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Reading Comprehension Skills Flashcards

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  1. Which text feature most helps a SIELE reader quickly locate specific information in a longer passage?

    Answer: Headings, subheadings, and paragraph structure

    Headings and paragraph structure provide organizational cues that guide readers to the section most likely to contain the information they need.

  2. In a SIELE reading task where you must match headings to paragraphs, what skill is primarily being tested?

    Answer: Ability to identify the main idea of each paragraph

    Matching headings to paragraphs requires identifying the central idea of each paragraph and selecting the heading that best summarizes it.

  3. What does 'scanning' a SIELE reading text help you do?

    Answer: Quickly find a specific piece of information like a date, name, or number

    Scanning involves moving your eyes rapidly over a text to locate a specific fact, which is efficient for answering detail-oriented SIELE questions.

  4. When a SIELE reading question asks for the 'author's purpose,' what should you consider?

    Answer: Why the author wrote the text and what they intend to communicate to the reader

    Author's purpose questions ask you to evaluate the communicative intent behind a text, such as to inform, persuade, entertain, or advertise.

  5. Which of the following is an example of a 'cohesive device' that aids reading comprehension in Spanish texts on the SIELE?

    Answer: Connectors such as 'sin embargo,' 'además,' and 'por lo tanto'

    Connectors like 'sin embargo' (however), 'además' (furthermore), and 'por lo tanto' (therefore) link ideas across sentences and signal logical relationships.

  6. In a SIELE true/false/not given reading task, what does 'not given' mean?

    Answer: The passage does not provide enough information to confirm or deny the statement

    'Not given' means the text neither confirms nor contradicts the statement — there is simply insufficient evidence in the passage to make a judgment.

  7. Which Spanish text type is most likely to appear in a SIELE task testing the ability to understand persuasive language?

    Answer: An opinion editorial or advertisement

    Opinion editorials and advertisements are persuasive text types that use rhetorical techniques, making them ideal for testing a reader's comprehension of persuasive language.