Reading Comprehension and Assessment Flashcards
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When evaluating an informational text for reliability, which factor is LEAST important to consider?
Answer: The font and design layout of the document
Visual design does not indicate reliability; credentials, recency, and evidence are the substantive factors readers should weigh.
A reader notices that an author repeatedly uses the words 'crisis,' 'alarming,' and 'devastating' throughout an article. What can the reader infer about the author's tone?
Answer: Urgent and alarmed
Words with strongly negative connotations like 'crisis' and 'devastating' signal an urgent, alarmed tone.
Which reading strategy is most appropriate when a student encounters a long, dense academic passage for the first time?
Answer: Preview headings, subheadings, and topic sentences before reading in full
Previewing structural elements gives readers a framework that aids comprehension when they read the full text.
In a persuasive essay, the author writes: 'Everyone agrees that this policy has failed.' What logical fallacy does this statement represent?
Answer: Bandwagon / appeal to the masses
Claiming 'everyone agrees' is a bandwagon fallacy that falsely implies universal agreement to pressure readers into compliance.
A student re-reads a confusing paragraph and then summarizes it in their own words. Which comprehension repair strategy are they using?
Answer: Paraphrasing and re-reading
Re-reading and putting the text into one's own words (paraphrasing) is a classic fix-up strategy for confusion.
Which element of a passage would MOST help a reader determine the intended audience?
Answer: The vocabulary level and assumptions about background knowledge
The complexity of vocabulary and the knowledge the author assumes readers already have are the strongest indicators of intended audience.
A comprehension question asks: 'What can you conclude about the character's motivation based on the clues in paragraphs 3 and 5?' This is best described as what kind of question?
Answer: Inferential reasoning
Drawing a conclusion from clues rather than directly stated information is the hallmark of an inferential comprehension question.