ELA Practice Main idea

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Prevalent in the context of peanut allergy in the United States.

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widespread

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RST6:

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Choose the sentence that uses the underlined word correctly: Tracy should validate her math homework without checking her work. There are train inspectors on the train to validate your ticket. The puppy wanted the owner to validate him before their daily walk. Rita told Mike she would validate him by ignoring his request.

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There are train inspectors on the train to validate your ticket.

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RST6:

RST2:

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meticulous (in the sentence: Being a very meticulous person, she spent many hours making sure that the calculations were exactly correct.)

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accurate

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RST2:

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The author's intent for writing something - to inform, to entertain, to persuade

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author's purpose

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RST8:

RST2:

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Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim: High school students should be required to wear uniforms? Options: When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200., At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendance rates went up, and behavior incidents went down., A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence.", School uniforms can be ordered online.

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At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendance rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.

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RST8:

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These key words are most commonly associated with which text structure? alike, like, both, unlike, but, different, on the other hand, as well as

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Compare and Contrast

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What is the paragraph mostly about? Were you born after 1985? If so, how long do you expect to live? Most people born after 1985 can expect to live more than 70 years. Of course, this is just a guess based on past records. By the way, females can expect to live about six years longer than males. That’s taken from past records too!

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how long you might expect to live

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Which term describes something that is not clearly stated or obviously expressed?

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Implicit

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These key words are most commonly associated with which text structure? Why Because Therefore As a result The effect

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Cause and Effect