Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze how literary essays interweave personal examples and ideas with factual information to explain, present a perspective, or describe a situation or event.
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Read the following quotation from paragraph 8. In these sentences, Skippy Oglesby suggests that as a teenager -
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he often got into trouble
he was naive
he liked to fool others
he intimidated others
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By asking a series of questions in paragraph 12, the author emphasizes his -
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belief that his father was unique
uncertainty about what motivated his father
hope that others will appreciate his father
doubts about the details of Oglesby's story
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Read the following quotation from paragraph 8. In these sentences, Skippy Oglesby suggests that as a teenager -
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By asking a series of questions in paragraph 12, the author emphasizes his -
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What did young Skippy Oglesby and the author's father have in common?
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In paragraphs 1 and 15, the author shows -
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Paragraph 4 is significant because it highlights the -
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Which quotation best conveys the author's message?
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The description of the grandfather in paragraph 12 implies that he -
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The figurative language in paragraph 2 suggests that for the narrator the boxwood bushes are a symbol of -
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The tone of the passage can best be described as -
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31 Based on how the narrator describes her childhood, readers can conclude that she -
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In paragraph 12, the narrator's father is portrayed as -
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The author uses descriptive examples in paragraph 4 to -
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The author uses similes at the end of paragraph 3 to highlight -
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What is the author's tone in this essay?
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Read this sentence from paragraph 5. The author uses a metaphor in this sentence to -
