Item Analysis Test Unit 1.3

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A: Select the four lines from the poem that demonstrates the author’s use of alliteration in lines 1 - 6. (RL.2.5)

• maggie and milly and molly and may

• and maggie discovered a shell that sang

• so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,

• milly befriended a stranded star

• whose rays five languid fingers were;

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Part B: Select the way in which this figurative language impacts the poem’s meaning. (RL.2.5)

• A- It gives a hint about how the poem will end.

• B- It shows that two things are being compared.

• C- It shows where to pause and stop while reading.

• D- It emphasizes the importance of the words that are connected.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What do lines 7-8 suggest about what occurred? (RL.2.4)

• molly was chased by a crab.

• molly was attacked by a shark.

• molly was chased by her sisters.

• molly was attacked by her friend

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Select two ways in which the author uses grammar (punctuation, capitalization) to affect the meaning of the poem? (RL.2.5)

• The author uses parentheses to explain something that happened in the past.

• The author doesn’t use spaces after commas and semicolons to confuse the reader.

• The author doesn’t capitalize the girls’ names which shows that we shouldn’t pay any attention to them.

• The author only capitalizes one word in the poem, “For,” to indicate that is the most important stanza.

• The author uses one period which shows that the reader should stop and pay attention to what is coming next.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

5. Part A: How do the author’s descriptions of the character’s experiences affect the meaning of the text? (RL.2.4)

• They create a sad and lonely tone.

• They make the reader feel anxious.

• They reveal aspects of each girl’s personality.

• They show that they girls should not be on the beach.

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

Part B: Choose the two words/phrases from lines 3 and 4 that best support your answer from Part A. (RL.2.4)

• and maggie discovered

• a shell that sang

• so sweetly she

• couldn't remember her troubles

• ,and

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

“Why Couldn’t I Have Been Named Ashley?”. Answer Numbers 7-11.

How does the narrator’s perspective shift throughout the passage? (RL.2.6)

• She shifts from being uncool to being popular.

• She shifts from not liking her family to being proud of them.

• She shifts from respecting her teachers to being scared of them.

• She shifts from being embarrassed by her name to being proud of her name.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Reread paragraph 2. Why did the author structure paragraph 2 in this way? (RL.2.5)

• To show how she solved equations in math class

• To provide a list of reasons why she didn’t like her name

• To explain that her name affected others' opinions of her.

• To describe her relationship with her fourth grade teacher

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Part A: How is the narrator's point of view different from her cousin's? (RL.2.6)

• The narrator does not like school and her cousin loves school.

• The narrator is visiting Nigeria and her cousin just moved to Nigeria.

• The narrator hates living in America and her cousin wants to live in America.

• The narrator does not understand the value of her name but her cousin knows how special it is.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Part B: Select the phrase from paragraph 7 that supports the answer in Part A.(RL.1.1)

• “I was astonished and pleased.”

• “I thought it was pretty funny, but she didn’t laugh.”

• “I told the story of how I wet the bed at a sleepover.” “

• My cousin and I were playing cards, talking girl talk.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3