Chapter 6: Review Test 6

Transition Words and Thought Patterns

Fill in each blank with a transition from the list below. Use each transition once. Then answer the questions that follow the paragraph.

characteristics
one
trait
types
and

group
moreover
second
trait

Gifted Students

One (1) of students with special needs is often overlooked in schools: the gifted and talented. A national survey found that more than one-half of all gifted students do not achieve in school at a level equal to their ability.

Individuals can have many (2) of gifts.

Some experts have defined giftedness as a combination of three basic (3) .

(4) is an above-average general ability.

A (5) consists of a high level of creativity,

(6) the third trait that marks a gifted student is a high level of commitment or motivation to achieve.

(7) , the gifted children are not necessarily the students who simply learn quickly with little effort.

—Adapted from Woolfolk, Educational Psychology, 8th ed.,
pp. 122-123.

8. The relationship signaled by the word group is

a. time order.

b. classification.

9. The relationship signaled by the transition word moreover is

a. addition.

b. time order.

10. The overall thought pattern of the paragraph is

a. classification.

b. time order.