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9th grade English Language Arts practice sheet

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  1. Question 1

    Which theme is best supported by the passage?

    The Quiet Season

    Every winter, the town of Alder Creek went quiet. The loggers headed south, the tourists vanished, and the only sound along Main Street was snow sliding off tin roofs.

    Some people called it boring. Odile called it honest. In summer, the town performed: banners on lampposts, a fiddler in the park, shopkeepers smiling at strangers. In winter, you saw what the town was when nobody was watching: a handful of neighbors shoveling each other's walks, a lit window at the library, a pot of soup passed over a fence.

    “You can't see a place properly when it's showing off,” Odile liked to say. She had lived there for seventy years and had never once wanted to leave during the quiet season.

    • Summers are better than winters.
    • Small towns should be left.
    • Tourists ruin small towns.
    • The most meaningful parts of a community may be found in quiet, everyday kindness.

  2. Question 2

    Which literary device does this excerpt use?

    Whispering winds wove wildly through the willow trees.

    • Onomatopoeia
    • Alliteration
    • Irony
    • Simile

  3. Question 3

    Which sentence has parallel structure?

    • She enjoys to paint, hiking and cook.
    • She enjoys painting, hiking and to cook.
    • She enjoys painting, to hike and cooking.
    • She enjoys painting, hiking and cooking.

  4. Question 4

    In math class, what does the word product mean?

    • a group of numbers
    • the result of multiplying
    • a store item
    • the result of adding

  5. Question 5

    A story shows a child's cheerful drawing next to a hospital waiting room. What is the effect?

    • It adds a new narrator
    • It explains the plot with a list
    • The contrast makes the reader feel the emotion more
    • It makes the setting vanish

  6. Question 6

    Why should you cite your sources?

    • Only because teachers ask
    • To make the project longer
    • To hide where you found things
    • To credit the creators and let readers check the information

  7. Question 7

    What is a hyperlink in an online article used for?

    • To count the words
    • To change the font
    • To hide the author's name
    • To connect readers to related information or a source

  8. Question 8

    Which signal word would start a summary of an article?

    • Once upon a time…
    • The article explains that…
    • In my opinion…

  9. Question 9

    When writing a research report, you should include…

    • only a conclusion
    • an introduction, body paragraphs and a conclusion
    • only a title

  10. Question 10

    How should a researcher handle sources that conflict?

    • ignore both
    • weigh the evidence and credibility of each, and explain the disagreement
    • average them
    • choose the one they like

Answer key

  1. 1. The most meaningful parts of a community may be found in quiet, everyday kindness. (Close Reading)
  2. 2. Alliteration (Literary Elements)
  3. 3. She enjoys painting, hiking and cooking. (Grammar & Style)
  4. 4. the result of multiplying (Word Detective)
  5. 5. The contrast makes the reader feel the emotion more (Literary Devices)
  6. 6. To credit the creators and let readers check the information (Digital Smarts)
  7. 7. To connect readers to related information or a source (Forms & Features)
  8. 8. The article explains that… (Summarizing Texts)
  9. 9. an introduction, body paragraphs and a conclusion (Form & Composing)
  10. 10. weigh the evidence and credibility of each, and explain the disagreement (Research & Credibility)

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