Citing Text Evidence and Analyzing Text

The best recipes for clam chowder all include onions and a bay leaf. The onions add a sharpness and zest to the blandness of the clams, and also help remove their slimy texture. The bay leaf complements the onion’s strong flavor.

This paragraph best supports the statement that

• onions were once thought to be poisonous.

• bay leaves are essential in many soups.

• clam chowder is very nutritious

• onions and bay leaves go well with clams.

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One New York publisher has estimated that 50,000 to 60,000 people in the United States want an anthology that includes the complete works of William Shakespeare. And what accounts for this renewed interest in Shakespeare? As scholars point out, the psychological insights he portrays in both male and female characters are amazing even today.

This paragraph best supports the statement that

• Shakespeare’s characters are more interesting than fictional characters today

• people today are interested in Shakespeare’s work because of the characters

• academic scholars are putting together an anthology of Shakespeare’s work.

• New Yorkers have a renewed interested in the work of Shakespeare

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Critical reading is a demanding process. To read critically, you must slow down your reading and, with pencil in hand, perform specific operations on the text. Mark up the text with your reactions, conclusions, and questions. When you read, become an active participant.

This paragraph best supports the statement that

• critical reading is a slow, dull, but essential process.

• the best critical reading happens at critical times in a person’s life.

• readers should get in the habit of questioning the truth of what they read.

• critical reading requires thoughtful and careful attention.

Why is it important to cite your evidence?

• Let's the reader know you are giving accurate information.

• So you don't plagiarize.

• Both answers are correct.

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Make an inference based off of this sentence.

The skies were gray today just like her mood everyday.

• She is a sad person

• She enjoys nature

• She doesn't like rain

• She is a happy person.

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What is the meaning of this simile?

Her smile was like the sun.

• She has bright teeth

• Her teeth are yellow.

• Her smile lights up a room.

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Most of the women in the orchestra wore conventional black skirts and white shirts during concerts and had their hair neatly pulled back. Robin, with her brightly colored clothing and unusual hairstyles, was considered quite eccentric.

• unconventional

• joyful

• unreliable

• proud

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Winter was approaching, and we still could not afford to pay our electric bill. The days were getting shorter and colder. I had no choice but to look for a part time job to help Mom and Dad.

The author uses "The days were getting shorter and colder" to create a feeling of

• happiness

• relief

• sadness

• discouragement

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Do you want to remember your childhood, or do you want all of those precious moments that you are living right now to fade away forever? If you want to preserve those incidents that mean so much to you, you should create a scrapbook. Scrapbooking is not only a fun hobby; it is a locket for your life. Inside it, you will forever treasure those memories that you are creating right now.

Which of the following is the best central idea of this passage?

• Scrapbooking is a great way to preserve memories.

• Scrapbooking is a wonderful hobby.

• Life goes by very quickly.

• Memories are important.

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Students should not have homework. After working all day in school, children need time to relax. Family time has almost become nonexistent due to the time spent on homework. A law should be made that limits the amount of homework a student can have.

What is the author’s tone in this passage?

• The author has a serious tone and is for homework.

• The author has a negative tone and agrees with homework.

• The author is neutral, neither for or against homework.

• The author has a serious tone and is against homework

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