Grade 7 Text Analysis Worksheet
This worksheet helps 7th-grade students practice text analysis skills, including identifying main ideas, supporting details, author's purpose, and making inferences.
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Grade 7 Text Analysis
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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Pay close attention to details, main ideas, and the author's message.
The old lighthouse stood sentinel on the craggy coast, its beam sweeping across the churning sea with a rhythmic precision that had guided ships for over a century. Its weathered stone walls bore the marks of countless storms, each gale leaving its indelible signature. Inside, the keeper, an elderly woman named Elara, meticulously maintained the powerful lamp, a task she had inherited from her grandmother. She knew every creak of the winding staircase, every whisper of the wind against the glass, and every secret the vast ocean held. Though isolated, Elara found companionship in the seabirds that nested in the cliffs and the occasional passing ship, their distant horns a familiar greeting. She often wondered about the lives of the sailors who depended on her light, silently wishing them safe passage through the treacherous waters.
1. What is the main purpose of the lighthouse in the passage?
To provide a home for Elara.
To mark the passing of time.
To guide ships safely.
To attract seabirds.
2. The phrase 'its beam sweeping across the churning sea with a rhythmic precision' suggests that the light is:
Erratic and unpredictable.
Constant and steady.
Weak and fading.
Bright but brief.
1. Elara inherited the task of maintaining the lighthouse lamp from her .
2. The lighthouse walls bore the marks of countless .
1. Describe the setting of the story based on the passage.
2. What can you infer about Elara's character from the passage?
1. Elara dislikes her isolated life at the lighthouse.
True
False
2. The lighthouse is new and recently built.
True
False