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Quiz 1.2 — Transition Words

Test yourself on the Transition Words curriculum and your ability to identify, solve, and explain the questions from the deck.

You should be able to answer every question without referring back to the module or the deck. If you get stuck, that section needs another read.

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Part 1

Module Content

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Part 2

Identify and Answer

Each question below is a real College Board question. Solve it, then name the transition category (continue, contrast, or cause and effect) you'd recognize it by.

7O2 Arena (Medium). "02 Arena," an award-winning science fiction story by Nigerian author Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, takes place in an alternate version of Nigeria where breathable air is a rare commodity that is owned and sold by companies. ______ people must purchase it with currency called O2 credits. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?*

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Please name the transition category.

8Land bridge (Easy). It has long been thought that humans first crossed a land bridge into the Americas approximately 13,000 years ago. ______ based on radiocarbon dating of samples uncovered in Mexico, a research team recently suggested that humans may have arrived more than 30,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?*

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Please name the transition category.

9Louise Thaden (Medium). Arkansas aviator Louise Thaden was already a record breaker when she won the inaugural National Women's Air Derby, a race from California to Ohio, in August of 1929. ______ in December of 1928, Thaden had set an aviation record when she reached an altitude of 20,269 feet in a Travel Air biplane. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?*

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Please name the transition category.

10Elephant (Medium). With darkness falling, a mother elephant loses sight of her calf and wants to make sure it is safe. ______ she releases an infrasonic call for the calf to hear. Infrasonic sound is below the range of human hearing, but many animals can hear these sounds from several miles away. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?*

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Please name the transition category.

11Reforestation (Hard). Reforestation efforts, while undeniably valuable, often result in forests with limited biodiversity. ______ care should be taken to plant a wide variety of native flora in depleted woodlands. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?*

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12Gordie Howe (Medium). The "Gordie Howe hat trick", an unofficial statistic in which a hockey player scores a goal, records an assist, and gets in a fight all in the same game, is named after hockey great Gordie Howe. ______ Howe only achieved this feat twice in his professional career, far fewer times than many other players. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?*

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13Rita Dove (Medium). In her poetry collection Thomas and Beulah, Rita Dove interweaves the titular characters' personal stories with broader historical narratives. She places Thomas's journey from the American South to the Midwest in the early 1900s within the larger context of the Great Migration. ______ Dove sets events from Beulah's personal life against the backdrop of the US Civil Rights Movement. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?*

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Part 3

Teaching Scenarios

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