct Answers: sequence
- Question 10 0 out of 1 points
Information books have all but which of the following text features?Answer Correct Answers: detailed illustrations to support the text's content
- Question 11 1 out of 1 points
The most common type of poetry isAnswer Correct Answers: rhymed verse.
- Question 12 1 out of 1 points
When students create poems by cutting words from various sources and then manipulating the words into poems, they are creatingAnswer Correct Answers: found poems.
- Question 13 0 out of 1 points
The conflict of a story isAnswer Correct Answers: the main problem.
- Question 14 1 out of 1 points
Expository text can also be calledAnswer Correct Answers: nonfiction.
- Question 15 0 out of 1 points
What is the best reason explaining why teachers need to know about story elements?Answer Correct Answers: to understand how authors craft a story
- Question 16 1 out of 1 points
Mrs. Cartelli listens as two children in her class animatedly and excitedly discuss a story about a boy who travels in the future. She begins to think of other stories they might like. What aspect of story will she most likely focus on?Answer Correct Answers: setting
- Question 17 1 out of 1 points
Ms. Plante asks her students to use a graphic organizer to determine the beginning, middle, and end of a story. She is helping her students focus onAnswer Correct Answers: plot.
- Question 18 1 out of 1 points
Mr. Fair tells his fifth graders that sometimes authors attribute human characteristics to animals and objects. He gives the example of "the moss crept across the sidewalk." He is teaching his students aboutAnswer Correct Answers: personification.
- Question 19 1 out of 1 points
Which of the following does NOT represent how children learn story structure?Answer Correct Answers: by making KWL charts
- Question 20 1 out of 1 points
Which of the following poetic forms is NOT concerned with syllables and line patterns?Answer Correct Answers: acrostic
- Question 21 1 out of 1 points
The term used to describe the way in which authors organize ideas in stories, informational books, and poems is:Answer Correct Answer: text structure - Question 22 1 out of 1 points
Longer stories written in a chapter format are referred to as:Answer Correct Answer: novels - Question 23 1 out of 1 points
A novel began with the sentences, “I knew sixth grade would be hard when we got lots of homework on the first day. I would no longer have time to play basketball after school.” Those sentences show that the novel was written in:Answer Correct Answer: first-person viewpoint - Question 24 1 out of 1 points
When children write poetry, they should be:Answer Correct Answer: free to experiment with many forms - Question 25 1 out of 1 points
Themes that are stated openly and clearly in a story are:Answer Correct Answer: explicit themes - Question 26 1 out of 1 points
A term used to describe brief narratives designed to teach a moral is:Answer Correct Answer: fable - Question 27 1 out of 1 points
Nicole and Madison wanted to read a poem together. They found a poem that was written in two columns and each student practiced reading a column. These students performed a:Answer Correct Answer: poem for two voices - Question 28 0 out of 1 points
Informational books are organized in:Answer Correct Answer: narrative text structures - Question 29 1 out of 1 points
A third grade class read a story about a girl who had the power to make rain or snow fall from the sky whenever she wished. That story is an example of a(n):Answer Correct Answer: fantasy text - Question 30 1 out of 1 points
1. When categorizing books, biographies can be considered:Answer Correct Answer: informational books - Question 31 1 out of 1 points
When students understand the unique characteristics of genres, they are better able to:Answer Correct Answer: anticipate the structure of text - Question 32 1 out of 1 points
Myths about heroes and heroines who have done something important enough to be remembered in a story form are referred to as:Answer Correct Answer: legends - Question 33 1 out of 1 points
Good novels have fully developed main characters. One way in which characters can be developed is through:Answer Correct Answer: Dialogue - Question 34 1 out of 1 points
To complete a homework assignment, Richard searched several books and found the names of historic battlefields in Pennsylvania. In this situation, Richard took an:Answer Correct Answer: efferent stance - Question 35 1 out of 1 points
The underlying meaning of a story that embodies general truths about human nature is referred to as the story’s:Answer Correct Answer: theme - Question 36 0 out of 1 points
Authors use many literary devices to make their writing more vivid and memorable. When authors overstate or stretch the truth to make obvious and intentional exaggerations for a special effect, those authors are using:Answer Correct Answer: hyperbole - Question 37 1 out of 1 points
In many folktales, the story’s setting is relatively unimportant. Settings with little elaboration are considered:Answer Correct Answer: backdrop settings - Question 38 1 out of 1 points
A group of third-grade students read a novel in which the theme was not stated clearly in the story. As they were reading, these students uncovered the theme by making inferences as they read. Themes that must be inferred from the story are considered:Answer Correct Answer: implicit themes - Question 39 1 out of 1 points
Many children’s books, such as Charlotte’s Web, contain animals that speak and show other human characteristics. A technique in which authors attribute human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects is known as:Answer Correct Answer: personification - Question 40 1 out of 1 points
After reading the novel Because of Winn-Dixie, a group of fifth-grade students collected their favorite words and sentences from the novel and composed a poem. Poems that are made by culling words and sentences from various sources are referred to as:Answer Correct Answer: found poems