7th grade-Milestone Review #1

7th grade-Milestone Review #1

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20 Qs

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7th grade-Milestone Review #1

7th grade-Milestone Review #1

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English

6th - 8th Grade

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Read this sentence:
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?
It is so fascinating that everyone should hear it.
The sounds are rhythmic and musical.
The noise is both awful and annoying
The screeches are dangerous enough to lead to hearing loss.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Read this sentence:
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?
To describe the small holes made by cicadas when they hatch.
To highlight their extraordinary life cycles
To highlight the precise location where they can be seen
To suggest the regularity of when they will emerge

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Read this sentence:
The park's ISOLATION is part of the allure.
What does the word ISOLATION mean in the sentence?
beauty
popularity
vastness
separatness

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Read the sentences below:
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?
touchy & grumpy
hot & sweaty
tired & overworked
scared & worried

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Read the sentences below:
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? 
it was so hot
so hot that sleep was impossible
tired from long hours of work
tempered and irritable

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Read this sentence:
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?
through her teens
as a worker
in a textile mill
in Manchester, New Hampshire

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Read this sentence:
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?
Here, Mattie put her creative resources to work again and, she discovered a new way to make paper bags that wouldn't be flimsy.
Here. Mattie put her creative resources to work again. And she discovered a new way to make paper bags that wouldn't be flimsy.
Mattie put her creative resources to work again, here discovering a new way to make paper bags that wouldn't be flimsy.
Here, Mattie put her creative resources to work again, and she discovered a new way to make paper bags that wouldn't be flimsy.

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