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CBEST - California Basic Educational Skills Reading: Vocabulary and Text Structure Flashcards

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  1. Read the sentence: "The teacher's demeanor was stern but fair, earning the respect of all her students." What does 'demeanor' most likely mean?

    Answer: Manner or behavior

    'Demeanor' refers to a person's outward behavior or manner.

  2. A passage opens with a general claim, then provides three supporting examples, and closes with a restatement. This text structure is called:

    Answer: Main idea with supporting details

    A general claim supported by examples and restated at the end follows a main-idea-with-details structure.

  3. The prefix 'mis-' in 'mislead' means:

    Answer: Wrongly

    The prefix 'mis-' means wrongly or incorrectly, as in to lead someone in the wrong direction.

  4. A passage describes how drought leads to crop failure, which then leads to food shortages. This is an example of which text structure?

    Answer: Cause and effect

    When one event directly results in another, the text uses a cause-and-effect structure.

  5. Which context clue strategy is used when a sentence defines an unfamiliar word right after a comma or dash?

    Answer: Appositive or definition clue

    An appositive or definition clue restates the meaning of the word directly within the sentence.

  6. The suffix '-ology' in 'biology' means:

    Answer: The study of

    '-ology' derives from Greek and means 'the study of,' as in biology = the study of life.