Common Core: 4th Grade English Language Arts : Reading
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Example Question #2 : Determine Structure
In which section of the newspaper would you find the text below?
"Earthquake shakes city-Damage Still Being Calculated."
headline
editorial
advice column
feature
headline
This is likely a newspaper headline-the title of an article.
Example Question #5 : Determine Structure
Prose writing is writing that is:
Writing in meter form
Writing with a rhyming structure
“Ordinary” writing- sentences and paragraphs, no rhyme or poem structure
Writing that uses verse
“Ordinary” writing- sentences and paragraphs, no rhyme or poem structure
Prose writing is “ordinary” writing, writing that doesn't have a set rhyme or meter, where sentences and paragraphs are used to tell a story or make a point.
Example Question #4 : Determine Structure
Poems are often written in:
Narrative
Meter
Nonfiction
Prose
Meter
Meter in poetry is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, giving poetry a rhythmic sound.
Example Question #6 : Determine Structure
When reading a play, the stage directions are:
The words the actors say
The setting of the play
The written words that describe what actors should do that are not read aloud
The costumes actors will wear
The written words that describe what actors should do that are not read aloud
In a play, the written stage directions tell what actors should do, but they are not read aloud. For example, “Romeo walks over to the wall” might be a stage direction in Romeo and Juliet, but it is not something this character would say aloud.
Example Question #6 : Determine Structure
The setting of a story is:
Where a story takes place
The central conflict in a story
The main idea of a story
Who the characters are in a story
Where a story takes place
Setting of a story is where and when a story takes place.
Example Question #261 : Common Core: 4th Grade English Language Arts
Which of the following is not a story element of setting?
Time
Place
Problem
Day
Problem
The setting is where and when a story takes place, the problem is separate from that.
Example Question #262 : Common Core: 4th Grade English Language Arts
If a story happened a long time ago, it takes place in the:
Future
Present
Past
Past
Stories that happened a long time ago took place in the past.
Example Question #263 : Common Core: 4th Grade English Language Arts
What part of a story has conflict, obstacles, and a resolution?
The plot
The characters
The setting
The theme
The plot
The plot of a story has conflict, obstacles, and a resolution.
Example Question #264 : Common Core: 4th Grade English Language Arts
The tone shows the author’s feelings about their subject.
False
True
True
In writing, the tone shows the author's feelings towards what they are writing about.
Example Question #81 : Reading
Use the following poem to answer related questions.
Mother to Son By Langston Hughes (1922)
Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps
’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now—
For I’se still goin’, honey,
I’se still climbin’,
And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
What is the structure used to organize this piece of poetry?
Haiku
Free verse
Limerick
Lyrical
Free verse
This poem does not make use of rhyming, line counts, word counts, or any pattern. The poem is freeform and does not follow a specific “rule.”
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