Author's Purpose in Informational Text

In the essay "On the Mode of Communication of Cholera," what is the primary technique that author John Snow uses to support his claim that cholera spreads from person to person?

• citing personal anecdotes

• citing scientific evidence

• describing people’s experience

• citing hypothetical situations

What is the tone of the following excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Masque of the Red Death"?

There was a sharp cry—and the dagger dropped gleaming upon the sable carpet, upon which, instantly afterwards, fell prostrate in death the Prince Prospero. Then, summoning the wild courage of despair, a throng of the revellers at once threw themselves into the black apartment, and, seizing the mummer, whose tall figure stood erect and motionless within the shadow of the ebony clock, gasped in unutterable horror at finding the grave cerements and corpse-like mask, which they handled with so violent a rudeness, untenanted by any tangible form.

• eager and enthusiastic

• mournful and timid

• macabre and suspenseful

• hopeful and reassuring

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What kind of writing does the excerpt represent?

Here the case was very different, as might have been expected from the duke's love of the bizarre. The apartments were so irregularly disposed that the vision embraced but little more than one at a time. There was a sharp turn at every twenty or thirty yards, and at each turn a novel effect. To the right and left, in the middle of each wall, a tall and narrow Gothic window looked out upon a closed corridor which pursued the windings of the suite.

• expository

• descriptive

• persuasive

• argumentative

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of these sentences uses the word requisite correctly?

• Nikita didn’t get the job because she didn’t possess the requisite skills.

• The emperor was known for his courageous and requisite spirit.

• The wettest region on earth receives requisite showers.

• Jennifer was profusely apologetic for her requisite behavior.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A synonym for "requisite" is _____.

• silly

• refusal

• optional

• necessary

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A synonym for "prevalent" is _____.

• rare

• widespread

• unique

• uncommon

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify the meaning of the underlined word:

In many palaces, however, such suites form a long and straight vista, while the folding doors slide back nearly to the walls on either hand, so that the view of the whole extent is scarcely impeded.

• used

• obstructed

• heard

• seen

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify the meaning of the underlined word:

There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.

• a trickle

• a small amount

• refuse

• in great abundance

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify the meaning of the underlined word:

The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.

• devastating, contagious disease

• a bad smell

• an annoyance

• silence

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which term best describes the structure of the text:

After a day of hiking through the woods, we set up a camp near a small stream. As the sun set, we gathered around the campfire to make a modest dinner. "Who has a ghost story to tell?" Heather asked, filling up our plates with lumpy macaroni and cheese.

• argumentative

• narrative

• informational

• descriptive

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5