Reading Comprehension Final

Your reading comprehension exam has 4 parts. It is on Tuesday.

PLEASE CHECK HERE ON MONDAY, I WILL HAVE THE ANSWERS AND THE STORIES AND POEMS YOU NEED TO READ!!!

The first part is reading a story and answering the questions. There are four short answer questions and 7 multiple choice questions. You will need to make a story time line, explain the plot, describe the characters, and compare two characters using a Venn Diagram. Then you will have to answer multiple choice questions about the story to see if you understood it.
You should know what these words mean: story time line, plot, conflict, climax, resolution, characters, protagonist, antagonist, and narrator.

The second part of the final you have to read three poems and answer multiple choice questions.
You need to know what a rhyme is.

You will then have to write a short paragraph about the poems.

The next part of your final is matching. There are 10 words.
a. fiction
b. simile
c. plot
d. character
e. author
f. setting
i. nonfiction
j. metaphor
k. rhyme
l. poem

Try to match them here:

1._____________ The person who writes a story or essay.
2._____________ Where and when a story takes place
3._____________ Her eyes are stars.
4._____________ A story that isn't true with characters and plot.
5._____________ Writing that describes something using short lines instead of paragraphs, and usually has rhymes and rhythm.
6._____________ The main problem of a story.
7._____________ The girl's face looked like an orange.
8._____________ Someone in a story
9._____________ Writing that is true, like an article in a newspaper.
10._____________ Two words that end in the same sound, like “book” and “look”

The last part of your final is recognizing metaphors and similies. Remember, metaphors say someone IS something, and similies say they are like something.

Try labeling these as metaphors or similes.
1. Her hair was as soft as a kitten.
2. My mother is a witch.
3. My father is a growling dog.
4. My dog is as boring as an old man.
5. My teacher is like a howling monkey.
6. The runner was as fast as a cheetah.
7. My grandmother´s face looks like dried fruit.
8. School is prison.
9. Math is like torture.
10. Potatoes are like eating dead cockroaches.