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Selected Response Item for Grade 8

Standard 2.0 Comprehension of Informational Text

Topic A. Comprehension of Informational Text

Indicator 4. Analyze important ideas and messages in informational texts

Objective d. Summarize or paraphrase

Assessment limit: The text or a portion of the text

Read the story 'Wang Yani' and answer the following question.

Which of these ideas would be most important to include in a summary of this article?

  1. The reaction of Yani's father when she ruined his painting
  2. The sources of Yani's inspiration for her paintings
  3. Yani's age when her painting was made into a postage stamp
  4. Yani's use of a personal seal to sign her paintings

Correct Answer
B. The sources of Yani's inspiration for her paintings
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