Why Smile?

Why are some hospitals using "humor carts" or "humor rooms"?

• They want their patients to live longer.

• They want to ease their patients' nerves.

• They want to put their patients in a better mood.

• They want to lessen their patients' pain so they need less medicine.

What does rev up mean in paragraph 4?

• helps your immune system

• hurts your immune system

• stops your immune system

• moves your immune system

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

Under which subheading would the following statement belong?

Studies show a warm smile can create a "halo" effect, helping us feel more optimistic, more positive, and more motivated.

• Improve Your Mood

• Improve Your Health

• Stop the Pain

• Live Longer

How does laughter increase energy?

• It relieves stress.

• It relaxes muscles.

• It decreases heart rate.

• It increases oxygen intake.

Which literary device is used in the phrase, "laughter pulls a person's attention away from an aching arm or knee"?

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

in paragraph 6, what is the meaning of reap?

• build

• gain

• lose

• seek

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Why do scientists use "pencil smiles" in their experiment?

• to determine which cartoon are the funniest

• to inquire how facial expressions affect mood

• to examine the response to violence in cartoons

• to identify which muscles are used when smiling

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Chuckling assists your immune system.

• Laughing relieves nervous, jittery feelings.

• Smiling, even when you don't feel like it, helps you feel better.

• Putting a pencil lengthwise between your teeth makes you smile.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which detail supports the idea that smiling and laughing can reduce pain?

• Laughing makes your heart beat faster.

• Smiling helps you relieve jittery feelings.

• Smiling helps boost your immune system.

• Laughing takes attention away from an aching arm.

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CCSS.W.5.9A

Why did the author write the passage, "Why Smile"?

• to explain to the reader how to smile

• to persuade the reader to go to the dentist

• to inform the reader of the benefits of smiling

• to entertain the reader with stories about smiling

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CCSS.RI.5.2