Comprehension Flashcards
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A student reads a persuasive essay arguing that students should have longer recess. What is the author's most likely purpose?
Answer: To convince readers to agree with a position
A persuasive essay is written to convince the audience to accept the author's point of view or take action.
Which of the following is an example of a literal comprehension question?
Answer: On what day did the field trip occur, according to the passage?
A literal question has an answer directly and explicitly stated in the text, such as a specific date mentioned in the passage.
A student struggles to understand a nonfiction passage about volcanoes because they don't know what 'magma' means. This illustrates the impact of _____ on reading comprehension.
Answer: Background knowledge and vocabulary
Not knowing key vocabulary limits comprehension because understanding content words is essential to making meaning from the text.
When a FastBridge aReading passage uses headings, bold words, and bullet points, these are called:
Answer: Text features or nonfiction text features
Headings, bold words, and bullet points are text features commonly found in nonfiction texts to organize and highlight information.
A student reads: 'The new student sat alone at lunch every day.' The student is then asked to infer how the new student feels. Which answer is best supported by the text?
Answer: Lonely or left out
Sitting alone every day is a text clue that commonly suggests feelings of loneliness or social isolation.
In an aReading item, a student must identify the 'theme' of a story. What is a theme?
Answer: The central message or lesson the story conveys
A theme is the underlying message, lesson, or universal truth that an author communicates through a story.
Which strategy best helps a student monitor their own reading comprehension while taking aReading?
Answer: Rereading a confusing section and asking 'Does this make sense?'
Rereading and self-questioning ('Does this make sense?') is a metacognitive strategy that helps readers monitor and repair their understanding.