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Related Benchmark: LA.8.1.7.2
Reporting Category: Reading Process
Type: MC: Multiple Choice
Difficulty: N/A
Question:
The sample item below is based on ShackletonsEpicVoyage.pdf
Read this sentence from the passage.
Sometimes looking out abeam they could see a great tunnel formed as the crest of a towering wave hung toppling over its base, then broke.
What is the most likely reason the author describes the storm in this way?
Answer Options:
A. to suggest that the storm helped the men escape
B. to show how helpless the crew felt during the storm
C. to explain why the boat turned sideways into the wind
D. to indicate that the storm created vivid images for the men
B. to show how helpless the crew felt during the storm
C. to explain why the boat turned sideways into the wind
D. to indicate that the storm created vivid images for the men
Answer Key:
B
Item Context:
Author’s Purpose
