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WorksheetsSTAAR Text Evidence
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 39mins
"The wind was strong and the rain was heavy, but the foreigner held up one of his massive hands to protect the small gift, safely tucked onto the palm of the other."
What is the most likely reason why the author includes this description of the foreigner’s actions?
To demonstrate how valuable the gift is to him.
To reveal that he is hesitant to accept the gift.
To suggest that the wind and rain have isolated him.
To illustrate how much he wants to be accepted.
I am four in this photograph, standing /On a wide strip of Mississippi beach, / My hands on the flowered hips /Of a bright bikini
In these lines, the poet’s tone can best be described as-
Nostalgic
Strident
Apologetic
Reverent
In paragraph 2, the author uses the figurative language, “their tails flipping up to gleam like wands in the early sunlight” to illustrate the--
Mystical allure of the morning
Tranquility of the morning setting
Magical beauty of the otters
Cheerful nature of the otters
"The leather soles of my shoes felt insecure and slippery on the rungs."
The author's use of the 1st person point of view--
reveals Jimmy's youthful idealism
shows Jimmy's fearless determination
helps the reader understand that Jimmy is unreliable
allows the reader to identify with Jimmy's vulnerability
Which line suggests that Alejandro is sensitive to the feelings of others?
And she looks a lot worse than she did yesterday, he didn't say.
Why an old lady would come to ski or practice extreme sports was beyond him.
Dr. Alejandro Benetti shook his head in frustration.
"Well, I know what kills them, and how to keep that from happening."
"In the 1940s there was no such thing as a "secure line". All talk had to go out onto the public airwaves."
The author includes this information to --
demonstrate the technological advances during the twentieth century
establish a need for an unbreakable secret code
explain why Pearl Harbor was vulnerable to attack
question whether the right to free speech should be protected during wartime
"The Inughuits thought they were the world's only inhabitants until an expedition led by the Scottish explorer John Ross came across them in 1818."
The author's purpose in including this information in the selection is most likely to--
describe the history of Europeans traveling to Greenland in order to study the Inughuits.
suggest that Ross's expedition indirectly caused the destruction of Inughuit culture.
support the claim that Inughuits have a strong cultural heritage.
emphasize how geographically and culturally isolated the Inughuits once were.
Believe that bees/ by the billions find unidentified flowers/ on unmapped marshes and mountains.
The reader can conclude that the speaker is--
awestruck by nature
fearful of nature
confused by nature
intimidated by nature
Which quotation best illustrates the author's yearning for connection with the world?
Science had complicated her vision without lessoning her delight in other creatures.
We had been canoeing in the Boundary Waters Wilderness for several days, long enough for the men's faces to stubble with beards, for the women's faces to burnish from wind and sun.
I am a poor sort of shaman. My shape never changes, except, year by year, to winkle and sag.
I desired their instruction-- as if, by watching them, I might learn to belong somewhere as they so thoroughly belonged here.
Helping Others to See- "After the presentation, all three generations hang out together and discuss the way they can put into practice the values brought forth in the presenteation."
A Ball to Roll Around- "At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind, I invented a successful variation of baseball. We called it groundball."
The quotations are similar in that they both discuss--
a sudden change in thinking
the value adults place on the contributions of others
an activity that depends on group participation
why people enjoy being together
Helping Others to See- He is keeping an eye on the staff, insisting on their impeccability in service--guiding his suberbly honed institution of compassion with a glance, a word, a silent presence, a smile.
A Ball to Roll Around- I find it easier to live with myself if I try to be honest.
Which of these statements best expresses the differences in tone between the quotations.
The first quotation is sincere, while the second is arrogant.
The first quotation is grave, while the second is passionate.
The first quotation is observational, while the second is introspective.
The first quotation is playful, while the second is mocking.
"No recognition shone in the grandmother's eyes, and the smile was the same as the one she'd given the doctor. There was little time left to her, and nothing outwardly wrong that he could detect. Perhaps the bloodwork would show something, but it would be two days before that came back from Bariloche."
The tone of this paragraph can best be described as--
outraged
admiring
resigned
hopeful
"His old scaly hand crawls over to touch my knee. His fingers are white, the nails cracking and dull, like old silver."
In this paragraph, the author uses imagery to--
show the son's fear of being touched by his father
imply that the father may not really be dying after all
emphasize how aged and decrepit the father appears to his son
suggest that the son has little respect for his father.
