Language (L.5.4 & L.5.5.a)

Read this sentence from “The Life of a Butterfly.” Instinct ensures each new generation repeats this behavior and knows exactly where to go. The origin of the word generation is the Greek root gen, meaning birth. What does generation mean as it is used in the passage?

• to bring into being

• to give new life to

• young born from plants or animals

• a group born around the same time

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read this sentence from “Alligator or Crocodile? You Decide.” This hides their bodies and gives them the ability to sneak up on prey undetected. The word undetected includes the Latin root detegere, which means "to discover." Based on its root word, what does the word undetected mean in this sentence?

• without being noticed

• with no protection

• while being tracked

• in full view

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which sentence contains a simile?

• His arms were long tree branches

• Our tree reached as high as a skyscraper.

• The moon awakened the dark night sky.

• My brother is a walking dictionary.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Read the sentence.

The stars are diamonds.

In this sentence, the word diamonds means

• clear.

• distant.

• shiny.

• cold.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the sentence.

The Moon hugged the stars and smiled down on the planet Earth.

This sentence serves as an example of

• personification.

• simile.

• alliteration.

• onomatopoeia.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Read the sentence.

Mike gets a lot of work done every day, so people often say he is like a machine.

Which sentence BEST captures the meaning of the underlined words?

• Mike does not talk very much.

• Mike has a toy robot.

• Mike is a hard worker.

• Mike likes to go to school.

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the sentence.

The football player was a tiger on the field.

The sentence contains an example of

• alliteration.

• onomatopoeia.

• metaphor.

• personification.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

. Which sentence contains a simile?

• The bus was too hot and crowded.

• Two boats float swiftly down the river.

• The sign was a blur in the rain.

• The train howled like a wolf in the night.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Read the sentence.

The peaches are rocks.

In this sentence, the word rocks means

• clean.

• gray.

• round.

• hard.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the phrase.

Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. Red sky at night, sailor’s delight.

Which BEST restates the saying?

• At sea, the sky can be red both in the morning and at night.

• Sailors like the sky to be red at night but not in the morning.

• A red morning sky means rough seas but red at night brings calm seas.

• The sky is much more colorful when seen from the ocean instead of on land.

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CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7