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Common Core Standard RI.9-10.5 Questions

Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).

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Grade 9 Reading Strategies CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RI.9-10.5

By rereading the information in the third paragraph of the article, what can you INFER (assume) the Crusaders thought their march to Jerusalem would be like?

That it would be some awesome adventure they were going on.
It was going to be a very serious mission and many of them did not want to go.
The venture to capture Jerusalem from the Fatimids was going to be fun and relatively easy.
That many of them would get fame and fortune by traveling and conquering everything they saw.

Grade 10 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RI.9-10.5

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Which figurative language device does Patrick Henry use to help make his point in the following passage?

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.

Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration

Grade 10 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RI.9-10.5

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"I would choose to die rather than live without freedom."

Patrick Henry uses this phrase

as a hyperbole to get his point across.
to explain the he is going to die.
to give a reason for starting war.
as a metaphor for his personal feelings.

Grade 10 Supporting Details CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RI.9-10.5, RST.9-10.5

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The author includes the example of poking a dog with a stick. The author includes this example to show:

the process of reproduction.
the difference between living and nonliving organisms.
why dogs are considered alive.
how living things respond to stimuli.

Grade 10 Text Elements CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RI.9-10.5, RST.9-10.5

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How does the author organize the text?

by describing how each type of fish evolved
by comparing modern-day fish to other animals
by contrasting fresh and saltwater fish
by defining key words related to fish

Grade 9 Author's Purpose CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RI.9-10.5

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"Yet it has always been simplistic to portray our differences as simply Irish versus English -- or British. There were, after all, many in Britain too who suffered greatly at the hands of powerful absentee landlords, who were persecuted for their religion, or who were for centuries disenfranchised. And each generation in Britain has benefited, as ours does, from the contribution of Irishmen and women."

Why does Tony Blair include the paragraph above?

To show how different the two groups are
To show connections between the two groups
To encourage the two groups to help each other out
To reiterate the history dividing the two groups

Grade 10 I Have a Dream CCSS: CCRA.R.5, CCRA.L.1, RI.9-10.5, L.9-10.1, L.9-10.1a

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood...

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

Which shows Martin Luther King Jr.'s use of parallel structure?

The subject of his speech
The repetition of "I have a dream"
The talk about his children
The quoting of the Constitution and referencing history

Grade 10 Text Elements CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RI.9-10.5, RST.9-10.5

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Which choice BEST describes how the author organizes the passage?

cause and effect
definition and description
compare and contrast
problem and solution

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