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L4: Comp:Double Dutch
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Question 1
1.
At the beginning of the article, five girls are
an award-winning double Dutch team.
hoping to become a double Dutch team.
learning to jump rope and practicing double Dutch
sad after losing their first double Dutch competition
Question 2
2.
At the beginning of the article, why does the author describe the team in such detail?
to show how well they work together
to show how much the team needs to improve
to show how different each team member is
to speed up the narrative
Question 3
3.
Which sentence indicates that the article is moving back in history?
"Coach Rockett was thrilled but intimidated."
"In the ropes, it seems that the Steppers defy gravity."
Life for the Snazzy Steppers wasn't always so sweet."
"Coach Rockett even wrote a song to help teach his girls how to jump..."
Question 4
4.
The first thing Coach Rockett does is
learns to jump rope himself.
organize a double Dutch team.
get an idea by looking out the window.
buy several hundred yards of clothesline.
Question 5
5.
Between the team's first competition Harlem and their win in New York, the girls
are angry.
quit the team.
stop practicing their styles.
do better at each competition.
Question 6
6.
The Snazzy Steppers become best friends
before they join the team.
when Coach Rockett tells them to.
the first tiem they win a first-place trophy.
after they compete together for a long time.
Question 7
7.
Which statement best proves that this article has a narrative structure?
It reads like a story.
The events are real.
The people are real.
It is about several people
Question 8
8.
In the article, the author moves back and forth from the present to the past in order to
add rhythm.
include jump rope songs.
make the selection mysterious.
show how much the team has improved.
Question 9
9.
The songs in this article have a strong rhythm most likely because
songs with a strong rhythm always rhyme, too.
Coach Rockett wanted to make the songs slow.
strong rhythms match the movements of jumping rope.
the girls had to work harder to get into shape for the competition.
Question 10
10.
Read this stanza from the article.
I had a little puppy.
His name was Tiny Tim.
I put him in the bathtub,
to see if he could swim.
Which of the following contribute to the rhythm in the stanza above?
a story
a puppy
funny words
rhyming words