Excerpt from "Where Lovers Dream"

Part A: What is the meaning of the word "swell" as it is used in paragraph 6?

• strange

• acceptable

• splendid

• unbearable

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Part B: Which paragraph serves to clarify the meaning of "swell"?

• Paragraph 4

• Paragraph 9

• Paragraph 13

• Paragraph 14

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Part A: In the context of the passage as a whole, how does paragraph 7 contribute to the reader's understanding of the narrator?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Part B: Select a sentence in paragraph 7 that supports the answer to Part A.

• A

• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Part A: What is the primary effect of the exaggeration in paragraph 10?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Part B: Which paragraph contains an exaggeration that functions most similarly to the exaggeration in paragraph 10?

• Paragraph 3

• Paragraph 6

• Paragraph 12

• Paragraph 15

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Part A: How does paragraph 1 function in the passage as a whole?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Part B: Select the paragraph that best supports the answer to Part A.

• Paragraph 5

• Paragraph 8

• Paragraph 13

• Paragraph 18

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Part A: Select TWO central ideas of the passage.

• A

• B

• C

• D

• F

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Part B: Which TWO quotations from the passage, taken together, best support the answers to Part A?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• F

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3