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In "Watch or Help?" the author argues this ______ A. People can find ways to help other people who are suffering. B. Everyone should join the Red Cross. C. The government should find ways to fight natural disasters. D. Disaster victims are always grateful when others help them.
What is A - People can find ways to help other people who are suffering.
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This is the main idea of "The Lost Colony." A. Villagers on Roanoke Island ran out of food and returned to England. B. The First Colony Foundation raises money for archaeological digs. C. A colony on Roanoke Island disapperared and no one knows why. D. Phil Evans wants people to stop wondering about what happened.
What is C - A colony on Roanoke Island disappeared and no one knows why.
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This is how "Postponement" is organized. A. logical order B. compare and contrast C. cause and effect D. transitions
What is C - Cause and effect
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This is the main idea of the introduction of "Reading and Reading!" A. Most people enjoy reading. B. Nonfiction includes essays, biographies, and science articles. C. The two types of reading provide different experiences. D. Reading for pleasure and reading for information are the same process.
What is C - The two types of reading provide different experiences.
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In "How to Launder Clothing" this is the step you take right after you put all the laundry in the middle of the floor. A. Fold the light clothes. B. Remove the clothing from hamper. C. Separate dark and light clothing. D. Turn on the dryer.
What is C - separate the dark and light clothing
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This is why the author wrote "Watch or Help?" A. to explain how natural disasters occur B. to inform people about how they can help C. to entertain readers with amusing information D. to persuade readers to write newspaper articles
What is B - to inform people about how they can help
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In "The Lost Colony" this is how the illustration refelcts the main idea of the passage. A. It shows what one English settler actually looked like. B. It illustrates what the colony might have looked like. C. It shows members of the First Colony Foundation. D. It provides the reader with a picture of Phil Evans.
What is B - It illustrates what the colony might have looked like.
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In "Postponement" this is why the backpacking trip was ostponed this year. A. Marquis has a cold and sore throat. B. Mr. Marvel and his family are sick. C. Marquis's mother cancels it. D. The rest of Marquis's family feels bad for him.
What is A - Marquis has a cold and sore throat.
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In "Reading and Reading!" this is what paragraph 3 is mostly about. A. the experience of reading for pleasure B. feeling less pressure C. choosing your own reading material D. relating to the text
What is A - the experience of reading for pleasure
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In "How to Launder Clothing" this is what should be laundered immediately after the light clothes. A. towels and sheets B. dark clothes C. delicate clothes D. white clothes
What is B - dark clothes
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This is the author's perspective in "Watch or Help?" A. Very few people help out when others are suffering from a natural disaster. B. Millions of people help others out in a crisis. C. Many possibilities exist for helping others who are facing a natural disaster. D. People should be discouraged from sending aid to those who need it.
What is C - many possibilities exist for helping others who are facing a natural disaster.
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In "The Lost Colony" this graphic would most help readers understand the information in the passage. A. a chart listing possible causes for the village's disapperance. B. an illustration of a British ship. C. a chart listing thenames of all the foundation's members. D. an illustration of a modern Native American reservation.
What is A - a chart listing possible causes for the village's disapperance.
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This is how "Editorial" is organized. A. cause and effect B. order of importance (logical order) C. compare and contrast (similarity and difference) D. question and answer (problem and solution)
What is B - order of importance (logical order)
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This is the concluding sentence of paragraph 3 in "Reading and Reading!" A. "First, the text is more likely to be one the reader has chosen." B. "Second, the reader will feel less pressure to remember key ideas and will probably not take notes." C. "Third, the reader can relate his or her own experiences to the text." D. "Lastly, the reader will also gain an understanding of common literary themes."
What is D - "Lastly, the reader will also gain an understanding of common literary themes."
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In "How to Launder Clothing" this is the temperature that the delicates should be washed in. A. warm B. cold C. cool D. hot
What is B - cold
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The author of "Watch or Help?" would mostly agree with this A. Each segment of the world should take care of its own problems. B. Natural disasters are the worst events in all human history. C. Newspapers and magazines do not do enough to help people in need. D. Humans have the responsibility to help one another through difficult times.
What is D - Humans have the responsibility to help one another through difficult times.
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In "The Lost Colony" this would be another appropriate graphic feature for the passage. A. a picture of Jamestown, Virginia B. a picture of a mountain C. a picture of a Civil War battle D. a map showing Roanoke Island
What is D - a map showing Roanoke Island
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This explains how the author presents the information. A. in the order the events happened B. by separating ideas into groups or classes C. by showing which ideas are alike and which are different D. in order from least important to most important
What is D - in order from least important to most important
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This is the text feature you would use to find all the page numbers where biographies are mentioned. A. footnotes B. index C. bibliography D. topic sentence
What is B - index
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In "How to Launder Clothing" this is the final step in the laundering process. A. Fold and put away the dried clothes. B. Lay the clothes out flat. C. Put dryer on fluff D. Turn off the dryer.
What is A - Fold and put away the dried clothes.
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The title "Watch or Help?" tells you this about the author
What is "he or she questions whether people should sit back and watch something happen or should they help out."
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Graphic organizers, diagrams, captions, and illustrations.
What are the different types of graphical features.
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These are the words that give a clue to the organizational pattern. A. unite, important, and change B. First of all, Second of all, and Lastly C. better, convenient, and unique D. community, region, and wetlands
What is B - First of all, Second of all, and Lastly
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Paragraphs, topic sentences, concluding sentences, introduction, conclusion, footnotes, index, and bibliography.
What are the different types of textual features.
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In "How to Launder Clothing" this is when the laundry detergent goes in while washing delicates. A. when the washer cycle is finished B. after spraying a pretreating stain on any stains C. after setting the temperature to cold D. before washing them by hand
What is C - after setting the temperature to cold