Topic: Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 9
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1Why does the author use sensory images in paragraph 3?To illustrate that hearing so well was disturbingTo prove that she really didn't need a hearing aidTo describe her irrational fear of soundTo communicate that she was frequently interrupted120s110.31.b.10
- Q2In which line does the author use alliteration to support the primary message of the selection?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."60s110.31.b.10
- Q3Read this sentence from paragraph 15. The author makes this statement to suggest that -people should prepare themselves for becoming deafshe really isn't very different from other peopleshe was fortunate to have developed her disability at a young agedisabilities are affecting people with increasing frequency60s110.31.b.10.A
- Q4In paragraph 9, the author suggests that when she started using a hearing aid, she -experienced a sense of lossfelt better prepared for job interviewswas embarrassed about wearing itwas able to enjoy watching television60s110.31.b.10.A
- Q5Why does the author conclude the article by addressing the reader directly?To include the reader in a personal jokeTo suggest that most non-hearing people do not need hearing aidsTo highlight the most important aspects of a conversationTo instruct the reader how to treat people with hearing difficulties60s110.31.b.10
- Q6Read this sentence from paragraph 3. In this sentence, the author admits that -acting was not as much fun as it had once seemedher quest would be more difficult than she had thoughtit was time to start thinking about a different careerHollywood directors didn't think she had much talent60s110.31.b.10.A
- Q7Which line demonstrates the author's realization that she may have overestimated her abilities?But of course what really made me feel like catching the next bus for Arkansas was that in all the offices I managed to invade, not one casting man had looked at me with sudden interest and exclaimed, "That girl has something."It tells me no dream is impossible because faith in my inner self will guide me to its fulfillment.Since then I've found this inner voice always spoke the truth or made me try to find it for myself.No one in my entire family had ever had artistic yearnings, so they looked upon my girlish dreams as a rather silly and impractical phase, which I would surely outgrow and then settle down in Arkansas like my more sensible cousins.60s110.31.b.10
- Q8In paragraph 2, the author suggests that -life in Hollywood was made more difficult by pressure from her familyshe knew she would become a successful actress as long as she worked hardit would have been wise to have gotten a good job before pursuing her dreamfailing would be acceptable as long as she had made the effort to succeed60s110.31.b.10.A
- Q9In paragraphs 3 and 4, what kind of argument is the author making?EthicalLogicalCircularEmotional60s110.31.b.10.A
- Q10Paragraph 14 provides support for the author's claim that -trophy and award sales have become a multibillion-dollar industrysociety as a whole suffers when children assume they will benefit from doing very littleadults are responsible for monitoring the learning and emotional development of childrenchildren and parents alike expect trophies and prizes for doing their best60s110.31.b.10.A
- Q11Which quotation challenges the idea that children need constant praise?Today, participation trophies and prizes are almost a given, as children are constantly assured that they are winners.Carol Dweck, a psychology professor at Stanford University, found that kids respond positively to praise; they enjoy hearing that they're talented, smart and so on.In life, "you're going to lose more often than you win, even if you're good at something," Ms.Twengetoldme. "You'vegot to getusedtothattokeep going."In recent eye-tracking experiments by the researchers Bradley Morris and Shannon Zentall, kids were asked to draw pictures.60s110.31.b.10.A
- Q12Which of these best describes the author's purpose for writing this article?To argue that the Inuktun dialect will inevitably be lost in the next 10 to 15 yearsTo criticize the failure of linguists to document a language before it was nearly extinctTo analyze the linguistic elements of one of the oldest and most pure Inuit dialectsTo inform the public of a researcher's effort to document a disappearing language60s110.32.b.10
- Q13Which of the following statements best characterizes the objective of the boxed information titled "Did You Know?"To provide facts about languages that are disappearingTo highlight the effects of climate change described in the articleTo provide multiple theories for why languages disappearTo suggest that it is possible to prevent languages from disappearing60s110.32.b.10
- Q14On which persuasive technique does the author most rely?Personal experienceEmotional appealVague generalityScientific evidence60s110.32.b.10
- Q15In paragraph 10, the author suggests that his friends -share many of the same challenges that he facesare very important to himhave had difficulty understanding his particular strugglesmade his invention of groundball possible60s110.32.b.10
