ELA State Test Prep - 6th

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Part A What is the author’s purpose in this passage?

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to inform readers about the differences between rural and urban streams

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CCSS.RI.6.6

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Which quotation from the passage supports the answer to Part A? Options: “Streams are an important part of every landscape, no matter whether that landscape is a forest, a city, or a suburb.” (paragraph 2) “They are also part of the network of channels that drains rain and melting snow off our streets, parks, and yards.” (paragraph 3) “Urban streams tend to carry more water at a faster speed after a storm than their country cousins.” (paragraph 4) “Stormwater has no choice but to flow downhill into street drains and ditches and then into streams.” (paragraph 5)

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“Urban streams tend to carry more water at a faster speed after a storm than their country cousins.” (paragraph 4)

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CCSS.RI.6.1

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Hyperboles are phrases that

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exaggerate

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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trepidation. Example: We walked slowly down the trail with great trepidation. No one who had gone this way had ever been heard from again. Had they simply found a better place to settle on this dark planet? We doubted that.

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worry

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CCSS.RL.6.4

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Connotation is a word's ___________.

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emotional meaning

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CCSS.L.6.5C

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expedite

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quicken

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CCSS.L.6.5B

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Change the word 'smell' to 'stench' in the sentence: "I recognized the familiar smell of my roommate's cooking." What connotation does 'stench' have?

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negative

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CCSS.L.6.5C

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scrawny, as in "Jason appeared scrawny"

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negative connotation

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

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Denotation is a word's ____________.

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Literal, dictionary definition

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CCSS.L.6.4C

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Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob? Options: exposition, rising action, climax, resolution

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exposition

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CCSS.RL.6.3