Two Violins

What type of sentence is this? She can barely see the violin in the dim light—and the dark goggles she is wearing don’t help either

• Transitory Sentence

• Exclamatory (!) Sentence

• interrogative (?) Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Answer explanation

This is a compound sentence because "She can barely see" is a subject and verb, and "the dark goggles...don't help" is a subject and verb also.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

What was the "purpose" of us studying "The Tale of Two Violins"?

• to determine the most valuable brand of violin

• to learn why musicians preferred certain violins

• to learn if antique violins were better than newer violins

• to determine the most popular violin of those tested

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the meaning of the word revered in this sentence: Stradivarius and Guarneri violins, crafted 300 years ago in Italy, are revered by musicians today.

• analyzed - looked closely at

• played - to play and make music

• admired - to be in awe of

• recorded - to make a copy of

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How is analyzing and studying a musical instrument like analyzing and reading a text. Both look at

• projection

• playability

• tone

• pitch

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

In "The Tale of Two Violins" what did the researchers ask their musicians to do?

• rate all of the instruments based on their color, weight, and the strength of each string.

• rate all the instruments on such qualities as tone, projection, and playability.

• rate all the musicians on whether they were playing the violins correctly or not.

• rate the length of the musical pieces the violinists where playing to see if they were worthy.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which sentence answers why the researchers had the violinists play double-blinded (not knowing which violin was which)?

• They wanted the violinist to know that the violin they are playing is the famous, ancient one that has forever made the best tone and pitch in music.

• The researchers are convinced and deeply believe the Stradivarius violin is the greatest sound a violin can make and believe this study will prove it.

• Ordinarily, a violinist who knows she’s playing a Stradivarius may think it sounds special simply because of its impressive age and price tag.

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

"The Tale of Two Violins" can best be described as what type of text structure?

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which sentence includes the main idea of the paragraph shown?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which one sentence is NOT evidence to why the researchers concluded ancient and modern violins are not different in sound and quality.

• “I think it’s an old Italian violin,” another said about a brand-new instrument.

• Ordinarily, a violinist who knows she’s playing a Stradivarius (or an audience member who’s listening) may think it sounds special simply because of its impressive age and price tag

• This definitely sounds like a modern instrument,” one subject said while playing a Stradivarius from 1700

• Only three of the twenty-one musicians guessed correctly

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

True or False? The researchers concluded that the ancient violins like the Stradivarius are greater than modern, newer violins.

• True

• False