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Sample Item
Selected Response Item for Grade 8
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Standard 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text |
Topic A. Comprehension of Literary Text
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Indicator 7. Analyze and evaluate the author's purposeful use of language |
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Objective a. Analyze and evaluate 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 this passage from 'Dear Mr. President Thomas Jefferson Letters from a Philadelphia Bookworm', a novel that takes place when President Jefferson was in office. Amelia Hornsby has grown up in Philadelphia but has recently followed her father, a doctor, to Pittsburgh. Then answer the following.
Read this sentence from paragraph 2 of the letter. Yet, if they do come to Pittsburgh, we shall not fail to celebrate these titans of exploration. The word in paragraph 2 that most helps a reader understand the meaning of titans is
- entourage
- progress
- heroes
- banquets
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| Correct Answer |
| C. heroes |
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