"Football Vs. Futbol" Skills Test

Read this sentence from the article:

Football is a collision sport, meaning that players purposely hit or collide with each other during typical gameplay.

Which definition below is accurate for how collision is used in the sentence?

• a conflict between opposing ideas

• an instance of one object striking another

• two or more records being assigned the same identifier or location

• a situation where two or more people hit each other forcefull

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

The interjection, “Whew!” can be used to indicate that someone is surprised, relieved, or hot. How is it meant in the article? (end of 3rd paragraph in The Lay of the Game subsection)

• surprised

• relieved

• hot

• all of these

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which excerpt from the article best supports your answer to the previous question?

• Scoring in football is infinitely more complicated than in soccer.

• In soccer, a point is scored when the ball is kicked into the opponent’s goal.

• In football, a team can earn 6 points by scoring a touchdown, which means carrying (or catching) the ball beyond an opponent’s goal line.

• After each touchdown, a team can score one extra point by successfully kicking the ball through the goal post.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

Read this sentence from the article:

Team logos scream from car bumpers and clothing, and cheesy-grinned athletes stare at you from cereal boxes and television ads.”

What type of figurative language is used here?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Read this sentence from the article:

So, the British ditched the old name and replaced it with soccer.

What is the connotation of the world ditched as it is used in the sentence?

• positive

• negative

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

In which sentence below has the word ditched been replaced with a word (or phrase) of the opposite connotation?

• So, the British dumped the old name and replaced it with soccer.

• So, the British retired the old name and replaced it with soccer.

• So, the British dropped the old name and replaced it with soccer.

• So, the British threw out the old name and replaced it with soccer.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.7.5C

Identify the following statement about the article as figurative language or literal language.

We will call it soccer in this article so our brains don’t get too twisted.

• figurative language

• literal language

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Identify the following statement about the article as figurative language or literal language.

That’s because their football is not the same as your football.

• figurative language

• literal language

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Identify the following statement about the article as figurative language or literal language.

When you rank the top ten most popular sports in the world, American football doesn’t even make the cut.

• figurative language

• literal language

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Identify the following statement about the article as figurative language or literal language.

Soccer has been around since the beginning of time.

• figurative language

• literal language

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5