"Challenges for Space Exploration"
Authored by Stephanie Hammond
English
7th Grade
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This quiz focuses on argumentative text analysis within the English Language Arts domain, specifically examining rhetorical devices, author's purpose, and text structure in an essay about space exploration. The content is appropriate for 7th grade students, requiring them to analyze complex argumentative writing techniques including rhetorical questions, loaded language, repetition, and sweeping generalizations. Students must demonstrate mastery of identifying arguable versus non-arguable claims, understanding how word choice affects tone, recognizing author's viewpoint, and analyzing sentence structure through punctuation changes. The quiz also integrates vocabulary skills by testing knowledge of Latin roots and their meanings within context. To succeed, students need strong reading comprehension abilities, familiarity with rhetorical analysis terminology, understanding of argument structure, and the ability to distinguish between different types of claims and evidence in persuasive writing. Created by Stephanie Hammond, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 7. This assessment serves as an excellent tool for evaluating students' analytical reading skills and their ability to deconstruct argumentative texts. Teachers can effectively use this quiz as a formative assessment following instruction on rhetorical analysis, as homework to reinforce lessons on argument structure, or as review material before summative assessments on persuasive writing techniques. The questions support classroom discussions about author's craft and provide opportunities for students to practice close reading strategies essential for academic success. This quiz aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.6 (determining author's point of view and analyzing how the author distinguishes their position), CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.8 (tracing and evaluating specific claims in a text), and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.4 (determining meaning of words and phrases, including those with Latin roots).
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which is not an arguable claim made by the author?
It’s a huge, dangerous, maybe impossible project.
I could tell you that we shouldn’t keep all our eggs in this increasingly fragile basket—one good meteor strike and we all join the non-avian dinosaurs.
And have you noticed the weather lately?
Humanity was born on Earth. Are we going to stay here? I suspect—I hope—the answer is no.
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.8
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the sentence from paragraph 2.
Because it’s something human beings do.
Which rhetorical device is the author using in this sentence?
Loaded language
Direct address
Rhetorical question
Sweeping generalization
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.7.5
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which two examples of rhetorical devices does the author use to support her argument?
Asking two questions right after one another: What’s up there? Could we go there?
Use of hyphenation: . . . cutting-edge technology of their time.
Repetition of the phrase: I could tell you . . .
Using exaggerated phrases such as: . . . if humanity is lucky enough to survive the next 5.5 billion years.
Making blanket statements such as: Humanity was born on Earth.
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CCSS.RI.7.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In paragraph 3, the word infinitely comes from the Latin root -finite, which means —.
finest
finished
definition
infirm
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence best describes the author’s viewpoint on space exploration?
The author feels that space exploration would be entertaining.
The author argues against space exploration because it is dangerous.
The author tries to convince the reader of the importance of space exploration.
The author thinks that people need to be persuaded to shove off from the shore.
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RI.6.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the following sentence from paragraph 3.
Space is, of course, infinitely more hostile to human life than the surface of the sea; escaping Earth’s gravity entails a good deal more work and expense than shoving off from the shore.
How could this sentence be changed while retaining the author’s original idea?
Space is, of course, infinitely more hostile to human life than the surface of the sea, escaping Earth’s gravity entails a good deal more work and expense than shoving off from the shore.
Space is, of course, infinitely more hostile to human life than the surface of the sea. Escaping Earth’s gravity entails a good deal more work and expense than shoving off from the shore.
Space is, of course infinitely more hostile, to human life than the surface of the sea; escaping Earth’s gravity entails a good deal more work and expense than shoving off from the shore.
Space is, of course, infinitely more hostile to human life than the surface of the sea; escaping Earth’s gravity entails a good deal more work and expense, than shoving off from the shore.
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CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The author uses the word hostile in paragraph 3. How does this word choice affect the tone of the piece?
The author feels that space exploration is dangerous.
The author feels that spinoff technologies are very large.
The author feels that boats are still cutting-edge technology.
The author feels that shoving off from the shore is expensive.
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CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RI.8.6
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