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Grade 8 Summarizing CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.8.2
Is it an ant, you wonder, or a termite? Ants resemble termites, but they are quite different and can be easily distinguished. In contrast to termites, ants are usually dark in color, are hard bodied, and have constriction between the thorax and abdomen. Termites are light in color and shed their wings. Flying ants do not shed their wings. Also, ants and termites belong to different orders.

Select the best summary of this paragraph.
  1. Termites are lighter in color and loose their wings at a certain stage of development.
  2. Ants are dark in color, hard bodied and belong to a different order than termites.
  3. Ants and termites are both insects and have many things in common
  4. Although ants resemble termites, they have differences that can be easily seen.
Grade 8 Summarizing CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.8.2

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Restating a passage or idea in your own words:
  1. paraphrasing
  2. contradicting
  3. empathizing
  4. restrategizing
Grade 8 Summarizing
Unlike paraphrase this means to explain the meaning of in an understandable way:
  1. interpret
  2. summarize
  3. paraphrase
  4. cajole
Grade 8 Summarizing
Using the same ideas as a passage but making the words your own:
  1. paraphrasing
  2. copying
  3. marginalizing
  4. fortifying
Grade 8 Summarizing
Which of the following does summarizing NOT help you do?
  1. Gives you a way to check your understanding.
  2. Makes it harder for you to understand what you are reading.
  3. Helps you remember information.
  4. Helps you clarify relationships among ideas.
Grade 8 Summarizing

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How was Crystal's presentation received?
  1. rudely
  2. warmly
  3. quietly
  4. excitedly
Grade 8 Summarizing

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Which organization is most responsible for determining how much money is available?
  1. Congress
  2. Federal Reserve
  3. Treasury Department
  4. U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Grade 8 Summarizing

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Which statement is most important to include in a summary of a passage?
  1. The narrator is moving back east.
  2. The narrator was offered a job by Jimmy's uncle.
  3. The boys ate up the turkey at the Thanksgiving dinner.
  4. The minister wasn't sure he could preach on thankfulness.
Grade 8 Summarizing

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What was the little pumpkin's fate?
  1. He was eaten by a cow.
  2. He went back to his mother.
  3. He was carved into a jack-o-lantern.
  4. He moved to the big city with the boys.