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Week 2 EOC Assessment

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Use "The Drought" to answer questions 1-5

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analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to distinguish between the denotative and connotative meanings of words;
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analyze how authors develop complex yet believable characters in works of fiction through a range of literary devices, including character foils;
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Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze how literary essays interweave personal examples and ideas with factual information to explain, present a perspective, or describe a situation or event.
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analyze how authors develop complex yet believable characters in works of fiction through a range of literary devices, including character foils;
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analyze non-linear plot development (e.g., flashbacks, foreshadowing, sub-plots, parallel plot structures) and compare it to linear plot development;

Use "Between Hell and Texas" to answer questions 6-9

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use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine or confirm the meanings of words and phrases, including their connotations and denotations, and their etymology.
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Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze how literary essays interweave personal examples and ideas with factual information to explain, present a perspective, or describe a situation or event.
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Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze how literary essays interweave personal examples and ideas with factual information to explain, present a perspective, or describe a situation or event.
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analyze how messages in media are conveyed through visual and sound techniques (e.g., editing, reaction shots, sequencing, background music);

Use "The Drought" and "Between Hell and Texas" to answer questions 10-16

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make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.
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make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.
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make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.
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make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.
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make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.
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make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.
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make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.
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1.

In paragraph 2, the word flamboyantly means -

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2.

What can the reader infer about Bess Hickson from Paragraph 3?

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3.

The cotton plants described in paragraph 5 serve as a metaphor for -

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4.

Which line provides the best evidence that Bess's father is hurt by her marriage?

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5.

Why does the author include the information about the dying garden in paragraph 2?

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6.

Read the Dictionary entry below for the word abysmal.

Abysmal (uh-biz-muhl) adj. 1. very deep; unfathomable 2. very profound; limitless 3. very bad or wretched 4. immeasurably great

Which definition represents the meaning of abysmal as it is used in paragraph 3?

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7.

Why does the author include the quotation from Meinzer in paragraph 5?

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8.

Which quotation best supports what Meinzer says in paragraph 1?

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9.

How do the photographs support the author's arugment in the final paragraph?

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10.

Which option best describes the effect of drought on Bess Hickson in "The Drought" and on Wyman Meinzer in "Between Hell and Texas"?

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11.

Which element is the same for both pieces?

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12.

Which quotation from "Between Hell and Texas" echoes what Bess learns in "The Drought"?

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13.

Both selections explore how drought -

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14.

Which option best states the purposes of these two selections?

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15.

Which pair of quotations from "The Drought" and "Between Hell and Texas" illustrates the difference btween Bess Hickson's situation and Wyman Meinzer's?

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16.

The tone of the final paragraph in each selection is --