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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Do you carpool to school? Do you take a bus? It should be a requirement for everyone to either share a ride or walk to school every day. If we are serious about saving the planet, we must take steps to conserve energy and reduce fossil fuel emissions.
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CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Now is the time for the people of earth to consider building a colony on the moon. While the crisis of overpopulation is not yet widespread on earth, there is no better time than the present to plan how humans might set up a civilization on the moon. Everyone reading this should contact his or her representatives in Congress and suggest funding a moon colony.
The author most likely wrote this selection to -
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CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RI.2.6
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the authors purpose?
"She threw the paper airplane. It looped through the trees, under the dogs belly, up into the sky and landed in the hot air balloon."
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CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the authors purpose?
"Every house should have a dog. They are cute, loyal and will protect your house."
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CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.7.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the authors purpose?
"Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems."
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CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The author instructs or tells how to do something.
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CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RI.2.6
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The author writes to make the reader laugh, cry, or experience some other emotion.
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CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RI.2.6
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.6
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