Reading Comprehension & Decoding Skills Flashcards

A student reads a passage about climate change and is asked: 'What is the author's main purpose?' The passage presents facts and statistics with no opinion. What is the most likely purpose?

Answer: To inform readers about climate change data

A text that presents facts and statistics without opinion has an informational or expository purpose.

The word 'transport' contains the Latin root 'port.' Which word shares this same root meaning 'carry'?

Answer: portable

Portable shares the Latin root 'port' meaning to carry, as in something that can be carried.

Which sentence contains a word used with a connotative (implied) rather than denotative (literal) meaning?

Answer: She has a heart of gold.

Heart of gold is a figurative expression implying kindness, not a literal anatomical or mineral description.

On the WIAT Reading Comprehension subtest, a student must retell a passage after reading it silently. Which skill is primarily being measured?

Answer: Recall of explicit and implicit text information

Retelling tasks assess how well students comprehend and remember both stated and implied information from a passage.

A student decodes 'knight' correctly. Which phonics concept is most relevant?

Answer: Silent letter combinations (kn-, -ght)

Knight contains two silent letter patterns: the silent 'k' in 'kn' and the silent letters in '-ght.'

A passage describes a character who 'wore a perpetual frown and spoke in clipped tones.' What can the reader infer about this character?

Answer: The character is unfriendly or stern

A perpetual frown and clipped speech are textual clues suggesting a cold, stern, or unfriendly personality.

Which of the following is an example of an open syllable?

Answer: 'me' in 'me-lon'

An open syllable ends in a vowel, which typically makes the vowel long, as in the 'me' in melon.