Informational Text Passage

What is the central idea of the passage?

• People who come to the United States bring familiar items with them from their homelands.

• Folk music lyrics usually refer to the names of places and people of a given region.

• Music changes from one generation to the next as people change a word or a tune.

• The blend of cultures in the United States is represented by a blend of folk music.

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Read the sentence from the passage. The United States is a blend of many cultures. What does the word blend mean in this sentence?

• model

• province

• country

• combination

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According to the passage, the fact that Americans found the freedom to express their feelings meant that American music

• focused on hardships left behind.

• inspired both singing and dancing.

• became a blend of many cultures.

• told stories of life in the new country.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

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Which sentence from the passage BEST supports the author’s idea that folk music is a special national resource?

• They came with the music and dancing of their homelands.

• Hand clapping was a form of percussion.

• They were printed on inexpensive paper and sold on the streets.

• It is truly music by the people and for the people.

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• B

• C

• D

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Which statement BEST summarizes the information in the passage?

• People write songs for many different reasons.

• Every culture has its own style of music and dance.

• American folk music represents a variety of cultures.

• Music brings most immigrants to the United States.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

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What does the information in Paragraph 2 suggest about early American settlers?

• They came from one region in Europe.

• They preferred local American musical styles

• They brought music with them to America from their homeland.

• They had musical freedom of expression in America.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

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The author’s MAIN purpose for writing the passage is MOST LIKELY toT

• help readers learn to play and sing folk music.

• help readers understand the origins of American music.

• help readers learn the history of European settlers in America.

• help readers understand what life was like for people long ago.

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What is MOST LIKELY the author’s main purpose for writing the passage?

• to give readers a better understanding of life in the 1900s

• to tell the interesting life story of a famous baseball player

• to describe baseball from its beginnings up until the present day

• to offer information about a mostly forgotten time in sports history

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CCSS.RI.6.6

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He also admitted that he had chosen a color as inconspicuous as possible because he didn’t care to attract attention.

What does the word inconspicuous mean in that sentence?

• bright

• simple

• not easily seen

• fitting a pattern

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CCSS.RI.6.4

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