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  1. What is the difference between 'fact' and 'opinion' in a reading passage?

    Answer: Facts can be proven true; opinions reflect personal views or beliefs

    A fact is a statement that can be verified as true or false, while an opinion is a personal belief or judgment.

  2. When an author uses 'flashback' in a narrative, they are:

    Answer: Interrupting the story to show an earlier event

    A flashback is a narrative device that takes the story back in time to reveal earlier events that inform the present.

  3. What does it mean to 'paraphrase' a passage?

    Answer: To restate it in your own words while keeping the meaning

    Paraphrasing means restating the ideas of a passage in different words while preserving the original meaning.

  4. The word 'setting' in a story refers to:

    Answer: The time, place, and environment of the story

    The setting is the time, place, and social environment in which the story takes place.

  5. What is an 'author's purpose' when reading a passage?

    Answer: The reason the author wrote the passage

    An author's purpose is the reason they wrote the text — to inform, entertain, or persuade.

  6. Which of the following is an example of figurative language?

    Answer: His heart was a block of ice.

    'His heart was a block of ice' is a metaphor, a type of figurative language comparing two unlike things.

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