
7.10.C Use Different Organizational Patterns For Summarizing & Forming An Overview Of Expository Texts
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 7
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1The author organizes this selection by —stating a problem related to building the bridge and explaining how it was solvedcomparing building the bridge to flying a kitelisting all the people involved in building the bridge and describing their contributionsidentifying the reasons for building the bridge and showing how people benefited from it60s7.10.C: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q2The author organizes the selection by —relating the history of the Sweethearts in chronological orderdescribing the Sweethearts’ experience of traveling throughout the countrydetailing the major accomplishments of the Sweetheartscomparing the Sweethearts with other swing bands of the time60s7.10.C: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q3The author organizes the selection by —stating historical facts about Air Force One and then discussing how it can serve as a mobile command centercomparing different forms of presidential transportation and then providing reasons why traveling on Air Force One is more convenientexplaining the advanced technology used on Air Force One and then giving examples of how the president uses that technologydescribing how Air Force One is different from a standard plane and then providing information about the plane’s role in history60s7.10.C: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q4How is the selection organized?It states general information about Pixar’s movies and then gives specific information about the software used to create the movies.It describes the causes of the obstacles Pixar experienced and how these challenges affected the company.It relates the development of Pixar from its early stages to the present.It compares the technology Pixar uses to the technology used by other film companies.60s7.10.C: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q5The author organizes this selection mainly by —discussing the activities that cause damage to coral reefsdescribing how Coralbots could solve some problems associated with restoring coral reefsexplaining how damage to coral reefs has become more severe over timecomparing the methods that divers use to repair coral reefs to the methods used by Coralbots60s7.10.C: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q6The problem–solution organization of paragraph 2 helps the author emphasize the —severity of the decrease in seed varietiesreasons some seeds disappear more quickly than othersbest way to prepare for a natural disasterdifficulties other seed vaults have encountered in the past60s7.10.C: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q7How does the author organize the selection?By providing examples of how the Cutty Sark had been a useful ship in the past and then discussing how opinions about the Cutty Sark have changed over timeBy contrasting the design of the Cutty Sark with that of other ships and then providing evidence supporting the idea that the design of the Cutty Sark was superiorBy summarizing the main problem that the Cutty Sark encountered and then relating how the problem was solvedBy explaining why the Cutty Sark was an important ship and then describing efforts to preserve it60s7.10.C: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text