Know It All! Grades 9-12 Reading

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We know what it takes to succeed in the classroom and on tests. This book includes strategies that are proven to improve student performance. We provide

• content review, detailed lessons, and practice exercises modeled on the skills tested by standardized tests
• proven test-taking skills and techniques such as how to determine the main idea of a passage and write answers to open-response questions

Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction for Parents and Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Student Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
The Chapters
Chapter 1: Multiple-Choice and Open-Response Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Chapter 2: Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Chapter 3: Vocabulary in Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Chapter 4: Fact and Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Brain Booster 1: Review of Chapters 1–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Chapter 5: Main Idea, Summary, and Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Chapter 6: Inferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Chapter 7: Genre and Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Brain Booster 2: Review of Chapters 5–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Chapter 8: Comparing and Contrasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Chapter 9: Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Chapter 10: Literary Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Brain Booster 3: Review of Chapters 8–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Chapter 11: Figurative Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Chapter 12: Point of View and Characterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Chapter 13: Conflict, Plot, Setting, and Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Brain Booster 4: Review of Chapters 11–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Chapter 14: Cause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Chapter 15: Using Graphic Organizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Chapter 16: Using Informational Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Brain Booster 5: Review of Chapters 14–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Know It All! Practice Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Introduction to Know It All! Practice Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Answer Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Answers to Chapters and Brain Boosters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Answers and Explanations for the Know It All! Practice Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205