7th grade-Milestone Review #1

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The throb of their alien-sounding, high-pitched screeches filled the air.
What does the author's word choice suggest about the sound the cicadas make?
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Cicadas appear only in this part of the world, and they appear every 17 years, ON THE DOT.
Why does the author choose the figurative phrase ON THE DOT?
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CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.4.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The park's ISOLATION is part of the allure.
What does the word ISOLATION mean in the sentence?
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CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
And because there was only daylight, it was hot, so hot that sleep was impossible. The people, already tired from long hours of work, became short tempered and irritable. Everyone was ON EDGE.
What does the phrase ON EDGE mean in the last sentence?
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CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.5.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
And because there was only daylight, it was hot, so hot that sleep was impossible. The people, already tired from long hours of work, became short tempered and irritable. Everyone was ON EDGE.
What context clues in the sentences helped you determine the meaning of the phrase ON EDGE?
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CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
From the age of nine through her teens, she was employed as a worker in a textile mill in Manchester, New Hampshire.
What phrase can be taken out of the sentence without changing the meaning?
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CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.4.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Here, Mattie put her creative resources to work again, discovered a new way to make paper bags that wouldn't be flimsy.
What is the best revision of the sentence?
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CCSS.RF.5.3A
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.3.3D
CCSS.RF.3.3C
CCSS.RF.3.3B
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