Comparing/Contrasting Texts

(Simple Water Science, Water for the World)

Which sentence best sums up how the focus of the first passage differs from the second passage?

• The first passage describes the growing demand for fresh water, while the second describes the current limits to water resources.

• The first passage stresses the scarcity of fresh water, while the second explains how salt can be removed from seawater.

• The first passage presents the pros and cons of desalination, while the second argues that desalination is the solution to water problems.

• The first passage describes the desalination process, while the second discusses how desalination can help solve the water crisis.

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

(Simple Water Science, Water for the World)

Which of the following explains how the two authors shape their presentations by using key information in a different way?

• Both authors talk about how people need water to survive, but the second explains what will happen if water needs aren't met.

• Both authors name reverse osmosis as a key part of desalination, but the first explains the science principles used in the process.

• Both authors explain that 1.1 billion people don't have clean, salt-free water, but the second uses the fact to support desalination.

• Both authors say that only a small percent of Earth's water is fresh, but the first discusses the challenges of finding water resources.

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

(Moving to America, A Fateful Journey)

How does the author of "A Fateful Journey" use historical fact from "Moving to America" in his story?

• He includes details about the long, difficult trip to America.

• He lists the American cities where immigrants were headed.

• He describes how steamships looked and operated.

• He describes the port city in great detail.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

(Moving to America, A Fateful Journey)

Which of these features is only found in "A Fateful Journey"?

• dates of important events

• famous quotes

• invented dialogue

• descriptions of ocean travel

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

(Moving to America, A Fateful Journey)

Which historical detail did the authors of BOTH "Moving to America" and "A Fateful Journey" include?

• Tickets cost a great deal of money.

• Some immigrants were from Greece.

• Ship passengers slept in bunk beds.

• Bremen was a large ship port.

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

(Moving to America, A Fateful Journey)

The author of A Fateful Journey altered which historical fact from "Moving to America" in his description of the immigrants?

• Many immigrants traveled to the United States.

• Some immigrants worked in the coal mines.

• Many immigrants feuded with each other.

• The immigrants came from all over Europe.

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

(Moving to America, A Fateful Journey)

Which idea do both authors include?

• the many reasons immigrants wanted to leave Europe

• the sufferings of immigrants on their trip to America

• the famous poem that welcomes immigrants to America

• the process of examining immigrants on Ellis Island

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7