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Inference: Which detail supports the inference that Marcus was nervous about deciding to skate with the older boys?

• Marcus put down his board and started skating.

• Marcus had a slight tremble in his voice.

• Marcus was determined.

• Marcus said something Troy could not believe.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that burrs help plants?

• In fact, the inventor of Velcro,

• George de Mestral, got his idea from a burr that got stuck in his dog’s fur!

• Herbivores, or animals that eat plants, may think twice about eating a plant with burrs.

• They are sort of like Mother Nature’s version of Velcro in the way they stick to things.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

How does the author’s use of the phrase “it will go wherever that bear goes” best help to shape the meaning of the sentence?

• It helps the reader understand that bears do not like to eat plants with burrs.

• It helps the reader understand that getting a burr out of a bear’s fur is hard.

• It helps the reader understand that a burr is a seed that travels really far.

• It helps the reader understand that plants can protect themselves from bears.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Inference: From the information in the passage, the reader can tell that the older boys probably

• want Troy to come watch them skateboard.

• want Marcus and Troy to skateboard with them.

• skateboard in the park only on Saturdays.

• think Marcus is a good skateboarder.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

A ​ (a)   compares two things using a direct comparison.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

To make an inference, the reader must use ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   to understand what the author does not say in the text.

• text evidence

• background knowledge

• dictionary

• highlighter

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which metaphor best represents this image?

c

money is time

time is money

time is green

time is like moeny

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Label this basic plot diagram.

a

b

c

d

e

Introduction

Resolution

Climax

Rising action

Falling action

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

This image is an example of _______.

c

personification

inference

metaphor

hyperbole

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The image is an example of what type of figurative language?

d

hyperbole

metaphor

simile

personification

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A