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Selected Response Item for Grade 7
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Standard 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text |
Topic A. Comprehension of Literary Text
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Indicator 7. Analyze the author's purposeful use of language |
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Objective a. Analyze how specific language choices contribute to meaning
Assessment limits:
- Significant words (e.g., idioms, colloquialisms, etc.) with a specific effect on meaning
- Denotations of above-grade-level words used in context
- Connotations of grade-appropriate words and phrases in context
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Read "Scrambled Eggs" and answer the following question.
Read this sentence from paragraph 10.
| "I lost track of time while I was boiling two bushels of corn and planting them in my field this morning." |
In this sentence the phrase lost track of time most likely means that the speaker
- misplaced his watch
- forgot how to tell time
- did not notice time passing
- did not pay attention to his task
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| Correct Answer |
| C. did not notice time passing |
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