Reading Comprehension and Assessment Flashcards
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A passage describes how deforestation leads to soil erosion, which then causes rivers to become silted, which ultimately destroys fish habitats. Which text structure is the author primarily using?
Answer: Cause and effect (chain reaction)
A chain of events where each effect becomes the cause of the next effect is a multi-step cause-and-effect (causal chain) structure.
A student is asked to make a text-to-self connection while reading a story about a character who feels anxious before a public speech. What does this connection involve?
Answer: Relating the character's feelings to a personal experience of the student
A text-to-self connection links what happens in the text to the reader's own life experiences, feelings, or memories.
Which term describes the perspective from which a story is narrated when the narrator refers to characters as 'he,' 'she,' and 'they,' and knows the thoughts of all characters?
Answer: Third-person omniscient
Third-person omniscient narration uses 'he/she/they' and gives the narrator access to the inner thoughts of all characters.
On a standardized ELAR reading assessment, a passage is followed by the question: 'Which detail from the passage BEST supports the central idea?' What skill is being tested?
Answer: Citing relevant textual evidence
Selecting the detail that best supports the central idea requires students to cite and evaluate relevant textual evidence.
A reader finishes an article and asks, 'What is the most important point the author wants me to take away?' Which comprehension goal does this question reflect?
Answer: Determining the central idea or main idea
Asking what the author most wants the reader to understand is the core question for identifying the central or main idea.
In an informational text, the phrase 'for instance' most likely signals which type of text organization at the sentence or paragraph level?
Answer: An example supporting a general statement
'For instance' is a transitional phrase that introduces a specific example to illustrate or support a broader claim.
A student reads a persuasive article and identifies that the author uses only statistics that support their argument while ignoring contradictory data. This is an example of which bias technique?
Answer: Cherry-picking evidence
Selectively presenting only supportive data while omitting contradictory evidence is called cherry-picking, a common form of confirmation bias in writing.