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8.11.A Compare & Contrast Persuasive Texts That Reached Different Conclusions About The Same Issue

Quiz by Texas Education Agency

Grade 8
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

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Measures 1 skill from
Grade 8
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
8.11.A: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
compare and contrast persuasive texts that reached different conclusions about the same issue and explain how the authors reached their conclusions through analyzing the evidence each presents

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Q 1/7
Score 0
How do paragraphs 4 through 6 support the author’s position about online learning?
60
By providing evidence that online classes are valuable to students’ education
By explaining how online classes have become part of the educational system
By providing information about U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan
By explaining why Bill Gates supports the development of online schools

7 questions

Q.How do paragraphs 4 through 6 support the author’s position about online learning?
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60 sec
8.11.A: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
Q.Which sentence best refutes the critics’ concerns about online education?
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60 sec
8.11.A: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
Q.The author supports the article’s premise by providing —
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60 sec
8.11.A: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
Q.How does the author organize paragraphs 8 through 10?
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60 sec
8.11.A: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
Q.By referring to the man in the grocery store as a “novelist,” the author —
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60 sec
8.11.A: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
Q.The examples in paragraphs 3 and 4 reinforce the author’s point that being courteous —
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60 sec
8.11.A: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
Q.The author supports the central argument of the article mainly by —
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60 sec
8.11.A: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text

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