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Sample Item
Selected Response Item for Grade 8
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Standard 2.0 Comprehension of Informational Text |
Topic A. Comprehension of Informational Text
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Indicator 1. Apply and refine comprehension skills by selecting, reading, and analyzing a variety of print and non-print informational texts, including electronic media |
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Objective a. Read, use, and identify the characteristics of primary and secondary sources of academic information such as textbooks, trade books, reference and research materials, periodicals, editorials, speeches, interviews, articles, non-print materials, and online materials, other appropriate content-specific texts
Assessment limit: Grade-appropriate primary and secondary texts
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Read the passage 'The Lost People of Mesa Verde.' Then answer the following.
Which sentence from the text most clearly identifies this article as nonfiction?
- As food became scarce, people grew weaker.
- Anasazi is a Navajo word meaning "the ancient one."
- They lived by hunting and by growing corn and squash.
- Mesa Verde, the beautiful green table, was no longer a good place to live.
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| Correct Answer |
| B. Anasazi is a Navajo word meaning "the ancient one." |
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