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General Information

Related Benchmarks: LA.3.2.1.7
Reporting Category: Literary Analysis
Type: MC: Multiple Choice
Difficulty: N/A
Question:

The sample item below is based on SwimBabySwim.pdf

Read these sentences from the story.

Meanwhile, the bird’s frantic parents were watching from the willow tree. They shrieked and screamed and darted about in the branches while the young bird swam on.

What mood does the author create by writing that the bird’s parents shrieked and screamed?

Answer Options:
A. gloomy
B. joyful
C. proud
D. scary
Answer Key:
D
Item Context:
Descriptive Language

Aligned Benchmarks

Code Description
LA.3.2.1.7: The student will identify and explain an authors use of descriptive, idiomatic, and figurative language (e.g., personification, similes, metaphors, symbolism), and examine how it is used to describe people, feelings, and objects; and


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