Document Analysis Practice
A Grade 6 ELA worksheet to practice document analysis skills through a short passage and related questions.
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Document Analysis Practice
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Read the passage below carefully. Then, answer the questions that follow using evidence from the text.
Excerpt from 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' by Mark Twain
Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young the song was sweeter than ever. Freshly washed and primped, and dressed in his best clothes, Tom Sawyer appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. It seemed to him that life was hollow, and existence a burden. Sighing, he dipped his brush and applied a streak of whitewash; pulled it back and looked at the pitiful little streak, and sighed again.
1. What is the setting of this passage?
2. How does Tom Sawyer feel about whitewashing the fence? Provide two pieces of evidence from the text to support your answer.
3. The fence Tom had to whitewash was high.
4. When Tom saw the fence, a deep settled down upon his spirit.
5. Which of the following best describes the mood at the beginning of the passage, before Tom sees the fence?
Gloomy and sad
Cheerful and lively
Mysterious and suspenseful
Calm and peaceful
6. Tom Sawyer was excited to whitewash the fence.
True
False