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Test: Common Core: 4th Grade English Language Arts
Image adapted from The Aesop for children / with pictures by Milo Winter, 1919. Aesop's fable of The Crow and the Pitcher. Image retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://lccn.loc.gov/19014083>.
Adapted from Aesop’s The Crow and the Pitcher (620-560 BCE)
In a spell of dry weather, when the Birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck, and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the water. The poor thing felt as if he must die of thirst.
Then an idea came to him. Picking up some small pebbles, he dropped them into the pitcher one by one. With each pebble, the water rose a little higher until at last, it was near enough so he could drink.
| 1. | What is the author’s purpose for including this illustration with the passage? |
The author added this text feature to enhance the reader’s understanding of the details within the passage.
The author added this text feature to make the story more interesting to the reader.
The author did not choose to add this text feature. Illustrations must be added to stories.
The author added this text feature to make the book look better.
