Reading Skills Review

Which Text Structure is used below?
Hurricane Andrew was one of the worst hurricanes to hit the United States. Andrew first formed in the warm waters of the southern Atlantic Ocean. To begin with, the storm had winds of only 40 miles per hour. As the stormcontinued to move over the warm ocean, it gained energy and grew stronger. When the wind speed reached 74 miles per hour, the storm was officially a hurricane and was named Andrew. Then Andrew’s winds climbed to 175 miles per hour! Next, heavy rain moved onshore as Andrew made landfall in southern Florida. 

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Which text structure is used below?
Both hurricanes caused suffering and devastation to the people who lived through them. In measuring strength, Andrew was the stronger of the two.However, Katrina inflicted more destruction and fatalities because its path was through New Orleans.

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Which text structure might use these words?
because
since
as a result
thus
for this reason
in order to
if…then

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Which text structure is used below?
As young boys, Orville and Wilbur Wright enjoyed making new things. They loved using tools and reading about mechanics and science. In 1892, the brothers opened a bicycle shop in Ohio. Later their interest turned to flight. They studied flying models, birds, and anything related to making things fly. In 1899, Orville and Wilbur built a biplane kite to better understand how to control a flying machine. By 1903, the brothers were experimenting with gliders and later built a power-driven....

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Which text structure is used below?
 The difficult conditions in space require that astronauts go through demanding training. They must learn how to walk and work without gravity. They must practice wearing spacesuits. They must even learn how to eat and sleep while weightless. Many different machines help the astronauts prepare for the problems faced in space travel. Some machines are simulators, or machines that re-create some of the conditions of outer space here on Earth. 

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Which text structure is used below?
Living in space is very different from living on Earth. On Earth we experience gravity, which is the force that pulls things towards Earth. However, in space gravity is much weaker. On Earth objects stay where they are put, while in space objects float unless they are tied down. If you throw a ball on Earth, gravity will make the ball drop back to the ground. In space, though, the ball would continue to move without falling. On Earth, water flows out of the faucet and into a glass. However, in space water would flow out a faucet and float in the air.

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Choose the best meaning for the red word.
Not all famous people experienced success easily. Many had setbacks along the way.

• harsh weather
• natural disasters
• awards
• challenges

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Choose the best meaning for the red word.
At their wedding, they vowed to love and be faithful to one another.

• disagreed
• smiled
• promised
• fought

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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What is an antonym for the word melted?

• liquid
• warm
• frozen
• cooked

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Choose the pair of words which are antonyms.

• massive/enormous
• small/miniature
• massive/small
• miniature/tiny

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

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CCSS.RL.6.4