FCATReleasedAssessmentTestRevised2011ItemAnalysisGrade32011

ContentFocus

Genre

QuestionStem

Analyzewordsintext

Story

12

Context

Article

18

Context

Article

23

MultipleMeaning

Article

25

Context

Story

27
28

Synonyms
Context

Story
Story

43

Context

Story

47

AnalyzewordsinText

55

Antonym

Story

Readthesesentencesfromthestory.Insertsentences.Theauthorsays,____to
showthat
Readthesesentencesfromthearticle.Insertsentences.Whichwordmeansalmost
theSAMEas________?
Readthissentencefromthearticle.Insertsentence.Whentheauthorsaysthatthe
_____were______,shemeansthat________.
Readthissentencefromthearticle.Insertsentence.Whichmeaningoftheword
_____isthesameoneusedinthesentenceabove?
Readthesesentencesfromthestory.Insertsentences.Whenthe_________,it
_____.
WhichpairofwordsfromthestoryhastheSAMEmeaning?
Readthesesentencesfromthestory.Insertsentences.Whenthe____wasaboutto
_____forthe_____,shemeantto__________.
Readthesesentencesfromthestory.Insertsentences.Whatisthemeaningofthe
word_____?
Readthesesentencesfromthestory.Insertsentences.When________saysthis,she
meansthat__________.
ChoosethewordthatmeanstheOPPOSITEof__________?

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36
50

AuthorsPerspective
AuthorsPurpose
Authorspurpose

Story
Story
Story

Vocabulary

AuthorsPurpose/Perspective

MDCPSDivisionofLanguageArts/Reading,2011

WithwhichstatementwouldtheauthorofthisstoryMOSTLIKELYagree?
Whydidtheauthorwritethestory_____________?
Basedonthestoryandthelastpictureonpage____,whatis________MOSTLIKELY
thinkingaboutas______________?

FCATReleasedAssessmentTestRevised2011ItemAnalysisGrade32011

ContentFocus

Genre

QuestionStem

Story

Whydoes_______thinkthatthe________looksalmostlike____________?

6
11
19
20
35
39
40
42
49

Relevantsupporting
details
Conclusions/inference
MainIdea
MainIdea
MainIdea
MainIdea
Chronologicalorder
ChronologicalOrder
MainIdea
Conclusions/inferences

Story
Article
Article
Article
Story
Story
Story
Story
Story

Whichofthesepeoplewoulda_______helptheMOST?
Whyis______sometimescalled________________?
________visited_________,becausehewantedto_____________.
WhichsentenceBESTtellswhatthearticleisabout?
WhichsentenceBESTtellswhatthestoryisabout?
TheLASTstepin______plantoprotecthimselffromthe_____isto_______.
WhoistheFIRSTpersonin_________familytoagreewithhim?
WhichsentenceBESTtellswhatthestoryisabout?
Whatdoes_______MOSTLIKELYwhisperinhermothersear?

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4
5
15
16
24
29
30
32
41

Cause
Cause
Cause
Cause
Effect
Cause
Cause
Effect
Cause
Cause

Story
Story
Story
Article
Article
Story
Story
Story
Story
Story

WhatistheMAINreason_______isboredatthebeginningofthestory?
Whydoes______walkverycarefullywhenhecarriesthe________?
WhatistheMAINreason______likestohave__________inher_______?
Whydid______send_______aSECONDgiftof___________?
WhathappenedtotheSECONDgroupof______sentby_________?
Whydoesthe_________fallinthe________?
Howisthe__________savedfromthe________?
The________swimsafterthe________becausethe_______wantsto_________.
Whydothe__________sparents________and_______AFTER_______?
Whydoes_____disappearforalittlewhileneartheendofthestory?

MainIdea,RelevantSupportingDetails,StronglyImpliedMessage,Inference,&ChronologicalOrder

Cause&Effect

TextStructure/OrganizationalPatterns
9
22

TextStructure
TextStructure

Story
Article

MDCPSDivisionofLanguageArts/Reading,2011

Howdoestheauthororganizethebeginningof_______________?
HowdoestheauthorhelpreaderstoBETTERunderstandhow____________cameto
______?

FCATReleasedAssessmentTestRevised2011ItemAnalysisGrade32011

ContentFocus

Genre

QuestionStem

7
34
46

Theme
Theme
Topic

Story
Story
Story

WhatistheMOSTimportantlesson________learnsinthestory?
WhatistheMOSTimportantlessonthe______________learnsinthisstory?
Whatisthetopiccoveredin__________?

13
14
17
31

Contrast
Compare
Compare
Compare

Article
Article
Article
Story

Howis_______DIFFERENTfrom______?
Howare________and__________ALIKE?
WhichworddescribesBOTH______and______?
Howarethe______andthe_____ALIKE?

Theme/Topic

Compare/Contrast

ElementsofStoryStructure
8
26
33
38
52

53

Characterdevelopment
Plotdevelopment
Problem
PlotDevelopment
Character
Development

DescriptiveLanguage

54

DescriptiveLanguage

Story
Story
Story
Story
Story

Descriptive,Idiomatic&FigurativeLanguage
Readthesentencefromthestory.Insertsentence.Whatmooddoestheauthorcreate
Story
byusingthephrase_____________?
Story
Readthesentencefromthepassage.Insertsentence.Whydoestheauthorcompare
her______to_______?

MDCPSDivisionofLanguageArts/Reading,2011

WhichsentenceBESTshowshow_________sfeelingsabout_____havechanged?
Howdothe_______parentstryto____________?
Whatisthe________sBIGGESTprobleminthestory?
Howdoes______helphis__________?
Howdoes_______changefromthebeginningofthestorytotheendofthestory?

FCATReleasedAssessmentTestRevised2011ItemAnalysisGrade32011

ContentFocus

Genre

QuestionStem

37

TextFeature

Story

44

TextFeature

Story

45

TextFeatures

Story

21

Locate,Interpret,
Organize
Locate,Interpret,
Organize
Locate,Interpret,
Organize

Article

48
51

Story

Basedonthestoryandthepictureonpage____,whatdoes______doto__________?

Story

Basedonthestoryandthelastpictureonpage____,whatis____MOSTLIKELYthinking
aboutas___________________?

MDCPSDivisionofLanguageArts/Reading,2011

TEXTFEATURESin Literary Text

Whichsentencebelowwouldbeagoodcaptionfortheillustrationattheendofthe
story?
Accordingtothe___________,which_________wouldgiveyoutheBEST
_________against____________?
WhatistheMAINreasontheauthorincludestheparttitled___________?
TEXTFEATURESin Informational Text
Whatisthepurposeofthephotographatthebeginningofthearticle?