Arkansas Foundations of Reading Exam Text Structure and Literary Elements 3

Question 1

Which of the following best describes the 'problem and solution' text structure?

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The author identifies an issue and proposes one or more remedies

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The author lists descriptive facts and details about a topic

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The author compares two or more subjects point by point

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The author describes events in the order they happened

Question 2

The mood of a text refers to:

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The emotional atmosphere the reader experiences while reading

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The author's attitude toward the subject matter

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The main theme or central lesson of the story

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The narrator's perspective throughout the text

Question 3

Which literary element establishes the time and place in which a story occurs?

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Setting

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Plot

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Theme

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Conflict

Question 4

An autobiography differs from a biography in that:

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An autobiography is written by the subject themselves

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An autobiography is fictional while a biography is factual

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A biography typically covers only one period of a person's life

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An autobiography focuses exclusively on historical events

Question 5

Which literary device makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

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Metaphor

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Personification

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Hyperbole

Question 6

Signal words like 'first,' 'next,' 'then,' and 'finally' most strongly indicate which text structure?

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Sequential/chronological order

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Compare and contrast

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Cause and effect

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Description

Question 7

When teaching students to identify text structure, a teacher notices a passage that first describes a drought affecting crops and then explains how farmers used irrigation to address it. Which text structure does this passage use?

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Problem and solution

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Descriptive

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Compare and contrast

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Cause and effect