6.9 Compare & Contrast The Stated Or Implied Purposes Of Different Authors Writing On The Same Topic
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 6
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q 1/11Score 0Read this sentence from the selection. The author included this sentence most likely to show —29that the yellow-spotted bell frogs can live only in zoosthat the life span of the yellow-spotted bell frog is extremely shorthow scientists are trying to help the yellow-spotted bell frog by eliminating the chytrid funguswhy scientists are taking several different steps to protect the remaining yellow-spotted bell frogs
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- Q1Read this sentence from the selection. The author included this sentence most likely to show —that the yellow-spotted bell frogs can live only in zoosthat the life span of the yellow-spotted bell frog is extremely shorthow scientists are trying to help the yellow-spotted bell frog by eliminating the chytrid funguswhy scientists are taking several different steps to protect the remaining yellow-spotted bell frogs60s6.9: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q2What is the most likely reason the author included paragraph 5 in the section “Rocks from Space”?To demonstrate how technology can be used to help robots find meteoritesTo explain why scientists are interested in studying meteoritesTo show that a few people hunt for meteorites every summerTo describe how a meteorite falls from space onto an ice field60s6.9: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q3The author included paragraph 8 most likely to explain —what can be done to preserve the pyramidswhy the pyramids are popular with touristswho is responsible for restoring the pyramidswhen tourists can visit the pyramids60s6.9: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q4Jelissa included paragraph 2 in this e-mail message most likely to —explain that her teacher asked her to research the projectpersuade her teammates to work at NASA in the futureshare what she learned about the purpose of the projectoutline the specific details of her ideas for the project60s6.9: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q5What is Jelissa’s main goal in writing this e-mail message?To relate her findings about the project to her teammatesTo describe how her teammates can use their skillsTo convince her teammates that they should rethink their decisionTo discuss the benefits of working together with her teammates60s6.9: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q6The author included the section “How High Can We Go?” most likely to emphasize that —the need for tall buildings has remained constant over timenew technology and materials have lowered the cost of building tall buildingsthe designs commonly used in today’s tall buildings are complexthe ability to construct tall buildings has increased greatly over time60s6.9: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q7The author includes the information in paragraph 1 most likely to —explain various reasons for writing about the topiccause the reader to reflect upon personal accomplishmentsbuild the reader’s interest by presenting an improbable situationpresent the most important information about the topic first60s6.9: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q8The author wrote this selection most likely to —persuade the reader to use a challenging method to create unique photographsexplain the difficulties that can arise when photographing human subjectsinform the reader about a photographer’s creation of living photographsprovide evidence of the patriotism that typically occurs during a war60s6.9: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q9The author included paragraphs 1 and 2 most likely to —explain where the Summer and Winter Olympic Games take placeexplain the characteristics of the athletes who participate in the Olympic Gamesconvey the excitement of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Gamesprovide information about the preparations for the opening ceremony of the OlympicGames60s6.9: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q10The author wrote this selection most likely to —compare the modern Olympics with the ancient Olympicsdescribe the requirements for participating in the Olympicsexplain why the Olympics would benefit from having a new symbolprovide information about the origin of the Olympic symbol60s6.9: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q11The author included paragraph 1 in the selection most likely to —explain why Christmas Island is a perfect place for red crabs to liveprovide reasons for visiting Christmas Island during the red crab migrationprovide background information about the home of the red crabsexplain why it is important for the red crabs to reach the ocean60s6.9: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History