NAEP NAEP Reading Grade 4 2

Question 1

On NAEP Grade 4 Reading, what is an 'author's purpose' question asking you to identify?

Accepted Answer

Why the author wrote the text

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The setting of the story

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Who the main character is

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What happens at the end

Question 2

Which reading skill involves retelling a story's beginning, middle, and end in your own words, as assessed on NAEP Grade 4?

Accepted Answer

Summarizing

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Predicting

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Visualizing

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Questioning

Question 3

In NAEP Grade 4 Reading, what does a 'heading' in a nonfiction text help the reader do?

Accepted Answer

Preview the topic of a section

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Identify the author's name

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Understand the publication date

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Find the page number

Question 4

On NAEP Grade 4 Reading, if a passage says 'Maria frowned and crossed her arms,' what can you infer about Maria?

Accepted Answer

She is upset or frustrated

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She is happy

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She is tired

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She is bored with reading

Question 5

Which graphic feature helps readers understand data in a NAEP Grade 4 informational passage?

Accepted Answer

A table or chart

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A simile

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A metaphor

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A dialogue tag

Question 6

NAEP Grade 4 Reading tests compare two texts on the same topic. What is the purpose of this 'paired passage' task?

Accepted Answer

To analyze how texts present similar or different information

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To find spelling errors

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To identify punctuation rules

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To measure reading speed