Exploring Themes and Language Skills

What is the theme of the story "The Tortoise and the Hare"?

• Friendship

• Perseverance

• Adventure

• Betrayal

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CCSS.L.3.1C

Summarize the central idea of the passage about the importance of recycling.

• Recycling is a waste of time.

• Recycling helps reduce waste and conserve natural resources.

• Recycling is only important for plastic materials.

• Recycling is a new trend.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Analyze the word parts in "unbelievable" to determine its meaning.

• Not able to be believed

• Able to be believed

• Believable again

• Believable before

Which element of the plot is described when the main character faces their biggest challenge?

• Exposition

• Climax

• Resolution

• Rising Action

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is the author's purpose in writing a persuasive essay about the benefits of exercise?

• To entertain

• To inform

• To persuade

• To describe

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Identify the figurative language in the sentence: "The classroom was a zoo."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Make an inference: If a character is always seen with an umbrella, what can you infer about the weather?

• It is always sunny.

• It often rains.

• It is very windy.

• It is always cold.

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Determine where a hyphen should go in the sentence: "The well known author signed books at the event."

• well-known

• known-author

• author-signed

• event-books

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Determine the meaning of the figurative language: "He has a heart of stone."

• He is very kind.

• He is very strong.

• He is very cold and unfeeling.

• He is very fragile.

Find evidence to support the theme of friendship in the story.

• The characters argue frequently.

• The characters help each other in difficult times.

• The characters are strangers.

• The characters compete against each other.