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- Which revision corrects the error in sentence structure in the paragraph? The land on Earth has not always been separated into the seven continents,…
- Type Sentence structure
- NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Read this sentence. The Appalachian Trail is a really long trail that a lot of people do each year. Which revision of the sentence…
- Type Precise language and style
- NYS standards 7L3a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- What is the best way to combine these sentences to clarify the relationship between ideas? (1) The International Space Station has been inhabited by…
- Type Combining and revising sentences
- NYS standards 7L1, 7L3a
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which edit should be made to correct this sentence? In 1962 the agile athletic Wilt Chamberlain became the first and only professional basketball player…
- Type Punctuation
- NYS standards 7L2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which revision corrects the error in sentence structure in the paragraph? In 1967 Kathrine Switzer signed up for the Boston Marathon using her first…
- Type Sentence structure
- NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- What is the best way to combine sentences 3 through 5 to clarify the relationship between ideas?
- Type Combining and revising sentences
- NYS standards 7W1d, 7L3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence should follow sentence 5 to best state the main claim in the passage?
- Type Introductions and conclusions
- NYS standards 7W1a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which revision of sentence 10 provides the best transition to the argument in the third paragraph (sentences 10–13)?
- Type Transitions
- NYS standards 7W1d
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence would best follow sentence 13 and support the ideas in the third paragraph (sentences 10–13)?
- Type Supporting details
- NYS standards 7W1b
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which concluding sentence would best follow sentence 20 and support the argument presented in the passage?
- Type Introductions and conclusions
- NYS standards 7W1e
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- What is the best way to combine sentences 2 and 3?
- Type Combining and revising sentences
- NYS standards 7W2d, 7L3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Where should sentence 10 be moved to improve the organization of the second paragraph (sentences 6–10)?
- Type Organization
- NYS standards 7W2a, 7W2d
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which revision of sentence 12 best maintains the formal style established in the passage?
- Type Precise language and style
- NYS standards 7W2f, 7L3a
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Which transitional phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 17?
- Type Transitions
- NYS standards 7W2d
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence would best follow and support sentence 18?
- Type Supporting details
- NYS standards 7W2b
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which concluding sentence should replace sentence 23 to best support the topic presented in the passage?
- Type Introductions and conclusions
- NYS standards 7W2e
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that there were different levels of education for a scribe?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- 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
- Which statement summarizes the process that schools used to train scribes?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which claim is best supported by the information presented in paragraphs 3 and 4?
- Type Inferences and conclusions
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Hieratic script was particularly valuable in a bureaucratic government because
- Type Inferences and conclusions
- NYS standards 7R1, 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
- Based on the excerpt, which statement would the author most strongly agree with?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Paragraph 1 contributes to the setting of the excerpt by establishing that
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- In paragraphs 4 and 6, the beginning of the change in seasons affects the characters mainly by
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How do paragraphs 7 and 9 convey a central idea of the excerpt?
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 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
- In paragraph 20, the phrases “trophies of their hunt” and “paraded around” affect the paragraph by
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Which quotation from the excerpt best supports the idea that The People maintain a connection to members of their group in spite of distance?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 2. Two alumnae of its culinary program… were even recognized as semi-finalists for prestigious James Beard awards. The words…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- 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 description of Mariko Grady’s background in paragraph 9 contributes to a central idea in the excerpt by
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which statement would the author most likely agree with?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which detail would be most important to include in a summary of the excerpt?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The table provides additional support for a central idea of the excerpt by
- Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- What is the effect of comparing groups of bristlecone pines to “a city within a cemetery” (paragraph 2)?
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- 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
- The phrases “clings to life” and “stripped of bark” in paragraph 6 are used to highlight
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The details in paragraph 7 convey a central idea of the excerpt by suggesting that
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- 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
- What is the best summary of the bristlecone pine’s life cycle?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read lines 6–7 from the poem. The birds took their hops and zigzags a little more anxious; a home is a home; worms are…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read lines 12–14 from the poem. And it was the leaves with a strong soft wind over them that talked most of all and…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language, Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R4, 7R6
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- 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
- Which lines from the poem best contrast with the idea of winter’s scarcity and bleakness?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R4
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- How do lines 23–28 contribute to a central idea of the poem?
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- 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
- Over the course of the poem, a central idea is developed mainly through the speaker’s
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence from the excerpt supports the conclusion that Elton’s “militaristic ‘invasion’ metaphor” (paragraph 1) has influenced scientific understanding of non-native species?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Climate change has affected efforts to manage invasive species mainly by causing ecologists to
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which detail provides the most relevant support for the claim that “climate change is making it harder even to decide who the invaders are”…
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R8, 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- The author’s use of cause and effect in paragraphs 10–11 mainly emphasizes the idea that
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence from the excerpt supports the idea that some species are able to adjust to change?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The details in the section “A Good Thing, Not the Only Thing” convey a central idea of the excerpt by suggesting that
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does the chart provide additional support for a central idea of the excerpt?
- Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
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