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8th Grade Reading Comprehension - Excerpt From Common Sense by Thomas Paine
8th Grade Reading Comprehension - Excerpt From Common Sense by Thomas Paine
8th Grade Reading Comprehension - Excerpt From Common Sense by Thomas Paine

8 Questions

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.5
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6
1

The author implies that there are many people in America who believe their country's continuing success depends on its ties to Great Britain.

2

Click the detail that best supports the inference that the author believes God is the rightful king of America.

3

Read the sentence.

4

Read the sentence from the text.

5

How do events develop over the course of the text?

6

PART A: What inference can be made about the author’s opinion of being tied to any European country?

7

PART B: Which two sentences from the text best support your answer from Part A?

8

What is the central idea of the text? Explain using key evidence from the text to support your answer.

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