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PARAPROFESSIONAL Reading, Writing
& Math Knowledge Application Study
Guide
In general, informative texts try to accomplish which of the following goals? - ✔To persuade the reader. Explain a topic to the reader. In the following sentence, which type of contextual clue helps determine the meaning of punctual? I wish more of my students were punctualto class, instead of arriving five minutes late every day. - ✔Comparison. What type of figurative language is the following phrase an example of? She has an infinite number of antique glass vases in her collection. - ✔Hyperbole. Which of the following questions helps reveal the theme of a story? - ✔What message does the author send about the conflict, subject, character, or actions in the story? Which of the following statements is a fact? - ✔The dog dragged a bone out of the trash last night. Which of the following parts of a bookis a list of literary works used by the author while writing the text? - ✔Bibliography. What is the topic sentence of the following paragraph?
Some students may need more help than others when it comes to learning, listening, and behaving. A teacher may decide that a student simply needs one-on-one attention to make gains on a lesson. On the other hand, the teacher may decide that a student needs highly specialized help from a defined support program within the school, district, or community. Students who need extra help have a variety of resources available to them. - ✔Some students may need more help than others when it comes to learning, listening, and behaving. In a narrative text, the author's purposemay NOT be defined as which of the following? - ✔To confuse the reader. Which of the following could be a setting in a narrative text? - ✔A forest. Which of the following statements best defines character in a narrative text? - ✔Any figures that play a part in the story. What type of figurative language is the following phrase an example of? She was a gazelle when she ran. - ✔Metaphor. The bold letters of the following words are examples of which word part? antibacterial, antebellum, inappropriate, nonsmoker, perimeter - ✔Prefix Which of the following statements most accurately defines the term affix? - ✔The letters, syllables, or words added to a base word. Which of the following statements most accurately defines the description text structure ? - ✔A text structure in which characteristics, features, and examples are used to explain a topic. Which of the following words has a suffix? - ✔Fearless.
They spread out a delicious picnic on the blanket. - ✔Delicious. How should the punctuation in the following sentence be corrected? My small, brown dog doesnt usually run across the street or into other yards. - ✔Insert an apostrophe between the nand t in the word doesnt. Which of the following sentences uses a linking verb? - ✔I am upset that I must leave early. How should the punctuation in the following sentence be corrected? I was married on February 15 2006, in New York. - ✔Insert a comma between 15 and
Which word in the following sentence is a pronoun? Janie wanted to open the windows, but they were painted shut. - ✔They. Which term will make the following statement true? Subtraction is the inverse operation of _______. - ✔Addition. Solve for b in the following equation. 6b - 5 = 25 - ✔b = 5 Which of the following is an expressionrepresenting the sum of 5 times x and 14times m ? - ✔5x + 14m If k = 2, m = 8, and n = 6, what is the simplified version of the expression 3k + 3m - 3n?
- ✔ 12 Which of the following is an expressionrepresenting the difference of n and 43? - ✔n - 43
What is the perimeter of a square mirror with a width of 20 inches? - ✔80 in What type of triangle has three equal sides and three equal angles? - ✔Equilateral What is the area of a rectangle with a length of 6 mm and a width of 2 mm? - ✔ 12 mm^ What is the volume of a cube with a length of 10 m? - ✔1000 m^ What is the perimeter of a trapezoid with two sides 5 cm long, the top 7 cm long, and the bottom 3 cm long? - ✔20 cm Which of the following statements most accurately defines a ray? - ✔A part of a line that has one endpoint and extends infinitely in the other direction. If length (l) is 10 in, width (w) is 3 in, and height (h) is 6 in, what is the volume of the following rectangular solid? - ✔180 in^
