Citing Text Evidence Review

Which of the following uses a correct sentence starter?

• The text says,

• He drives,

• Walking down,

• I think,

Which of the following is written correctly?

• According to the passage, The day is beautiful: the sun is shining and a light breeze is blowing.

• "The day is beautiful: the sun is shining and a light breeze is blowing."

• According to the passage, "The day is beautiful: the sun is shining and a light breeze is blowing."

• "According to the passage, The day is beautiful: the sun is shining and a light breeze is blowing."

Which of the following citations is written correctly?

• "This year for the first time I think school is going to be fun."

• The text says, "This year for the first time I think school is going to be fun."

• "The text says, This year for the first time I think school is going to be fun."

• The text says This year for the first time I think school is going to be fun.

(1) There was once a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself—not just sometimes, but always.. . .

(2) Wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he'd bothered. (3) Nothing really interested him—least of all the things that should have.

(4) "It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," he remarked one day as he walked dejectedly home from school.

Select the best detail to show the character Milo often goes out but never enjoys it. Choose 2 correct answers.

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

(1) A little while later, Farmer Hogget came into the stables with his wife, to show her his prize. (2) They looked over the loose-box door and saw, to their astonishment, Fly curled round the piglet. (3) Exhausted by the drama of the day, he lay fast asleep against his new-found foster-parent.

(4) "Well, will you look at that!" said Mrs. Hogget. (5) "That old Fly, she'll mother anything, kittens, ducklings, baby chicks, she's looked after all of they, now 'tis a pig. (6) In't he lovely, what a picture, good job he don't know where he'll finish up . . ."

Which sentence shows that Fly is not a pig?

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 5

• Sentence 6

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

(1) The Castle had started life as a small village. (2) Being so near to the Forest the villagers had put up some tall stone walls for protection against the wolverines, witches and warlocks who thought nothing of stealing their sheep, chickens and occasionally their children. (3) As more houses were built, the walls were extended and a deep moat was dug so that all could feel safe.

(4) Soon the Castle was attracting skilled craftsmen from other villages. (5) It grew and prospered, so much so that the inhabitants began to run out of space.

Select the best detail to show that the Forest is a dangerous place.

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

(1) "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff.

(2) "We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.

(3) The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly, "We haven't got Father, and shall not have him for a long time." (4) She didn't say "perhaps never," but each silently added it, thinking of Father far away, where the fighting was.

Select the best detail to show the sisters are all worried about when they'll see their father again. Select 2 Answers!

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A

(1) Buck lived at a big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. (2) Judge Miller's place, it was called. (3) It stood back from the road, half hidden among the trees. (4)The house was approached by graveled driveways which wound about through wide-spreading lawns and under tall poplar trees. (5) At the rear things were on even a more spacious scale than at the front.

Select the best detail to show Buck lives in a warm climate.

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

(1) Every little way, he made a little round doorway up beside a stiff stalk of grass. (2) Out of this he could peep at the white world, and he could get the fresh cold air. (3) Sometimes, when he was quite sure that no one was around, he would scamper across on top of the snow from one doorway to another, and when he did this, he made the prettiest little footprints.

(4) Now Reddy Fox knew all about those doorways and who made them. (5) Reddy was having hard work to get enough to eat this cold weather, and he was hungry most of the time.

Select the best detail to show Reddy Fox has been watching Danny Meadow Mouse.

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

(1) Here's what I think: the reason I'm not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.

(2)  But I'm kind of used to how I look by now. (3)  I know how to pretend I don't see the faces people make. (4)  We've all gotten pretty good at that sort of thing: Me, Mom and Dad, Via. (5) Actually, I take that back: Via's not so good at it. (6) She can get really annoyed when people do something rude.

Select the best detail to show many people react poorly to August's appearance.

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

• Sentence 5

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A