ATLAS Reading Comprehension 3

Question 1

Which ATLAS reading skill requires students to distinguish between facts and opinions in a nonfiction text?

Accepted Answer

Identifying fact versus opinion

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Summarizing the passage

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Analyzing story structure

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Defining vocabulary using context

Question 2

On ATLAS, what does 'summarizing' a text require a student to do?

Accepted Answer

Retell only the most important ideas in their own words, leaving out details

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Copy the first and last paragraphs word for word

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Write a personal reaction to the text

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List every event in the story in order

Question 3

How does ATLAS assess a student's ability to use a graphic organizer or diagram included in a nonfiction passage?

Accepted Answer

Students answer questions about what information the graphic adds to the text

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Students are asked to redraw the diagram from memory

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Students write a paragraph ignoring the graphic

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Students are only asked to label parts of the diagram

Question 4

Which literary device does ATLAS expect upper elementary students to identify when an author hints at future events?

Accepted Answer

Foreshadowing

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Flashback

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Hyperbole

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Alliteration

Question 5

On ATLAS, what is the purpose of a 'central idea' question in an informational text?

Accepted Answer

To identify the most important point the author is making about the topic

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To ask who wrote the text

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To find the most interesting sentence in the passage

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To list all the facts in the passage

Question 6

Which ATLAS reading skill involves evaluating how an author uses evidence to support a claim in an argument?

Accepted Answer

Analyzing the author's argument and evidence

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Identifying genre

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Describing the setting

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Identifying rhyme scheme