That's Pretty Clever! Characters in The Number Devil

Question 1

Which kind of punctuation tells the reader to end the sentence with a higher tone of voice?

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A: a question mark

Question 2

Remember: a fluent reader thinks about phrasing. To read aloud smoothly, a reader groups words that go together and only takes a breath after saying the complete phrase.If you were reading from The Number Devil, which words would you say together as group? Check all that apply.played tricksmiddle of the nightdreamed that the waiting for himthe bike had

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A: played tricks; B: middle of the night; D: waiting for him

Question 3

Which aspects of the passages affect how you would read them aloud? Check all that apply.

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A: The passages have different kinds of punctuation marks to end sentences.; D: One passage has narration; the other has dialogue.

Question 4

What kind of tone should be used to express how the number devil feels when he says, “Wrong!”

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D: angry

Question 5

Which words were said with emphasis when read aloud?

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C: ✔ stop, help

Question 6

✔ italics and exclamation pointscapital letters and periodsverbs and commas

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A: ✔ italics and exclamation points

Question 7

What best describes the value of reading this text out loud more than once to improve fluency?

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: The reader knows what to expect after reading once.; : quotation marks; : I change my voice to sound like the characters.; : the numbers

Question 8

What best describes the value of reading this text out loud more than once to improve fluency?

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B: ✔ The reader knows what to expect after reading once.

Question 9

question marks✔ quotation marksperiods

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B: ✔ quotation marks

Question 10

I read loudly when I get to dialogue.I read slowly and gently for character speech.✔ I change my voice to sound like the characters.

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C: ✔ I change my voice to sound like the characters.

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