Complex sentences

ELAIStateTestPractice Spring 2019

"When You Give a Tree an Email Address" by Adrienne LaFrance​

Multiple Choice

#6. Which inference can be drawn from para 4 of the passage?

• Melbourne Citizens enjoyed reporting problems to the city.

• The public response to the tree email project was surprising.

• Melbourne's government learned more about issues affecting the city.

• The tree email project succeeded in its goal of helping city maintenance.

​B

The original purpose was to help with city maintenance, but officials were surprised at the public's response.

Multiple Choice

#7. "City officials shared several of the tree emails with me, but redacted the names of senders to respect their privacy" (para 5) What is the meaning of the word redacted as it is used in the sentence?

• Altered

• Composed

• Removed

• Reorganized

​C

The city officials removed the names of the senders so they would remain private.

Multiple Choice

#8. Read the sentence from paragraph 11.

"These sorts of initiatives encourage civic engagement and perhaps help with city maintenance, but they also enable people's relationship with their city to play out at the micro level."

Which interpretation is closest to the meaning of the excerpt?

• The initiatives establish a clear interaction between people and objects in their environment.

• The initiatives allow people to take a personal and direct interest in interacting with their community.

• The initiatives give people the opportunity to respond to government officials in new and creative ways.

• The initiatives provide a way for underappreciated objects in a city to receive the attention they deserve.

​B

The sentence is followed by a rhetorical question that presents an example of a personal interest - identifying an object as yours, which leads to heightened interaction and civic pride.

Multiple Choice

#What technique does the author use to present and connect her ideas in the passage?

• She uses the messages to trees to support her explanations.

• She analyzes the effect that the messages have had on citizens.

• She relates the events in chronological order to note the passage of time.

• She compares and contrasts the success of similar programs in other cities.

A

The author uses the messages that are relevant to her explanations of the situation and analysis of what they say about the human condition and uses this as a common thread throughout the passage.

Multiple Choice

#10. Which statement from the passage does the letter in paragraph 20 support?

• "'You must get these messages all the time. You're such an attractive tree.'" (para 2)

• "'The email interactions reveal the love Melburnians have for our trees,' Wood said." (para 5)

• "I just stand around and provide a perch for local birds and squirrels." (para 9)

• "It is very confusing and quite amazing how diverse and complex trees can be." (para 18)

B

The letter in para 20 supports the comment made in para 5 that Melburnians love their trees.

Multiple Choice

#11. What is one way that the examples of emails sent to trees support the author's purpose?

• by suggesting that people and trees have a common need

• by emphasizing the popularity of the tree email program

• by emphasizing the need to expand the email program beyond the trees

• by suggesting that similar civic programs should be spread worldwide

B

The examples of emails given show that many people are participating in the program.

Multiple Choice

#12. What detail is the MOST important to include in a summary of the passage?

• Melbourne's trees are assigned ID numbers.

• People have sent love letters to Melbourne's trees.

• Citizens in Honolulu are able to adopt tsunami sirens.

• Trees in Melbourne have received thousands of emails from citizens.

D

This is a key supporting detail to the central idea that the email program had a surprising effect on citizens. It should be included in a summary of the passage.