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- In which two ways does the poet develop the speaker’s point of view in the second stanza (lines 8–14)? Select the two correct answers.
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Format Multiple response
- How does paragraph 5 fit into the overall structure of the passage and contribute to the development of ideas?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R8
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The author conveys a point of view on the study of animal intelligence mainly by
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Paragraphs 1–2 contribute to the development of the central idea of the excerpt by
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How do the details in paragraphs 14–16 help convey a central idea of the excerpt?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 1. As one Scottish traveler observed during his visit to America, “Niagara and Lowell are the two objects I…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 3. From the early to mid-1800s, women left the constricted lifestyle of small rural towns and rural areas for…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does the exchange between the professor and the narrator in paragraphs 8–11 contribute to the development of the characters?
- Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the interaction between the narrator and the professor in paragraphs 26–28 contribute to the development of the theme?
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does the author develop the contrast between the narrator’s point of view and the professor’s point of view?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read lines 30–32 from the poem. Their names sound like dinosaurs or maybe bands playing terrible music in someone’s garage. The speaker refers to…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 6. The patch-burn system is so successful that the conservationists at the preserve provide training to prairie farmers about…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How do the diagram and its text provide additional support for the topic presented in the passage?
- Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the structure of the poem affect the poem’s meaning?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read lines 5–6 from the poem. The weather will turn cold. But that all happens later. How do the lines develop a central theme…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 3. These are the lower rapids, a sight more terrifying than the Falls, because less intelligible. Which statement best…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does the repetition of “ ‘This is the beginning of summer’ ” in lines 2–3 and lines 18–19 contribute to the meaning of…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Throughout the poem, the poet conveys the speaker’s point of view by
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does the poem’s form contribute to the poem’s meaning?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Lines 1–2 contribute to the development of ideas in the poem by
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Read line 28 from the poem. At the mouth end, there was an oval mound How does the line contribute to the development of…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 5. Though astronauts can spend upwards of 100 days in space, their on-mission meals come dehydrated and pre-packaged; their…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- How does the author support the claim in paragraph 4 that the APH is a complex plant growth system?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R8, 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The description in paragraph 5 of Lashelle Spencer’s goal develops a central idea of the excerpt by
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How is the discussion of the genetic engineering of the peppers consumed on the ISS (paragraphs 7–8) important to the excerpt as a whole?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 7. As the Internet’s resources continue to expand our “external” memory, some question whether the process may cause people…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 5. As the velocity of the wind was over 35 feet per second and the speed of the machine…
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- The use of chronological structure contributes to the development of ideas in the excerpt by
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Why does the author include details about the conversation between Starr and Darimont in paragraph 2?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The author uses the word “admits” in paragraph 5 most likely to
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R4, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The use of italics on the word “night” in line 24 is most likely intended to emphasize the
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- What is the purpose of the repeated words “rising and falling” in lines 26 and 37?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 2. Including both ideograms (which convey a whole word or idea, either concrete or abstract, in a single sign)…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The diagram after paragraph 6 best provides additional support for the topic of the excerpt by
- Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read these sentences from paragraph 2. Dad always said Mom could make all the dishes he’d had back in Vermont as well as though…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 3. “I’ll be taking the train tomorrow night,” I said aloud, more to hear it myself. This remark contributes…
- Type Development of ideas and characters, Text structure
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The flashback in paragraphs 10–24 affects the plot by
- Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does paragraph 9 fit into the overall structure of the excerpt?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Determine whether each sentence from the excerpt presents a claim or presents evidence to support a claim. Select all the correct answers.
