Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide evidence from text to support their analysis. Students are expected to:
Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the controlling idea and specific purpose of an expository text and distinguish the most important from the less important details that support the author's purpose.
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Q 1/6
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Why does the author use sensory images in paragraph 3?
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To illustrate that hearing so well was disturbing
To prove that she really didn't need a hearing aid
To describe her irrational fear of sound
To communicate that she was frequently interrupted
Q 2/6
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In which line does the author use alliteration to support the primary message of the selection?
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I listened hard until I heard a faint, unbirdlike, croaking sound.
Songs imagined are as sweet as songs heard, and songs shared are sweeter still.
For the first time, I felt unequal, disadvantaged and disabled.
I imagined capering bullmen and I was disappointed to learn that all we had in the garden were overgrown "baby tears."
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Why does the author use sensory images in paragraph 3?
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110.31.b.10
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In which line does the author use alliteration to support the primary message of the selection?
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60 sec
110.31.b.10
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Read this sentence from paragraph 15. The author makes this statement to suggest that -
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110.31.b.10.A
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In which line from the article does the author reveal how she would like others to respond to her lack of hearing?
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60 sec
110.31.b.8
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In paragraph 9, the author suggests that when she started using a hearing aid, she -
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60 sec
110.31.b.10.A
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Why does the author conclude the article by addressing the reader directly?
