PARCC - English Language Arts / Literacy - Grade 6 - Practice Test

not aged

not hurried

not excited

not burdened

"Mrs. Neville suddenly looked awfully old."

"'Have a good summer, Mrs. Neville!' I told her from the doorway."

"'Have a good summer,' Mrs. Neville said, and I realized suddenly that I was free."

"Before I got out, though, I looked back at Mrs. Neville."

It indicates how the action changes.

It presents the climax.

It establishes how the speaker learns a lesson.

It represents the conflict.

" ... sat with one eye fixed to the clock."

"The sun had grown steadily hotter .... "

" ... the baseball field had been mowed .... "

" ... and how much we'd learned ... "

from impatient to understanding

from confused to angry

from worried to comforted

from pitying to discouraged

The walls are small.

The walls are helpful.

The walls are limiting.

The walls are reassuring.

" ... through which came air and light ... "

"There was once an animal born into this world .... "

" ... this animal was born in a cage."

" ... opening his eyes upon Life ... "

The sentence introduces new details about the setting that allow the reader to predict what will happen in the future.

The sentence reveals background information that makes the problem clearer to the reader.

The sentence reflects the change in the animal's awareness that eventually leads to action.

The sentence provides an example of the many challenges that the animal faces in his changing surroundings.

"In the corner he crouched, wondering and fearingly." (paragraph 3)

"Here he grew, and throve in strength and beauty under care of an invisible protecting hand." (paragraph 2)

"So out the opening he thrust his head, to see the canopy of the sky grow broader, and the world waxing wider." (paragraph 3)

"Then slowly did he approach the door, dreading the unaccustomed, and would have closed it, but for such a task his limbs were purposeless." (paragraph 3)

Independence is worth the possible hardships.

Security is necessary for happiness.

Nature can shelter and comfort wounded animals.

Confusion can lead to bad decisions.

"Here he grew, and throve in strength and beauty under care of an invisible protecting hand."

"Then one time standing in the flood of it; a deep in-drawn breath-a bracing of strong limbs, and with a bound he was gone."

"Awaking one day from his slothful rest, lo! the door of his cage stood open: accident had opened it."

"So does he live, seeking, finding, joying and suffering."

It proved that the Hawaiian telescope could record images of dark matter.

It showed scientists what they should pursue in future research about dark matter.

It confirmed what the telescope in New Mexico found to be true of dark matter.

It gave evidence to support what scientists already believed about dark matter.

Scientists can see dark matter by looking through powerful telescopes.

Maps are usually made to show where places are and how to get there.

Dark matter is so dark that it is invisible to the human eye.

Scientists have determined how to locate areas of dark matter.

It offers information about what dark matter looks like.

It compares the study of dark matter to a familiar experience.

It gives examples of places where dark matter is found.

It contrasts dark matter with ordinary matter.

Like dark matter, ordinary matter has gravity.

People can use telescopes to understand the universe.

Long strings of dark matter are found in huge clusters.

People cannot see wind, but they can see a windmill spinning.