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?

Accepted Answer

She is distracted or wishing to be somewhere else

Answer

Repeatedly looking out the window suggests distraction or longing to be elsewhere.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

The topic is what a text is about; the theme is the deeper message.

Question 3

Which text structure explains why something happened and what resulted?

Accepted Answer

Cause and effect

Answer

Cause and effect explains reasons something occurred and outcomes that followed.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Personification

Answer

Giving a city the human ability to sleep (or not) is personification.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A factual claim supported by an authority

Answer

Citing the National Weather Service provides credible evidence from an authoritative source.

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