Literacy- Expository Text

An earthquake can alter the geography of the land. What does alter mean?

• danger

• change

• serious

• a great amount

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

A crisis is

• a dangerous situation

• damage

• a great amount

• change

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

If a buidling collapses, that means the building did what?

• burned

• fell down

• flooded

• cracked

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

The tornado causes a lot of destruction. What is the definition of destruction?

• rainfall

• hazard

• crisis

• damage

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

The purpose of expository text is

• to persuade

• to entertain

• to explain

• to give an opinion

Natural disasters such as earthquakes are unpredictable. Unpredictable means

• to know before it happens

• not able to tell beforehand

• causes a lot of damage

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Substantial means

• a great amount

• damage

• a difficult situation

• severe

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

How do first responders respond to natural disasters?

• ignoring them

• search and rescue

• writing about them

• hiding

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What is the author's purpose?

• a natural disaster

• the reason the author wrote the text

• There is no real purpose.

• earthquakes

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

A ________ is something that can cause harm or injury.

• destruction

• collapse

• hazard

• subtantial

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4