2024: NY Grade 7 - ELA

By Sara Cowley
Last updated about 2 months ago
33 Questions
Note from the author:
From the New York State Education Department. New York State Testing Program Grade 7 English Language Arts Test. Internet. Available from https://www.nysedregents.org/ei/ela/2024/2024-released-items-ela-g7.pdf on State Education Department Website; accessed 7, June, 2024.
From the New York State Education Department. New York State Testing Program Grade 7 English Language Arts Test. Internet. Available from https://www.nysedregents.org/ei/ela/2024/2024-released-items-ela-g7.pdf on State Education Department Website; accessed 7, June, 2024.
1.

Which statement best expresses a central idea of paragraph 2?

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2.

What do the details in paragraph 7 most reveal about Bessie Coleman?

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3.

What is the main way paragraph 3 connects with paragraph 8?

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4.

How do paragraphs 8 and 9 develop a central idea in the article?

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5.

The tone of paragraph 9 can best be described as:

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6.

Which statement best describes why Coleman goes to flight school in France?

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7.

Which sentence would be most important to include in a summary of the article?

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8.

Read this phrase from paragraph 8: "...and as for shoes, they imprisoned freedom-loving feet accustomed to the feel of warm earth."
How does the use of personification in this phrase mainly add to the reader’s understanding of the narrator?

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9.

Which detail would be most important to include in a summary of the story?

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10.

How does the narrator mainly develop each brother’s viewpoint?

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11.

Siblings may be very different but still completely understand each other. How do the details in the story best support this idea?

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12.

What do the details in the story reveal about Papa?

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13.

What is a central idea of 'Excerpt from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry'? Use two details from the story to support your response.


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14.

In paragraphs 5 through 7 of 'Excerpt from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry,' how does the author’s word choice affect the tone of the story? Use two details from the story to support your response.


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15.

Read these sentences from paragraph 6: "You decide too quickly. Such snap judgments make you unworthy. You are dismissed." Which important idea does the author develop in these sentences?

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16.

What does paragraph 8 reveal about Persephone?

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17.

What is the best definition of "settle" as it is used in paragraph 8?

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18.

Which detail would be most important to include in a summary of the story?

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19.

Which sentence from the story best describes Persephone’s perspective about the RPS exam?

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20.

What does the word “equality” mean as it is used in paragraph 12?

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21.

How does Persephone change from the beginning to the end of the story?

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22.

According to paragraph 3, the calls of prairie dogs are “distinctive” because they

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23.

Which claim by the author is most strongly supported with evidence?

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24.

Read this sentence from paragraph 9: 'At first Slobodchikoff couldn’t believe it.' Which statement provides the best support for this claim?

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25.

How does paragraph 5 relate to paragraph 10?

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26.

Which statement best represents a central idea of the article?

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27.

Read this phrase from paragraph 11: "They chitter-chatter, but they don’t chatter-chitter." What does this phrase suggest about prairie dogs?

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28.

The main reason spectrograms are important to Slobodchikoff’s research is because they:

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29.

In "Excerpt from Hiking for Fun!" how is a central claim supported in paragraphs 1 and 2? Use two details from the article to support your response.


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30.

In "Excerpt from 'Want a Healthier Family?," what effect does the repetition of the word 'concentrate' in paragraphs 8 and 9 have on the information in the section 'Fighting Digital Distractions'? Use two details from the article to support your response.


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31.

Based on the article "Excerpt from Want a Healthier Family?," what does the author want the reader to know about how hiking affects children? Use two details from the article to support your response.


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32.

You may PLAN your writing for the next question here if you wish, but do NOT write your final answer here. Write your answer in the next question.


33.

The authors of “Excerpt from Hiking for Fun!” and “Excerpt from Want a Healthier Family?” both discuss the topic of hiking. What similarities are found in each author’s discussion of hiking? How is this topic developed differently in each article? Use details from both articles to support your response.

In your response, be sure to:
- Identify the similarities found in each author’s discussion of hiking
- Describe how this topic is developed differently in each article
- Use details from both articles to support your response


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