Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push Practice

Which statement best explains why our story is an example of realistic fiction?

• The characters are people whom the author knows.

• The author includes details about an actual sport.

• The conflict in the story is one that happens to everyone.

• The author included only details that really happen.

Read the sentence from paragraph 7

"Mon said that he's chewing up his words to see how they taste before he lets them out."

The sensory language in this sentence highlights the father's...

• Confusion

• Hesitation

• Sense of Humor

• Wish for Secrecy

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Using the first person point of view allows the author to...

• explain why the father takes an interest in wheelchair basketball

• describe each character's feelings about the accident

• reveal the narrator's relationship with his father

• inform readers about the rules of wheelchair basketball

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How does Chris worrying when his father visits his basketball team develop his point of view?

• It shows he's concerned his father will not accept his team.

• It shows he hopes his father will let him play basketball with everyone else.

• It shows he doesn't want his father to know he's bad at basketball.

• It shows he doesn't forgive his father for the car crash.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The lens or person through which a story is told.

• Tone

• POV

• Perspective

• Mood

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

There was so much _______ in the hallway that students were late getting to their classes.

• Congestion

• Collision

• Turnover

• Concession

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The ______ stand at the theater sells great popcorn

• Congestion

• Collision

• Turnover

• Concession

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The play resulted in a ________ when the point guard lost possession of the ball.

• Fundimental

• Collision

• Turnover

• Concession

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Texting while driving resulted in a deadly _______.

• Fundimental

• Collision

• Turnover

• Concession

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

She learned the ________ skills of creating a smartphone app.

• Fundimental

• Collision

• Turnover

• Concession

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A