KS2 SATs KS2 Reading Comprehension 3

Question 1

What is the purpose of a glossary in a non-fiction book?

Accepted Answer

To explain the meanings of specialist words

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To list all the characters

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To summarise each chapter

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To give the author's biography

Question 2

A text says: 'As quick as a flash, she sprinted across the field.' What technique is used?

Accepted Answer

Simile

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Personification

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Metaphor

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Alliteration

Question 3

What does 'author's viewpoint' mean?

Accepted Answer

The writer's attitude or opinion towards the subject

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The character's feelings

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The genre of the text

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The setting of the story

Question 4

In the sentence 'The soldiers, exhausted and starving, trudged through the mud', what extra information do the commas contain?

Accepted Answer

A parenthetical phrase (embedded clause)

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A fronted adverbial

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A relative clause

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A list of nouns

Question 5

What is the term for the overall feeling or atmosphere of a text?

Accepted Answer

Tone

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Theme

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Plot

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Narrator

Question 6

Which question type asks you to 'give evidence from the text to support your answer'?

Accepted Answer

Evaluation with evidence

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Retrieval

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Inference

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Prediction