SBAC ELA Grade 7 Practice Questions - Smarter Balanced Grade 7 English Language Arts Literacy Assessment Exam

Access More Questions

Read this excerpt from a drama: NARRATOR: The clock in the square struck midnight. ELENA (whispering): If the letter is true, everything changes by morning. TOMAS: And if it is a trick, we will have risked all for nothing. How does the form of a drama help readers understand this moment differently than a prose story would?

It hides the characters' thoughts from the reader entirely It uses stage directions and dialogue to show tension directly through speech It removes the setting so readers focus only on plot It prevents readers from knowing what time the scene occurs

Correct Answer:

It uses stage directions and dialogue to show tension directly through speech

Access more questions from this quiz

Continue to SBAC ELA Grade 7 Practice Questions - Smarter Balanced Grade 7 English Language Arts Literacy Assessment Exam for more practice questions and the full quiz experience.

Access More Questions