Question
What are explicit meanings?(1 point)
Responses
ideas or details that are stated directly in a text
ideas or details that are stated directly in a text
claims that are made during an analysis of a text
claims that are made during an analysis of a text
conclusions readers form from evidence and reasoning
conclusions readers form from evidence and reasoning
information in a text that support an idea or analysis
What is textual evidence?(1 point)
Responses
information in a text that support an idea or analysis
information in a text that support an idea or analysis
details or clues in a story that foreshadow its ending
details or clues in a story that foreshadow its ending
claims that are made during an analysis of a text
claims that are made during an analysis of a text
conclusions readers form from evidence and reasoning
What is an inference?(1 point)
Responses
a conclusion formed from evidence and reasoning
a conclusion formed from evidence and reasoning
an idea or detail that is stated directly in a text
an idea or detail that is stated directly in a text
an analysis of ideas or details included in a text
an analysis of ideas or details included in a text
information in a text that supports an idea or analysis
Use the excerpt from “Big Water” to answer the question.
Today I feel only dread. I’m sweating again—my cheeks are flushed. I thought I would feel relieved to be back in civilization, to be rescued from certain death, but instead, seeing the town and the men rushing about on the dock, the boats and sails and horse-drawn wagons, I’m struck again by what we have just endured. I want to find Daniel, see his face, know that he remembers too, but he’s tunneled down beneath the blankets like a mole.
What detail from the text best supports the inference that Daniel is having feelings similar to the narrator’s?
(1 point)
Responses
Daniel has tunneled down to hide under the blankets.
Daniel has tunneled down to hide under the blankets.
The narrator expected to feel relieved but does not.
The narrator expected to feel relieved but does not.
The narrator wants to share a moment with Daniel.
The narrator wants to share a moment with Daniel.
They have both recently escaped from certain death.
Big Water
by Andrea Curtis
Henry and Eva fold the sails and get out oars. We are bumping up against the stone-filled cribs of a large, wide dock within minutes.
I watch the men on the docks with their untamed beards and callused hands, their frayed wool pants and faded hats. They are young and old and move about like a kind of machine, few of them speaking but working together without need of words. Moving cargo, hauling wood, cleaning boats. Picking up, passing, carrying. I hear one call to another in French, someone respond in English. A thick-necked tabby cat sneaks down the dock, sniffing here and there. It rubs its long orange-and-white striped side along one burly man’s boot. The man reaches down and scratches the old cat behind its ear, and it leans in toward him.
These men pay us little attention until we are banging up against the high dock. Their faces flicker with confusion, then disbelief as Daniel calls out, “We were on the Asia. The boat is sunk. We are survivors! Help us.” He holds up the pillowcase with S.S. Asia stenciled along the hem.
Use the excerpt from “Big Water” to answer the question.
What details from the text explicitly support the inference that the men on the dock work together frequently? Select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
Responses
They work without needing to speak.
They work without needing to speak.
The move like a machine.
The move like a machine.
They speak different languages.
They speak different languages.
They have callused hands.
They have callused hands.
They have untamed beards.
They have untamed beards.
Responses
ideas or details that are stated directly in a text
ideas or details that are stated directly in a text
claims that are made during an analysis of a text
claims that are made during an analysis of a text
conclusions readers form from evidence and reasoning
conclusions readers form from evidence and reasoning
information in a text that support an idea or analysis
What is textual evidence?(1 point)
Responses
information in a text that support an idea or analysis
information in a text that support an idea or analysis
details or clues in a story that foreshadow its ending
details or clues in a story that foreshadow its ending
claims that are made during an analysis of a text
claims that are made during an analysis of a text
conclusions readers form from evidence and reasoning
What is an inference?(1 point)
Responses
a conclusion formed from evidence and reasoning
a conclusion formed from evidence and reasoning
an idea or detail that is stated directly in a text
an idea or detail that is stated directly in a text
an analysis of ideas or details included in a text
an analysis of ideas or details included in a text
information in a text that supports an idea or analysis
Use the excerpt from “Big Water” to answer the question.
Today I feel only dread. I’m sweating again—my cheeks are flushed. I thought I would feel relieved to be back in civilization, to be rescued from certain death, but instead, seeing the town and the men rushing about on the dock, the boats and sails and horse-drawn wagons, I’m struck again by what we have just endured. I want to find Daniel, see his face, know that he remembers too, but he’s tunneled down beneath the blankets like a mole.
What detail from the text best supports the inference that Daniel is having feelings similar to the narrator’s?
(1 point)
Responses
Daniel has tunneled down to hide under the blankets.
Daniel has tunneled down to hide under the blankets.
The narrator expected to feel relieved but does not.
The narrator expected to feel relieved but does not.
The narrator wants to share a moment with Daniel.
The narrator wants to share a moment with Daniel.
They have both recently escaped from certain death.
Big Water
by Andrea Curtis
Henry and Eva fold the sails and get out oars. We are bumping up against the stone-filled cribs of a large, wide dock within minutes.
I watch the men on the docks with their untamed beards and callused hands, their frayed wool pants and faded hats. They are young and old and move about like a kind of machine, few of them speaking but working together without need of words. Moving cargo, hauling wood, cleaning boats. Picking up, passing, carrying. I hear one call to another in French, someone respond in English. A thick-necked tabby cat sneaks down the dock, sniffing here and there. It rubs its long orange-and-white striped side along one burly man’s boot. The man reaches down and scratches the old cat behind its ear, and it leans in toward him.
These men pay us little attention until we are banging up against the high dock. Their faces flicker with confusion, then disbelief as Daniel calls out, “We were on the Asia. The boat is sunk. We are survivors! Help us.” He holds up the pillowcase with S.S. Asia stenciled along the hem.
Use the excerpt from “Big Water” to answer the question.
What details from the text explicitly support the inference that the men on the dock work together frequently? Select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
Responses
They work without needing to speak.
They work without needing to speak.
The move like a machine.
The move like a machine.
They speak different languages.
They speak different languages.
They have callused hands.
They have callused hands.
They have untamed beards.
They have untamed beards.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
### What are explicit meanings?
**Response:** ideas or details that are stated directly in a text
### What is textual evidence?
**Response:** information in a text that supports an idea or analysis
### What is an inference?
**Response:** a conclusion formed from evidence and reasoning
### Use the excerpt from "Big Water" to answer the question.
**What detail from the text best supports the inference that Daniel is having feelings similar to the narrator’s?**
**Response:** They have both recently escaped from certain death.
### Use the excerpt from "Big Water" to answer the question.
**What details from the text explicitly support the inference that the men on the dock work together frequently? Select the two correct answers.**
**Responses:**
1. They work without needing to speak.
2. They move like a machine.
**Response:** ideas or details that are stated directly in a text
### What is textual evidence?
**Response:** information in a text that supports an idea or analysis
### What is an inference?
**Response:** a conclusion formed from evidence and reasoning
### Use the excerpt from "Big Water" to answer the question.
**What detail from the text best supports the inference that Daniel is having feelings similar to the narrator’s?**
**Response:** They have both recently escaped from certain death.
### Use the excerpt from "Big Water" to answer the question.
**What details from the text explicitly support the inference that the men on the dock work together frequently? Select the two correct answers.**
**Responses:**
1. They work without needing to speak.
2. They move like a machine.