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R8, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Format Table grid
- How does the author’s use of chronological structure contribute to the development of ideas in the passage?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- The author’s use of sequence in paragraphs 1 and 2 contributes to the development of ideas in the excerpt by
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does the author distinguish her point of view from that of her mother?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 7. Always after these confining lessons I was wild with surplus spirits, and found joyous relief in running loose…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The isolation of the words “—here here—” in line 7 contributes to the meaning of the poem mainly by
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which statement describes how the author’s use of a problem-and-solution structure in paragraph 5 contributes to the development of ideas in the passage?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence from the passage best conveys the author’s perspective regarding the impact of Ederle’s accomplishment?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The table builds on the information in the passage mainly by
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R1
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does paragraph 7 fit into the overall structure of the passage?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence from the passage best reveals the author’s point of view about e-books?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The studies described in paragraph 6 are important to the author’s observations in paragraphs 7 and 8 because the findings
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R8
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read these sentences from paragraph 4. I’m not sure why I decided to take a look. It was still an hour before sunrise, and…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The author develops the narrator’s point of view when the narrator sees the creature by
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the author’s use of comparison in paragraphs 4 and 5 contribute to the development of ideas in the excerpt?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 6. To see what effects exercise might have on this process, the researchers first recruited 40 college-age Chinese men…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- In paragraph 8, the author repeats the word “played” most likely to
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How do paragraphs 11–13 affect the plot of the excerpt?
- Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does the poet develop the speaker’s point of view in the second stanza (lines 8–14)?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- In paragraph 4, the idea that the bristlecone pine can withstand difficult conditions is illustrated mainly through
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 5. Empires rose and fell; wars raged;… and the tree from 2500 B.C. continued its implacable slow-motion existence, adding…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Throughout the excerpt, the author conveys his point of view mainly by
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Paragraph 4 contributes to the development of ideas about La Cocina in paragraph 1 by
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The quotation from Caleb Zigas in paragraph 6 conveys a central idea of the excerpt by
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 5. A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the similar construction of line 1 and line 8 contribute to the meaning of the poem?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does the poet develop the points of view of the structure and the water?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7L5a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- What is the most likely reason the author uses the word “surprisingly” in paragraph 1?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 3. Ederle knew that if she did not complete the challenge this time, she might never get the opportunity…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which statement describes how the author’s use of problem-and-solution in paragraph 5 contributes to the development of ideas in the passage?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Paragraph 7 contributes to the development of the central idea of the passage by
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence from the passage best conveys the author’s perspective regarding the impact of Ederle’s accomplishment?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The table contributes to the development of the topic of the passage mainly by
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R1
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- The central idea that “the average ant is a sham” (paragraph 1) is conveyed mainly through the
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 2. At the end of half an hour he fetches up within six inches of the place he started…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 3. Evidently the friend remarks that a last year’s grasshopper leg is a very noble acquisition, and inquires where…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does the similar construction of the sentence in line 1 and the sentence in line 8 contribute to the meaning of the poem?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read line 7 from the first stanza. Swallows and ospreys nest in my trusses. How does the line contribute to the development of ideas…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- How does the poet develop the points of view of the structure and the water?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7L5a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the form of the poem contribute to its meaning?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does paragraph 3 contribute to the passage?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The author includes the details in paragraph 4 about the eruption of Mount Tambora in order to
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- What is the primary role of paragraph 1 in the structure of the passage?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The author includes a series of questions at the end of the last paragraph most likely to
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 3. These are the lower rapids, a sight more terrifying than the Falls, because less intelligible. Which statement best…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- What role does paragraph 2 play in the structure of the passage?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- What is the most likely reason the author mentions the zooarchaeologist (paragraph 5)?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read line 1 and line 15 from the poem. Higher and still more high, Vaster and still more vast, The parallel structure of the…
- Type Text structure, Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does isolating the word “Uprise” in line 7 affect the meaning of the poem?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the poet develop the speaker’s point of view in the second stanza (lines 8–14)?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Which statement describes how the author’s use of problem-solution in paragraph 2 contributes to the development of ideas in the passage?
- Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which statement describes how the author’s use of sequencing in paragraph 3 contributes to the overall structure of the passage?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
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