Zinger 9 Paired

Paired Selections

​​ Paired selections may be connected by a shared theme, topic, or element. They may be the same genre, such as two poems or two excerpts from fiction, or​ they may be different genres, such as an argumentative essay and an informational text.

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STAAR test questions about paired texts will ask about implicit similarities and differences between ​

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pieces of writing, meaning it will be necessary to make an inference based on ​

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from both selections. ​

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are things the selection have in common. ​

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will be unique to each text.

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STAAR test questions about paired texts will ask about implicit similarities & differences between two pieces of writing--

Comparing two sections, elements, or quotations for explicit & implicit similarities:

Which sentence correctly describes the organizational pattern used by the authors of the two selections?

Comparing two sections, elements, or quotations for implicit differences:

Which sentence from "A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers" contrasts with the attitude expressed in the sentence from "l Believe in the Also-Rans"?

Multiple Choice

What is one difference between the authors' treatment of their subjects?

• While the author of "Down on the Farm?" observes that a farm is a place where nobody wants to be, the author of "The Story of an African Farm" depicts farm life as desirable.

• While the author of "Down on the Farm?" explains general facts about the decline of farm life, the author of "The Story of an African Farm" uses imagery to paint a picture of one farm.

Multiple Choice

Although the authors of the selections write in different styles, both of them make use of —

• occasional dialogue

• vivid descriptions

Multiple Choice

What is one difference between the two passages?

• "Jan of the Windmill" offers opinions about the difficulty of wind farming, while "Catching a Second Wind" describes wind farming as being easy.

• "Jan of the Windmill" suggests that wind farming is a poor way to make a living, while "Catching a Second Wind" argues that wind farming should be more popular.

• "Jan of the Windmill" gives narrative exposition about a windmill owner in

  the past, while "Catching a Second Wind" lists facts and statistics about farming today.

Multiple Choice

Which question is addressed by both passages?

• Can producing wind energy be profitable?

• Is wind an efficient means of producing energy?

• What are conditions like for people who work on wind farms?

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