DMS 7th Grade RLA Benchmark Review

The MOOD of a passage or text is:

• how the author feels about the topic

• how the characters feel in the story

• how the text or passage makes the reader feel

• how the textbook producers feel about the text

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which mood would the adjective phrase "guilty and furtive" be most likely to cause?

• dark and frightening

• not very scary

• happy

• silliness

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If a character is described as "crouching at the window..." and "...watching intently," the mood is most likely:

• relief

• tense

• clear

• hopeful

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An author might use the imagery of a long, black shadow that is walking in a "stealthy" way to create a mood of:

• anger

• liveliness

• mystery

• sorrow

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The TONE of a passage or text is:

• how the passage or text makes the reader feel

• how the author seems to feel about the topic of the passage or text

• the speed with which a passage is read aloud

• the attitude of the characters in the text

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The STYLE of a text is:

• the TYPES of words an author uses

• the font that is used to print the text

• the length of the sentences in a text

• HOW an author uses words in his or her own way

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is the BEST combination of two sentences?

• Embalming for thousands of years were a process of preserving bodies.

• Embalming, a process for thousands of years, were preserving bodies.

• Embalming was a preserved bodies process for thousands of years.

• Embalming, a process of preserving bodies, was used for thousands of years.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following is the BEST way to combine two sentences?

• Mummification, among the various embalming processes, were used by the Egyptians.

• Mummification, among the various embalming processes, was used by the Egyptians.

• Mummification, used by the Egyptians, were among the various embalming processes.

• Mummification was an embalming process, the Egyptians used various embalming processes.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following is the best combination of two sentences?

• An embalmer removed internal organs, dried out the body, and wrapped it in linens.

• Removing internal organs, the body was dried out and wrapped in linens.

• Removing internal organs, linens wrapped the dried out body.

• Removing internal organs, the dried out body was wrapped in linens.

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

Which is the best way to combine two sentences?

• Using herbs and salt for drying, linen was then placed inside the body.

• Using herbs and salt for drying, the body then had linen placed inside.

• Using herbs and salt for drying, the embalmer then placed linen inside the body.

• Using herbs and salt for drying, herbs, salt, ,and linen were then placed inside the body.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5