Informational Text Vocab Review
1. Which sentence best reveals the author’s bias?
A. Those students who attend Farristown Middle are
the smartest bunch around!
B. Those students attend Farristown Middle School.
2. What is bias?
A. a thought or belief that is written down
B. a thought or belief that keeps someone from being
objective
C. a thought or belief that most people can agree upon
D. a thought or belief that is always true
3. Why is it so important to recognize bias?
A. so that you understand an author's perspective
B. so that you know if you are being persuaded
C. so that you can distinguish between fact and opinion
D. all of the above
4. How does an author's background affect an author's
bias?
A. an author's experience shapes his/her beliefs
B. an author's experience reinforces his/her beliefs
C. neither of these
D. both of these
5. Information backing up an author’s claim is known
as…
A. an inference.
B. textual evidence.
C. claims.
D. personal bias.
6. Students in an art class were surveyed to find if they
were interested in becoming artists.
This survey will most likely be biased.
A. True
B. False
7. Tone is the author's or narrator's attitude towards
the subject or topic being written about.
A. True
B. False
8. The attitude of the author towards his/her writing is
______.
A. tone
B. bias
C. plot
D. mood
9. To “analyze” text as a reader means to…
A. judge the text.
B. break apart and study the parts carefully.
C. tell how something works.
D. put it in your own words.
10. Which suffix means “able to be”?
A. full
B. ous
C. able
D. ness
11. A synonym for “stop” is
A. repining.
B. weary.
C. mouldering.
D. cease.
12. If you are tired, then you are
A. dreary.
B. weary.
C. cease.
D. biased.
13. An explicit message is a message that is
A. clearly stated.
B. suggested, or implied.
14. To suggest without directly saying means to
A. paraphrase.
B. opinion.
C. imply.
D. summarize.
15. After bombing a math test, your BFF says, “Wow,
you really did a great job on THAT test.”
The implied meaning from your friend is that
A. you did a darn good job.
B. you did a terrible job.
16. An implicit detail is a detail that
A. is directly stated in the text.
B. must be inferred from the text.
17. A synonym for tell is
A. repining.
B. weary.
C. convey.
D. influence.
18. "The rock flew across the wide river" is an example
of
A. personification.
B. rhyme.
C. imagery.
D. implicit details.
19. Which sentence best reveals a bias concerning
dogs?
A. Dogs are chosen as a pet among people of all ages.
B. Dogs can be one of the most annoying pets in the
entire universe.
20. _______ uses words that describe the five senses to
create a mental image of something.
A. Personification
B. Symbolism
C. Hyperbole
D. Imagery
21. “Explicit” means clearly stated.
A. True
B. False
22. Which suffix means “able to be”?
A. ible
B. ous
C. ity
D. ness
23. Cease : stop :: despair : ____.
(You read this analogy as _____ is to ____ as ___ is to
____.)
A. complaining
B. tiredness
C. hopelessness
D. tell
24. Which of the following literary devices paints a vivid
picture with words and helps the reader picture the
story in the mind?
A. metaphor
B. imagery
C. hyperbole
D. diom
25. A synonym for perspective is
A. tone.
B. contextual evidence.
C. background knowledge.
D. point of view.
26. An unbiased text reveals
A. no personal feelings towards the subject; only facts.
B. personal feelings towards the subject; opinions.
27. What does it mean to use explicit textual evidence?
A. read between the lines
B. use the information directly from the text
C. break down the information
D. add your own personal thoughts to the information
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28. If you see your homework assignment for tonight
written on the board, that would be an
A. observation.
B. inference.
29. It is dark outside at noon, so it's going to rain.
This is an example of an
A. observation.
B. inference.
30. To retell in few words is to _______.
A. predict
B. explain
C. infer
D. summarize
31. The term “inference” means to…
A. to give an answer based on imagination
B. to give a lie
C. to make a guess based on information given
D. to give a fact
32. A synonym for “affect” is
A. perspective.
B. influence.
C. paraphrase.
D. supporting details.
33. Putting the author's words in your own words is
called
A. summarizing.
B. grouping.
C. paraphrasing.
D. concluding.
34. When you determine the main idea of a text and
condense the significant details into one or two
sentences, you are
A. predicting.
B. evaluating.
C. summarizing.
D. judging.
35. Which prefix means “not”?
A. pre
B. in
C. able
D. ible
36. A perspective that conveys only factual information
is a(n) ________ perspective.
A. subjective
B. objective
37. A synonym for “statement” is
A. claim.
B. perspective.
C. biased perspective.
D. unbiased perspective.
38. Which word means “depressing and boring”?
A. cease
B. repining
C. mouldering
D. dreary
39. What the text is mainly about is known as the
A. summary.
B. central idea.
C. implied meaning.
D. background knowledge.
40. “Textual evidence” is best described as
A. evidence that cannot be found within the text.
B. inferences made from the text.
C. facts and details from the text.
D. indirectly stated information within the text.
41. The direct effects that someone or something has
on someone or something else is known as
A. central idea.
B. author’s attitude.
C. interaction.
D. implied meaning.
42. An unbiased account shows
A. only facts; no prejudice for or against something.
B. a prejudice for or against something.
Answers
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. D
12. B
13. A
14. C
15. B
16. B
17. C
18. A and C
19. B
20. D
21. A
22. A
23. C
24. B
25. D
26. A
27. B
28. A
29. B
30. D
31. C
32. B
33. A
34. C
35. B
36. B
37. A
38. D
39. B
40. C
41. C
42. A