Author’s Purpose — Two-Toed Sloths
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
DIRECTIONS: Read the following excerpt from a nonfiction text. Then, answer each question by writing the letter of the correct answer on the line. Two-Toed Sloths DIET Two-toed sloths are mammals that live in South America and spend most of their time in trees. They eat leaves, fruit, and other plant matter. Sloths have a stomach that consists of four chambers. Each chamber contains bacteria that aid in digestion. Even with these adaptations, it can sometimes take sloths up to a month to digest a meal. Because their diet does not provide many nutrients, sloths move slowly and sleep a lot in order to conserve energy. What do the title and subhead tell you about the subject of this excerpt?
It is about the diet of South American animals.
It is about the habitat of South American animals.
It is about the diet of the two-toed sloth.
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CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
DIRECTIONS: Read the following excerpt from a nonfiction text. Then, answer each question by writing the letter of the correct answer on the line. Two-Toed Sloths DIET Two-toed sloths are mammals that live in South America and spend most of their time in trees. They eat leaves, fruit, and other plant matter. Sloths have a stomach that consists of four chambers. Each chamber contains bacteria that aid in digestion. Even with these adaptations, it can sometimes take sloths up to a month to digest a meal. Because their diet does not provide many nutrients, sloths move slowly and sleep a lot in order to conserve energy. What type of diction is suggested by words such as mammals and adaptations?
informal
technical
poetic
emotional
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CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
DIRECTIONS: Read the following excerpt from a nonfiction text. Then, answer each question by writing the letter of the correct answer on the line. Two-Toed Sloths DIET Two-toed sloths are mammals that live in South America and spend most of their time in trees. They eat leaves, fruit, and other plant matter. Sloths have a stomach that consists of four chambers. Each chamber contains bacteria that aid in digestion. Even with these adaptations, it can sometimes take sloths up to a month to digest a meal. Because their diet does not provide many nutrients, sloths move slowly and sleep a lot in order to conserve energy. What type of syntax does the author use in this excerpt?
a mix of fragments and short sentences
mostly long sentences
a mix of short and long sentences
mostly short sentences
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
DIRECTIONS: Read the following excerpt from a nonfiction text. Then, answer each question by writing the letter of the correct answer on the line. Two-Toed Sloths DIET Two-toed sloths are mammals that live in South America and spend most of their time in trees. They eat leaves, fruit, and other plant matter. Sloths have a stomach that consists of four chambers. Each chamber contains bacteria that aid in digestion. Even with these adaptations, it can sometimes take sloths up to a month to digest a meal. Because their diet does not provide many nutrients, sloths move slowly and sleep a lot in order to conserve energy. What is the author’s most likely purpose for writing this excerpt?
to persuade readers to help preserve sloth habitats
to inform readers about the diet of two-toed sloths
to entertain readers with amusing stories about sloths
to explain how sloths differ from other mammals
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
DIRECTIONS: Read this excerpt from a nonfiction text. Then, answer the question. Excerpt: Child Inventors — Rachel Zimmerman Brachman. In the 1980s, 12-year-old Rachel Zimmerman Brachman invented a device called the Blissymbol printer for her sixth-grade science fair. Blissymbolics is a language system invented by Charles K. Bliss in the 1940s, made up of a series of symbols that allows communication between people who speak and write different languages. Zimmerman Brachman’s device used a program to translate Blissymbols into written language on a computer so non-verbal kids could communicate by pointing to the symbols and having someone else translate them. The year after the science fair, she adapted an early computer tablet into a Blissymbol touchpad connected to a printer. Utilizing the touchpad, users could write by touching symbols and then printing a written translation. These advances brought more attention to Blissymbolics, which is still used around the world today. Question: What do the title and subhead tell you about the topic of this excerpt?
It is about a young inventor and her communication device.
It is a fictional story about a child’s summer vacation.
It is an opinion piece arguing against science fairs.
It is instructions for how to build a printer at home.
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
DIRECTIONS: Read this excerpt from a nonfiction text. Then, answer the question. Excerpt: Child Inventors — Rachel Zimmerman Brachman. In the 1980s, 12-year-old Rachel Zimmerman Brachman invented a device called the Blissymbol printer for her sixth-grade science fair. Blissymbolics is a language system invented by Charles K. Bliss in the 1940s, made up of a series of symbols that allows communication between people who speak and write different languages. Zimmerman Brachman’s device used a program to translate Blissymbols into written language on a computer so non-verbal kids could communicate by pointing to the symbols and having someone else translate them. The year after the science fair, she adapted an early computer tablet into a Blissymbol touchpad connected to a printer. Utilizing the touchpad, users could write by touching symbols and then printing a written translation. These advances brought more attention to Blissymbolics, which is still used around the world today. Question: Why might the author have boldfaced the word Blissymbolics?
To emphasize the key language system discussed in the excerpt
To show it is a fictional term created for the story
To indicate that the author dislikes the system
To warn readers not to use the system
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
DIRECTIONS: Read this excerpt from a nonfiction text. Then, answer the question. Excerpt: Child Inventors — Rachel Zimmerman Brachman. In the 1980s, 12-year-old Rachel Zimmerman Brachman invented a device called the Blissymbol printer for her sixth-grade science fair. Blissymbolics is a language system invented by Charles K. Bliss in the 1940s, made up of a series of symbols that allows communication between people who speak and write different languages. Zimmerman Brachman’s device used a program to translate Blissymbols into written language on a computer so non-verbal kids could communicate by pointing to the symbols and having someone else translate them. The year after the science fair, she adapted an early computer tablet into a Blissymbol touchpad connected to a printer. Utilizing the touchpad, users could write by touching symbols and then printing a written translation. These advances brought more attention to Blissymbolics, which is still used around the world today. Question: What sort of diction does the author use in the excerpt? Choose one.
informal and emotional
descriptive and technical
technical and poetic
formal and flowery
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
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