SSAT Practice Test (Upper Level: Reading) 4

Question 1

A passage describes events in the order they happened. This text structure is:

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Chronological

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Compare and contrast

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Problem and solution

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Cause and effect

Question 2

The word 'reluctant' in "a reluctant volunteer" suggests the person is:

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Unwilling

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Eager

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Skilled

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Confident

Question 3

An author calls winter 'a thief that steals the daylight.' Giving winter human action is:

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Personification

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Hyperbole

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Allusion

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Metaphor only

Question 4

Which sentence is the best summary of a passage about how bees help crops grow by spreading pollen?

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Bees support agriculture by pollinating plants.

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Bees make honey in hives.

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Farmers use tractors in fields.

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Flowers bloom in spring.

Question 5

An author's use of phrases like 'breathtaking' and 'magnificent' reveals their attitude, or:

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Tone

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Plot

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Setting

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Syntax

Question 6

In "The crowd roared like thunder," the comparison uses the word:

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Like

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Roared

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Crowd

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Thunder

Question 7

A character who says one thing but clearly means the opposite is using:

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Verbal irony

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Foreshadowing

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Dialogue tag

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Exposition