6thGrade Practice EOG ELA

Read the passage "Drawing Horses" to answer the next questions.

Which sentence from the passage is an OPINION?

• "...It looks like a T. rex with a mohawk."

• I erased again and again until I rubbed a hole in the paper.

• I practiced a few horses' heads, trying to get the ears righ.

• "...The sun is going down!"

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RL.4

Why did Marisa walk outside after her mother commented on her drawings?

• The house was too hot to work comfortable.

• Her mother's comments made Marisa upset.

• Marisa was following her mother's advice.

• Marisa had decided to give up drawing forever.

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RL.3

At the end of "Drawing Horses," Marisa changes her approach to drawing horses by

• using different paper.

• using different shapes.

• drawing what she sees and feels.

• drawing what she wants to see.

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RL.3

Which of these BEST describes how "Drawing Horses" is organized?

• events presented in order

• problems followed by solutions

• main ideas supported by examples

• directions listed in sequence

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RL.5

At the end of the story, why does Marisa decide to sign the drawing with her name Marisa?

• She wants to remember when she drew it.

• She is proud of how the drawing turned out.

• She thinks it looks like one of Luke's drawings.

• She thinks it is better than Euphemia's drawings.

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RL.3

Read the passage "A Real-World Geology Lesson" to answer the next 6 questions.

What is the cause of the varied colors in the canyon?

• the way the river carved the rocks

• the layers of dirt covering the rocks

• the presence of different kinds of rocks

• the combination of older and newer rocks

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RI.1

Read this sentence from Paragraph 4.

He traveled through the Grand Canyon and also studied the cultures of some of the Native Americans he met.

What does the word cultures mean?

• buildings

• plants

• societies

• writings

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RI.4

Read the sentence from Paragraph 1.

You can also stand above it on a clear horseshoe-shaped viewing platform that makes you feel like you're walking on air.

What does the phrase "like you're walking on air" mean in this sentence.

• You are very happy.

• The platform is very soft.

• You are supported by the wind.

• There is nothing under the platform.

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RI.4

Read the following sentence from Paragraph 3.

The Grand Canyon may be millions of years old, but people have only inhabited it for a few thousand years.

What does inhabited mean?

• lived in

• mapped

• preserved

• traveled in

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RI.4

What is the main focus of the section "Home Sweet Canyon?"

• the age of the canyon

• debates over the canyon

• how the canyon was named

• human existence in the canyon

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RI.5