RI 3.8 Text Structure

Which BEST describes the connection between paragraph 3 and paragraph 4?

• Paragraph 3 tells about things that make dust. Paragraph 4 tells about how dust mites feed on dust.

• Paragraph 3 tells about things inside that make dust. Paragraph 4 tells about things outside that make dust.

• Paragraph 3 tells how dust causes some people to sneeze. Paragraph 4 explains why this happens.

• Paragraph 3 tells about dust bunnies. Paragraph 4 explains how dust becomes dust bunnies.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Which sentence BEST describes the relationship between paragraph 3 and paragraph 4?

• Paragraph 3 describes a problem, and paragraph 4 describes the solution.

• Paragraph 3 lists the causes for an action, and paragraph 4 lists the effects.

• Paragraph 3 tells of a historical event, and paragraph 4 tells of the historical event that followed.

• Paragraph 3 makes an argument, and paragraph 4 makes the opposite argument.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Reread paragraphs 3 and 4. How are these two paragraphs connected?

• They compare two different ideas.

• They show a cause and effect.

• They tell the order of certain steps.

• They give both facts and opinions.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

How are paragraphs 2 and 3 of the text connected?

• Paragraph 2 describes how the moon journal is used at home, and paragraph 3 explains how it is used in the classroom.

• Paragraph 2 describes one kind of moon journal, and paragraph 3 compares it to a different kind.

• Paragraph 2 describes the moon journal, and paragraph 3 explains how students fill it out.

• Paragraph 2 describes a moon journal at the beginning, and paragraph 3 compares it to a completed one.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Which choice BEST describes the connection between the paragraphs under "Step 1 - The Head" and "Step 2 - The Body"?

• Step 1 says to draw the head first, and then Step 2 says to wait to draw the body until the wings are done.

• Step 1 says to draw the body first, and then Step 2 says to draw the head on top of the body.

• Step 1 says to draw the head first, and then Step 2 tells how to draw the body out from the head.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

Read paragraphs 2 and 3 of 'Migrating Animals.' How do the two paragraphs connect ideas?

• They ask and then answer a question about how migrating animals know where to go.

• They ask and then answer a question about how migrating animals know when to travel.

• They compare the reasons different kinds of animals migrate.

• They compare the types of journeys different animals take during migration.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Read these sentences from paragraph 3: "He had a 'secret garden' where he grew different kinds of plants. Sometimes friends and neighbors brought their sick plants to him." Which BEST describes the connection between these two sentences?

• A. They tell the order of certain steps.

• B. They show a cause and an effect.

• C. They compare two different ideas.

• D. They explain a problem and a solution.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Read these sentences from paragraph 4: "Carver knew that growing only cotton wore out the soil. After a while, nothing at all would grow on the land." Which sentence from the text describes how Carver's knowledge changed the way farmers planted their fields?

• Carver realized that most farmers grew only cotton on their land.

• This meant that the farmers did not have any way of earning money.

• He taught people to keep changing the kinds of plants they grew.

• Peanuts quickly became one of the biggest crops in America.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2