How might the direction word "Convey" be used in test directions?

Which of the following best summarizes the author's opinion?

Which of the following lines best interprets the author's position?

How does the mood of the passage help define the setting?

What does the word "analyze" mean in the context of reading a story?

To break the story into parts and understand how they work together.

To rewrite the story in your own words.

When writing a book report, why is it crucial to include both a summary of the book and your own opinion about it?

Because it shows your understanding of the book and your ability to think critically about it.

Because your opinion will likely change the summary of the book.

Because the summary alone is often too short.

Because the teacher is only interested in your opinion.

In today’s idea-driven economy, the cost of time is what really matters. With the constant pressure to innovate, it makes little sense to waste countless collective hours commuting. So, the most efficient and productive regions are those in which people are thinking and working—not sitting in traffic.The auto-dependent transportation system has reached its limit in most major cities and megaregions. Commuting by car is among the least efficient of all our activities—not to mention among the least enjoyable, according to detailed research by the Nobel Prize–winning economist Daniel Kahneman and his colleagues. Though one might think that the economic crisis beginning in 2007 would have reduced traffic (high unemployment means fewer workers traveling to and from work), the opposite has been true. Average commutes have lengthened, and congestion has gotten worse, if anything. The average commute rose in 2008 to 25.5 minutes, “erasing years of decreases to stand at the level of 2000, as people had to leave home earlier in the morning to pick up friends for their ride to work or to catch a bus or subway train,” according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which collects the figures. And those are average figures. Commutes are far longer in the big West Coast cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco and the East Coast cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. In many of these cities, gridlock has become the norm, not just at rush hour but all day, every day.The costs are astounding. In Los Angeles, congestion eats up more than 485 million working hours a year; that’s seventy hours, or nearly two weeks, of full-time work per commuter. In D.C., the time cost of congestion is sixty-two hours per worker per year. In New York it’s forty-four hours. Average it out, and the time cost across America’s thirteen biggest city-regions is fifty-one hours per worker per year. Acrossthe country, commuting wastes 4.2 billion hours of work time annually—nearly a full workweek for every commuter. The overall cost to the U.S. economy is nearly $90 billion when lost productivity and wasted fuel are taken into account. At the Martin Prosperity Institute, we calculate that every minute shaved off America’s commuting time is worth $19.5 billion in value added to the economy. The numbers add up fast: five minutes is worth $97.7 billion; ten minutes, $195 billion; fifteen minutes, $292 billion.It’s ironic that so many people still believe the main remedy for traffic congestion is to build more roads and highways, which of course only makes the problem worse. New roads generate higher levels of “induced traffic,” that is, new roads just invite drivers to drive more and lure people who take mass transit back to their cars. Eventually, we end up with more clogged roads rather than a long-term improvement in traffic flow.The coming decades will likely see more intense clustering of jobs, innovation, and productivity in a smaller number of bigger cities and city-regions. Some regions could end up bloated beyond the capacity of their infrastructure, while others struggle, their promise stymied by inadequate human or other resources. The passage most strongly suggests that researchers at the Martin Prosperity Institute share which assumption?

Employees whose commutes are shortened will use the time saved to do additional productive work for their employers.

Employees who work from home are more valuable to their employers than employees who commute.

Employees can conduct business activities, such as composing memos or joining conference calls, while commuting.

Employees who have lengthy commutes tend to make more money than employees who have shorter commutes.

Messi likes to eat ice cream after a soccer game. Aguero likes to drink coffee. Both are really good soccer players but Messi runs faster than Aguero. Aguero is really good at scoring. Messi and Aguero both played on the same team for World Cup. What is different for Messi and Aguero?

Messi and Aguero played for different teams at the World Cup.

Messi is a better at Math than Aguero.

Before soccer games, Aguero and Messi eat different things.

Direction Words Quiz

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English

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8th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS

RI.7.10, L.8.6, RI.2.1

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17 questions

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the direction word "Analyze" mean?

To make something clear by using description, relevant facts, or ideas

To examine something in detail in order to understand it

To note details about something

To compare means to note the similarities and/or dissimilarities between things

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How might you see the direction word "Explain" in test directions?

Which of the following lines best summarizes the author's opinion?

Based on this paragraph, explain the effect of school on the narrator's life.

Which of the following details indicates that the character is displeased?

Define the word 'fast' as it is used in the context of line 3.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of the direction word "Illustrate" according to the cheat sheet?

To show; to explain something in clear terms

To make something more clear or visible

To point out; to show

To give the meaning (definition) of something

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the use of the direction word "Compare/Contrast"?

Which of the following best describes the mood of this passage?

Compare the tones of passages 1 and 2.

How does the author support her claim that Thomas Edison did not invent the lightbulb?

How does the author convey the theme of this passage?

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the direction word "Infer" suggest you do?

To figure something out by using evidence and reasoning

To note details about something

To give the meaning (definition) of something

To carry an idea or message across to the reader

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When a test asks you to "Describe" something, what are you being asked to do?

To defend; to back up with reasoning and/or evidence

To give the meaning (definition) of something

To note details about something

To examine something in detail in order to understand it

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the meaning of the direction word "Support" as used in test directions?

Which of the following best describes the mood of this passage?

How does the author support her claim that Thomas Edison did not invent the lightbulb?

Which of the following details indicates that the character is displeased?

Define the word 'fast' as it is used in the context of line 3.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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Direction Words Quiz

17 questions

What does the direction word "Analyze" mean?

How might you see the direction word "Explain" in test directions?

What is the purpose of the direction word "Illustrate" according to the cheat sheet?

Which of the following best describes the use of the direction word "Compare/Contrast"?

What does the direction word "Infer" suggest you do?

When a test asks you to "Describe" something, what are you being asked to do?

What is the meaning of the direction word "Support" as used in test directions?

What action does the direction word "Define" require you to take?

How might the direction word "Convey" be used in test directions?

Do you annotate and provide text evidence for revising and editing questions?

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