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Right now Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base. Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls. When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream.
The Summary of this passage is:

• Jason really wanted to play third base.
• Jason was the best player on his team.
• Jason had trouble catching ground balls.
• Jason was too lazy to practice.

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San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay Area. The weather is generally very mild, seldom getting really cold or really hot. Its mild climate is one reason many people live there. It seldom snows in San Francisco and generally does not get below freezing during the winter. Even in the middle of summer, temperatures may be in the mid 80s with a cool breeze from the bay keeping the weather very comfortable.
The Summary of this passage is:
 

• San Francisco has many neat things to do.
•  It seldom snows in California.
•  Many people choose to live in California.
•  The weather in San Francisco is generally very mild.

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Mary Anning was born May 21, 1799, in Lyme Regis, a small seaside community in Great Britain. The cliffs of Lyme Regis contain many dinosaur fossils. Mary's father, Richard, searched for fossils as a hobby. He passed on this passion to Mary and her brother Joseph.
After their father died in an accident, Mary and Joseph supported their family by selling fossils to tourists, museums, and scientists. In 1811, Joseph discovered the skull of a large dinosaur that once lived in the ocean. A year later, Mary found the rest of the skeleton. The Annings' discovery made them famous.
Which detail should be included in a summary of the article?  

• Lyme Regis is a small seaside community.
• Mary Anning's father died in an accident.
• Mary Anning discovered dinosaur fossils.
• Mary Anning's birthday was May 21.

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summarize

• 
  common characteristics; identifies how things are alike or similar
• 
  to arrive at a decision, to close or bring to an end
• 
  present the main points of a text in a concise form
• 
  best chance of happening or being correct

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A summary of expository text does not include opinion--only facts.

• True
• False
• Can be true or false

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Which of the following answers is the BEST way to divide this sentence into two sentences?  (Make sure you keep the meaning of the sentence in the answer you select.)
While I enjoy having e-Learning days, I would rather be in school and get to see my friends.

• I enjoy having e-Learning days.  I would rather be in school though and get to see my friends!
• While I enjoy having e-Learning days.  I would rather be in school and get to see my friends.
• I enjoy having e-Learning days.  I would rather be in school.  I would rather see my friends.
• I enjoy having e-Learning days.  I would rather be in school.

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Which of the following answers is the BEST way to combine these three sentences?  (Make sure you keep the meaning of the sentences in the answer you select.)
I love snow days.  I sleep in late.  I read and talk to my friends on the phone.

• I love snow days, because I read and talk to my friends on the phone.
• I read and talk to my friends on the phone on snow days.
• I love snow days I sleep in late and I read and talk to my friends on the phone.
• I love snow days, because I sleep in, read, and talk to my friends on the phone!

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Which of the following is a function of the concluding sentence?

• to present a new detail to support the topic sentence

• to summarize the main ideas or feelings in a paragraph and lets the reader know when the paragraph is done

• to give flavor to your paragraph

• to present the main idea of the paragraph.

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Which of these are needed for a summary?

• where the story took place

• when a story took place

• who was in the stroy

• what happened in the story

• the major conflict

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When summarizing a story you must include...

• Everything that happened

• The most significant information

• An Inference

• My background knowledge

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