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(Inference? Main Idea? Summary? Vocabulary? Author's Purpose? Etc.)
Text Structure Vocabulary
Figurative Language Vocabulary
Text-Based Questions: Poetry
Text-Based Questions: Nonfiction
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What type of question is the following? "Which detail is NOT essential to a summary of the article?"
What is summary (or identifying important details)?
100
Identify the organizational pattern: The author tells about things that happen as a result of something else.
What is cause and effect?
100
"We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow and watch where the chalk-white arrows go..." -Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
What is alliteration?
100
The organizational pattern of stanzas 1 and 2 of "Where the Sidewalk Ends" is MOSTLY - A. Problem/Solution B. Chronological Order C. Cause and Effect D. Description
What is "D" (Description)?
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Read the following paragraphs from the section "A Connection Between Health And Coastal Living." "Those who lived near the water reported less psychological distress. Many other research studies have looked at the connections between health and coastal living. Most have found an uptick in mental health among people who live by the water. However, Michigan State says its study is the first to show an affirmative link between the two based on visibility of water from a person's home." Which phrase from the article helps explain what the author means by “an uptick in mental health”? A. less psychological distress B. looked at the connections C. show an affirmative link D. based on visibility of water
What is "A" ? less psychological distress
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What type of question is the following? "Which sentence contains a simile?"
What is figurative language?
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Identify the organizational pattern: Events are organized in time order (in the order in which they happened).
What is chronological order?
200
“That’s the thing about pain. It demands to be felt.” —John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
What is personification?
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How does the author describe “this place” in stanza 2? How does it compare to the end of the sidewalk?
(Answers will vary) - Stanza 2 is all about leaving the dark, dreary "city" filled with smoke and concrete for the soft, cool, "natural" setting where the sidewalk ends.
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Which of these sentences would be MOST important to include in a summary of the article? A. The tourism industry is well aware that spending time near water can reduce stress. B. A new study shows that residents living near the water report less psychological distress. C. Two major organizations recently declared mental illness to be a worldwide crisis. D. Researchers suggest that communities should invest in affordable housing near the coast.
What is "B"? A new study shows that residents living near the water report less psychological distress.
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What type of question is the following? "The author includes paragraph four in order to..."
What is inference or author's purpose?
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Identify the organizational pattern: The author lists sensory details (tells about the way something looks, sounds, smells, tastes, or feels).
What is description?
300
“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.” —Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
What is simile?
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Read the following lines from "Where the Sidewalk Ends"-- "Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black and the dark street winds and bends. Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow..." Which potential solution to a problem in "Study in New Zealand" is best addressed by these lines from the poem? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Answers may vary - The big problem in "Study in New Zealand" is a "global mental health crisis" that may be addressed by living near green or blue spaces. In paragraph 6, the writer states, "It is well known that being near nature has a stress-reducing effect."
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Read the following sentence from the section "Blue Is Better Than Green." Perhaps living near large fresh water bodies, such as the North American Great Lakes, would have the same beneficial effects as living near the ocean, the authors speculate. The author uses the word "speculate" to mean: A. conclude B. suggest C. hypothesize D. assert
What is "C"? hypothesize
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What type of question is the following? "Which word is an antonym for ______?"
What is vocabulary?
400
Identify the organizational pattern: The author presents a series of steps or lists a series of directions to complete a task in a certain order.
What is sequencing?
400
“You could rattle the stars. You could do anything, if you only dared. And deep down, you know it too, and that’s what scares you the most.” —Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
What is hyperbole? (Note: Rattle, although normally would be acceptable as onomatopoeia, is not used as a sound here, but as a movement.)
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Describe the overall mood of the poem, using textual evidence for support.
Answers will vary - base credit on textual support. Ex: The general mood is calm/relaxing. The author uses repetition ("walk with a walk that is measured and slow" and "where the side walk ends") to create a soothing rhythm. The first stanza uses calming descriptions (soft grass, sunshine, resting bird, cool wind).
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The organizational pattern in the section titled "Global Mental Health Crisis" is BEST described as --
What is problem-solution?
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What type of question is the following? "The authors use of words _______ and _____ indicates that the information is organized by-"
What is text structure, or organizational patterns?
500
Identify the organizational pattern: Here, the author is concerned with some sort of dilemma, predicament, or obstacle and the ways in which to resolve the issue.
What is problem-solution?
500
“But if I’m it, the last of my kind, the last page of human history, like hell I’m going to let the story end this way…Because if I am the last one, then I am humanity. And if this is humanity’s last war, then I am the battlefield.” —Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave
What is metaphor?
500
What does the end of the sidewalk most likely symbolize (childhood, adulthood, imagination, or something else)? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
Answers will vary - Base points on textual evidence to support chosen symbol.
500
A line from "Study in New Zealand" which best reflects one of the themes in Where the Sidewalk Ends" is --
What is (answers may vary) - "It is well established that having bodies of water or swaths of green space promotes physical and social activity. It is also well known that being near nature has a stress-reducing effect." "'Green and blue spaces may lower psychological distress by serving as calming backdrops in residential neighborhoods,' the authors wrote."