"Into the Lifeboat" from Titanic Survivor

What is the most likely reason the author includes her observations in paragraph 3?

• To express her own feelings about the events

• To describe how best to respond in an emergency situation

• To show how passengers and crew first reacted when the ship began to sink

• To introduce characters who will be important later in the selection

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TEKS.ELA.6.9A

In paragraph 6, which phrase helps the reader understand the meaning of the word reluctance?

• Nobody was anxious to move; Titanic seemed so steady

• very high with great noise

• a steward stood waiting

• another ship’s lights

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TEKS.ELA.6.2B

In paragraph 7 of the selection, how do passengers react when they are asked to board lifeboats?

• Most passengers were too busy playing video games to get on the lifeboats.

• All of the passengers board lifeboats in an orderly way, following the crew’s instructions.

• Some passengers eagerly board lifeboats, while others need encouragement.

• Some of the passengers wouldn't board the lifeboats because they couldn't find their socks.

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TEKS.ELA.6.7B

TEKS.ELA.6.6C

TEKS.ELA.6.5F

TEKS.ELA.6.5G

Read the sentences from paragraph 15 of the selection. Looking along the length of the ship, I noticed the forward part of her was lower now, much lower! For a fraction of a second, my heart stood still, as is often the case when faith, hitherto unshaken faith, gets its first setback. These lines reflect the narrator’s —

• observations on the deck

• sense of time passing

• faith that all will be fine

• first feelings of alarm

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TEKS.ELA.6.5F

TEKS.ELA.6.6C

TEKS.ELA.6.9B

Read this sentence. This passage, which was written in the early twentieth century, describes the sinking, of the Titanic from one crew member’s perspective. How should the sentence be corrected?

• Delete the comma after passage.

• Delete the comma after century.

• Delete the comma after sinking.

• No change should be made.

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TEKS.ELA.6.10D

Read this sentence. Violet Jessop was a member of the staff aboard the Titanic the biggest ship in the world. How should the sentence be corrected?

• Add a comma after staff.

• Add a comma after Titanic.

• Add a comma after ship.

• No change should be made.

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TEKS.ELA.6.10D

Read the sentence from paragraph 22 of the selection. "Surely it is all a dream," I thought as I looked up the side of the ship, beautifully illuminated, each deck alive with lights; the dynamos were on the top deck. Which phrase from the sentence helps the reader understand the meaning of the word illuminated?

• Surely it is all a dream

• as I looked up the side of the ship

• each deck alive with lights

• the dynamos were on the top deck

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TEKS.ELA.6.2B

Which paragraph describes the boat descending into inky blackness?

• paragraph 21

• paragraph 23

• paragraph 26

• paragraph 27

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TEKS.ELA.6.6C

Which quote from the passage uses a simile to describe the conditions on the night the Titanic sank?

• Groaning, the boat descended a fearful distance into that inky blackness beneath, intensified as the lights fell on it occasionally. (paragraph 21)

• We touched the water with a terrific thud, a bone-cracking thud which started the baby crying in earnest. (paragraph 23)

• A tiny breeze, the first we had felt on this calm night, blew an icy blast across my face; it felt like a knife in its penetrating coldness. (paragraph 29)

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TEKS.ELA.6.9D

The author wrote this selection most likely to —

• record her personal experience during an important event

• teach the readers how to swim

• reveal the untold truth about the secrets of the universe

• persuade the reader to buy something

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TEKS.ELA.6.9A