SSAT Practice Test (Lower Level: Reading) Flashcards
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In a passage about honeybees, the author says they 'communicate through an elaborate waggle dance.' What does the word 'elaborate' most likely mean?
Answer: Detailed and complex
Elaborate means highly developed, detailed, or complex in nature.
A story begins: 'Maya clutched her umbrella and glanced at the darkening sky.' What can you infer?
Answer: It might rain soon
The darkening sky and the umbrella both suggest rain is coming.
Which text structure is used when a passage lists causes and their effects?
Answer: Cause and effect
Cause and effect structure explains why events happen and what results from them.
A passage says wolves are 'apex predators.' What does 'apex' most likely mean?
Answer: Top
Apex means the top or peak, so an apex predator is at the top of the food chain.
What is the main purpose of a nonfiction text that explains how volcanoes form?
Answer: To inform readers about a scientific process
Explanatory nonfiction texts aim to inform readers about how or why something occurs.
In a poem, the author writes 'the wind whispered secrets.' What literary device is used?
Answer: Personification
Giving human qualities (whispering) to a non-human thing (wind) is personification.