"Let's Dance Around the World" Comprehension

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How does the author organize "Let's Dance Around the World"?

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by talking about several types of dance

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A competitive dance that originally came from West Africa.

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limbo

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Dance that is highly athletic and involves fast jumps, drops, spins, and robotic freezes.

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break

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Dancers wear masks and hold canes to make themselves look like old men.

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los viejitos

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A best-known fold dance in Italy got its name from a legend about being bitten by a tarantula spider and the fast and wild dancing they did to rid their body of the poison.

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tarantella

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What is the genre of the story "Let's Dance Around the World?"

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informational text

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Both tap dancing and hip-hop dancing:

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can be performed for an audience

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Tap dancing is the only type of dance that: uses shoes with metal on the bottoms.

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uses shoes with metal on the bottoms.

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Which idea is supported by the authors’ description of the dance known as los viejitos?

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that some dancers wear special costumes

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The last sentence of the passage asks readers about the dancing they themselves do. Why might the authors ask this question?

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to help the reader realize that everyone has dance in his or her life