1. FSA Practice #1!
Created by Educational Technology Network

2. Theme
Text Structure
Grammar
POV- Perspective
Vocab 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50

3. Theme– 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is ‘theme’ of a story & give an example?
ANSWER:
(Theme is THE MEssage; the lesson learned; the moral of the story; the ‘big picture’ & not specific to one story.)
(Ex.: Slow & steady wins the race. Never give up! True friends ‘have your back’.)

4. Theme – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
To identify a theme in a story, a reader can ask…
What is the setting?
Who is the narrator?
What has the character learned?
All of the above
ANSWER:
(What is ‘C’, ‘What has the character learned?’)

5. Theme– 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Themes can be all of the following EXCEPT
A revelation about life
Stated directly in the story
Not stated directly in the story
Suggested by details in the story
ANSWER:
(What is ‘B’? Themes are usually NOT directly stated in texts, but inferred.)

6. Theme– 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Which of the following statements about theme is TRUE?
A. Authors NEVER use the same theme twice.
B. Theme only happens in short stories.
C. The same theme only happens in poems.
D. The same themes occur in different stories/ different authors.
ANSWER:
(What is ‘D’, The same themes occur in different stories/..?)

7. Theme– 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. As he crossed a narrow bridge, he looked down and saw his reflection in the quiet water as if in a mirror. But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own. If he had stopped to think he would have known better. But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore. At last he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a foolish Dog he had been. What is the theme?
ANSWER:
(What is ‘Don’t be greedy. It can cause you to lose even more than you started with in the first place.)

8. Text Structure– 10 Points
QUESTION:
Name the five text structures…
ANSWER:
What are (1) chronological/sequence, (2) cause & effect, (3)compare & contrast, (4) problem & solution, and (5) description?

9. Text Structure– 20 Points
QUESTION:
Which text structure might you find ‘clue words’ or ‘key words’ like these?
Challenge, difficulty, problem, answer, resolved
ANSWER:
(What is problem/ solution?)

10. Text Structure– 30 Points
QUESTION:
Give an example of when an author might use the ‘compare & contrast’ text structure. Give some clue words as well.
ANSWER:
(What is when the author is writing a story about two historical figures, such as Benjamin Franklin and Fredrick Douglass? Clue words: same, different, similar, difference, like, unlike, however, instead of)

11. Text Structure– 40 Points
QUESTION:
What text structure is in the story below? Clue words?
This has been the worst summer in years for acorn production in Northeastern forests. While some may think this is not a big deal, in fact it is. If there are fewer acorns, it may result in a decrease in populations of squirrels and field mice. Since these animals are often hosts to insects, including ticks, the ticks will be on the move and more likely to bite humans. As a result, scientists expect to see an increase in the number of cases of Lyme Disease, an infection carried by ticks.
ANSWER:
(What is ‘cause & effect’? Clue words: may result, since, as
a result)

12. Text Structure– 50 Points
QUESTION:
What text structure is in the story below?
The school hallway carried the smell of wax, varnish, and cleaning supplies. Bright, yellow light glared into the hall through the freshly cleaned windows. This highlighted the deep scrapes in the lockers, the chips in the wall tiles, and the spider webs hanging in the corner.
ANSWER:
(What is Description? I know this because there are so many details, and it does NOT fit into any other text structure ‘category’.)

13. Grammar– 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is the subject of this sentence?
John looked out of the window to check the sky.
ANSWER:
(What is John?)

14. Grammar– 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is the predicate of the following sentence?
My friends are taking guitar lessons.
ANSWER:
(What is ‘are taking guitar lessons’?)

15. Grammar– 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is the adverb in these sentences?
Ruben & Jeanine often write on the white boards.
Mr. Humphrey gladly gave the announcements.
ANSWER:
(What are ‘often’ and ‘gladly’?) Adverbs ‘tweak’ the meaning of verbs, adjectives, other adverbs & clauses. They tell how, when, where, & why. They often end in ‘ly’.

16. Grammar– 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Is the sentence below an independent or dependent clause? Explain.
A field of imaginary unicorns.
ANSWER:
(What is a dependent clause? The reason is because it is incomplete. It only has a subject and has NO predicate.)

17. Grammar– 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is the independent clause in this sentence? Explain.
Without a word, the other two officers followed.
ANSWER:
(What is ‘the other two officers followed’? The reason is because it is a complete sentence/ complete thought, and it can ‘stand on its own’. It has both a subject and a predicate.)

18. POV - Perspective– 10 Points
QUESTION:
How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?
ANSWER:
(What is by looking at the pronouns like ‘I, my, and we’ that are being used when speaking.)

19. POV - Perspective– 20 Points
QUESTION:
What does ‘point of view’ and ‘perspective’ mean?
ANSWER:
(What is point of view? Point of view means 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person. You know the difference between them by looking at the pronouns.
What is perspective? Perspective means ‘whose eyes you are looking through’ or ‘who is talking’.)

20. POV - Perspective– 30 Points
QUESTION:
What pronouns would you use for each point of view?
1st, 2nd, or 3rd?
ANSWER:
(What are: 1st person- I, me, my, we, mine, ours
2nd person- you, yours
3rd person- he, she, it, they, him, her, his, hers)
1st (relates personal info), 2nd (puts you in story), 3rd (impersonal, formal,
facts)

21. POV - Perspective– 40 Points
QUESTION:
What is the point of view? How do you know?
How to grill by Steven Raichlen 
Once you have your grill assembled, the next thing to decide is where to put it.  A grill puts out a lot of heat, so you should position it several feet away from the side of the house or any plants or shrubbery.  You'll have an easier time with a spot that is sheltered from the wind.  When positioning a grill on a wooden deck, remember that sparks and live embers can fall from a charcoal grill.  
ANSWER:
(What is ‘second person’? I know this because of the pronouns, such as ‘you, you’ll’. )

22. POV - Perspective– 50 Points
QUESTION:
What is the point of view? How do you know?
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar.
 Leslie sat in front of Paul.  She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist.  Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him.  He wanted to pull a pigtail.  He wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank.  He thought it would be fun to tie the pigtails together, or better yet, tie them to her chair.  But most of all, he just wanted to pull one. 
ANSWER:
(What is ‘third person’? I know this because of the pronouns, ‘she, him, he, her, he…)

23. Vocab– 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is a prefix and a suffix? Give an example of each.
ANSWER:
(What is a prefix or suffix? A prefix is a word part that comes in the front of a word and changes its meaning. A suffix is a word part that comes at the end of a word and changes its meaning.)
Prefixes: un- (not), pre- (before), sub (under, below, 2ndary)
Suffixes: -ly (in a way that), -able (able to), -ist (a person who)

24. Vocab– 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is a homophone and give me two examples?
ANSWER:
(What is a homophone? A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word, but it has a different meaning. Two examples are: beach & beech, tern & turn)

25. Vocab– 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is a homograph, and give two examples?
ANSWER:
(What is a homograph is a word that is spelled the same but has a different meaning. Two examples of that are: (1) entrance- the way in or to mesmerize or capture one’s attention and (2) bow- a tie or to bend over at the waist)

26. Vocab– 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is a synonym? Give two synonyms for the following words:
Small
Big
ANSWER:
(What is a word that means the same or is similar? Synonyms: A) small: infinitesimal, microscopic, miniscule,
B) big: astronomical, substantial, humongous)

27. Vocab– 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Explain the difference between the homographs below.
Close & close
Project & project
Horse & hoarse
ANSWER:
(What are the following?
Close & Close- something is close to you & close the door
Project- an assignment & project the image on the whiteboard)
Horse- an animal & my throat is ‘hoarse’