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Selected Response Item for Grade 6

Standard 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text

Topic A. Comprehension of Literary Text

Indicator 3. Analyze elements of narrative texts to facilitate understanding and interpretation

Objective c. Analyze details that provide information about the setting, the mood created by the setting, and ways in which the setting affects characters

Assessment limits:

  • Details that create the setting and/or mood in the text or a portion of the text
  • Connections among the characters, the setting, and the mood in the text or a portion of the text
Read "Sierra Oscar Sierra" and answer the following question.

The most important element of the setting in this story is that it takes place

  1. in January
  2. in the evening
  3. during a blizzard
  4. in the Rocky Mountains

Correct Answer
C. during a blizzard
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