Texas 6th Grade ELA Question of the Day
Test your knowledge with a hand-picked multiple-choice question.
Use Excerpt 1 to answer the multiple-choice question.
Excerpt 1: Before sunrise, Marisol crossed the dewy grass behind her family's Hill Country ranch house. She checked the north fence line, then hurried to the pen where the orphaned calf bawled. The bottle was warm; the calf's rough tongue tugged at the rubber nipple as cicadas buzzed. Dad called from the barn to load feed sacks for the heifers before school. Marisol's phone buzzed—a teammate reminding her about tonight's softball game after study hall. She wiped dust from her jeans, swung onto the creaky ATV, and bumped toward the mesquite gate.
Excerpt 2: At exactly noon, our cafeteria unveiled the new "mystery casserole," which wobbled like a sleeping jellyfish. I bravely scooped a square onto my tray. It slid off, performed a perfect flip, and landed on my shoe. The lunch monitor gasped. My best friend Jordan bowed like an announcer and whispered, "Behold, the cafeteria's finest acrobat!" I tried to shake it free, but the cheese acted like super glue. By the time I hopped to the napkin dispenser, half the seventh grade was applauding.
Which genre does this passage best represent?