AAFM (Reading) 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What distinguishes a fact from an opinion in a text?
- A fact can be verified; an opinion reflects a belief (Correct answer)
- A fact is always longer
- An opinion is always true
- A fact contains adjectives only
Correct answer: A fact can be verified; an opinion reflects a belief
Facts can be proven or verified, while opinions express personal beliefs or judgments.
Question 2: The author's purpose in a persuasive passage is usually to do what?
- Convince the reader to accept a viewpoint (Correct answer)
- List random dates
- Provide only entertainment
- Describe a landscape neutrally
Correct answer: Convince the reader to accept a viewpoint
Persuasive writing aims to convince the reader to adopt a particular opinion or take action.
Question 3: What does a topic sentence typically do in a paragraph?
- States the paragraph's main idea (Correct answer)
- Concludes the entire essay
- Lists only examples
- Cites all sources
Correct answer: States the paragraph's main idea
A topic sentence introduces the main idea that the rest of the paragraph develops.
Question 4: Comparing and contrasting two ideas in a passage means doing what?
- Examining similarities and differences (Correct answer)
- Ignoring one of the ideas
- Only repeating the first idea
- Rewriting the conclusion
Correct answer: Examining similarities and differences
Compare-and-contrast analysis identifies how ideas are alike and how they differ.
Question 5: A cause-and-effect relationship in text shows what?
- How one event leads to another (Correct answer)
- Only the setting
- The author's name
- A list of unrelated facts
Correct answer: How one event leads to another
Cause and effect explains how one event or action produces a result.
Question 6: Which of the following signals a sequence of events in a passage?
- Words like first, next, and finally (Correct answer)
- Random capital letters
- The passage title alone
- The page number
Correct answer: Words like first, next, and finally
Transition words such as first, next, and finally indicate the order of events.
Question 7: When an author uses a metaphor, they are doing what?
- Describing one thing as if it were another (Correct answer)
- Stating an exact measurement
- Quoting a statistic
- Providing a definition
Correct answer: Describing one thing as if it were another
A metaphor describes something by directly equating it with something else for effect.
AAFM (Reading) 3
What distinguishes a fact from an opinion in a text?