Texas 6th Grade ELA Question of the Day
Test your knowledge with a hand-picked multiple-choice question.
Use Excerpt 1 to answer the multiple-choice question.
Excerpt 1: Smoke drifted above the mission walls as I clutched the folded message to my chest. Colonel Travis's signature bled where the ink hadn't dried. "Go," Bowie's messenger urged, swinging the gate just wide enough. I sprinted into predawn chill, boots slapping the packed earth of San Antonio de Béxar. Behind me, cannon boomed, rattling my ribs. A woman pulled her child inside, muttering a prayer in Spanish. I rode hard for Gonzales, dust stinging my eyes, knowing every mile might carry hope—or the last words of the Alamo.
Excerpt 2: Long before highways unspooled across the plains, the wind wandered lonely, searching for a color to call spring. A Comanche girl listened to the wind's sigh and scattered a pouch of precious seeds she'd been saving. The moon wept silver onto the ground, and in the morning, blue stars bloomed where her footprints fell. People said the wind finally smiled, brushing the flowers so they nodded hello. Ever since, when the prairie turns blue, we remember the girl who shared what she loved and woke the season.
Which genre does this passage best represent?