WI Forward - Wisconsin Forward English Language Arts: Reading Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

A student reads about a girl who keeps looking out the window during class. What can the reader infer?

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She is distracted or wishing to be somewhere else

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She is an excellent student

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She is afraid of the teacher

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She is looking for her parents

Question 2

What is the main difference between a text's theme and its topic?

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The theme is the underlying message; the topic is the subject

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The topic is the message; the theme is the subject

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They are the same thing

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The topic is one word; the theme is a sentence

Question 3

Which text structure explains why something happened and what resulted?

Accepted Answer

Cause and effect

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Compare and contrast

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Chronological order

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Problem and solution

Question 4

When an author writes 'the city never sleeps,' what technique is being used?

Accepted Answer

Personification

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Alliteration

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Onomatopoeia

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Foreshadowing

Question 5

A passage states: 'According to the National Weather Service, temperatures will drop below freezing.' This is an example of:

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A factual claim supported by an authority

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An opinion

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A personal anecdote

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A rhetorical question

Question 6

What strategy helps determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word in a passage?

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Use context clues from surrounding sentences

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Skip the word and keep reading

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Replace it with any fitting word

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Only look it up in a dictionary