RL/RI 8.4, L.4, L.5

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The Bermuda Triangle is an area of the Atlantic Ocean where strange things are said to happen.

• a special geometric shape used in map-making

• the title of a mystery novel, involving sailors

• an imaginary and magical island where many stories and movies take place

• a region in the ocean where people mysteriously disappear

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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There are several theories or unproven explanations, that attempt to explain why ships and airplanes have vanished in the Bermuda Triangle.

• an idea meant to explain facts or events

• a completely made-up story

• a military term for strange disappearances

• a large ship or boat

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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The building that is adjacent, or next to ours, is infested with rats.

• constructed

• beside

• infested

• beneath

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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James Joyce is famous for using language in experimental, or new ways.

• related to science

• completely new or untested

• performed in a lab

• foreign or unable to be understood

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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After his mother's death, Joyce lived in exile, which means that he lived away from his home country.

• the state of being away from one's home

• a commune for writers and artists

• a rural city in Ireland

• a condition of sadness and grief

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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Edgar Allan Poe likes to use motifs, such as the repetition of the word "nevermore" in his poem "The Raven".

• the literary repetition of words or ideas

• a decorative pattern used

• a long poem on a single subject

• a creepy poem

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them.

The words pays heed to are closest in meaning to _______.

• discovers

• watches

• notices

• buys

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Many species went extinct for unknown reasons so many types of animals are no longer found on earth.

What type of context clue is used in the sentence?

• Synonym

• Example

• Cause and Effect

• General/Inference

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Read the sentences below:
Women's suffrage organizations faced determined resistance from groups who argued that a woman's place was in the home, not in the political arena.
Which words provide a clue to the meaning of resistance?

• in the political arena
• in the home
• groups who argued
• in the government

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If you count all the votes in an area that heavily supports candidate A, and only some of the votes in an area that heavily supports candidate B, you’ll skew the results in favor of candidate A. What does "SKEW" mean?

• Roast

• Ignore

• Slant

• Ask

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4