ELAR

All of the following are examples of expository text except?

• Biography of Barack Obama

• News report about a shooting

• Essay about “killer bees” 

• Inside Out and Back Again

Read the text.

Place four eggs in a large saucepan. Add enough cold water to cover the eggs by one inch. Slowly bring the water to a boil over medium heat. As soon as the water begins to boil, remove the pan from the burner. Cover it and let the eggs sit for about ten minutes. Then drain the water from the pan. You will notice, though, that a hot hard-boiled egg is not easy to peel. To cool the eggs, rinse them with cold water. Then, when you're ready to peel an egg, gently tap it on the counter until the shell cracks.

Which author's purpose is suggested by the text?

• to convince readers that making hard-boiled eggs is easy

• to teach readers how to make hard-boiled eggs

Sometimes we have to “read between the lines.” Authors don’t always tell us everything. We need to use textual evidence and prior knowledge to understand the text better. 

• True

• False

When reading literature, it is important to cite text evidence to support your analysis of the most important details and events of a story. In addition to citing text evidence to answer comprehension questions, you can also use text evidence to make inferences.

• True

• False

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• The snow is a white blanket.

• She is as busy as a bee.

• The classroom was a zoo.

• He runs like the wind.

Identify the type of conflict in a story where a character struggles to overcome their fear of heights.

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Nature

• Man vs. Society

• Man vs. Self

What is the purpose of an outline when writing an essay?

• To correct grammar mistakes

• To organize ideas and plan the structure of the essay

• To make the essay longer

• To summarize the essay after it's written

In literary analysis, what does the term "characterization" refer to?

• The setting of the story

• The plot of the story

• The development of the story's characters

• The moral of the story

Which evidence best supports the interpretation that the protagonist in the story is conflicted about their decision?

• The protagonist says, "I'm sure this is the right choice."

• The protagonist spends hours thinking before making a choice.

• The protagonist asks for advice from many different people.

• The protagonist quickly makes a decision.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Analyze the following sentence and identify the type of literary device used: "The wind whispered secrets to the trees."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept