Reading Comprehension & Decoding Skills Flashcards

A student reads: 'The CEO's decision was both lauded and criticized.' What does 'lauded' mean?

Answer: Praised highly

To laud means to praise enthusiastically, so 'lauded' means the decision received strong approval.

Which text structure is used in a passage that explains why deforestation occurs and what results from it?

Answer: Cause and effect

A passage explaining why something happens and its outcomes uses cause-and-effect text structure.

A student struggles to read 'photograph' but can read 'photo' and 'graph' separately. What decoding strategy should be taught?

Answer: Breaking compound words and multisyllabic words into known parts

Teaching students to identify and blend known morphemes or syllable units helps decode longer, unfamiliar words.

In reading assessment, 'word attack skills' refers to:

Answer: Strategies used to decode unfamiliar words

Word attack skills encompass phonics, structural analysis, and other strategies used to decode words the reader hasn't seen before.

A passage ends: 'History has shown us that empires, however powerful, are ultimately transient.' What does 'transient' mean?

Answer: Temporary and short-lived

Transient means lasting only a short time; here it contrasts with how powerful empires appear to be.

Which reading comprehension question type requires a student to go BEYOND the text to answer?

Answer: An inferential question

Inferential questions require readers to use clues from the text combined with their own reasoning to reach conclusions not explicitly stated.

A student reads 'audible' and 'inaudible.' Understanding that 'in-' means 'not,' what can the student conclude about 'inaudible'?

Answer: Cannot be heard

The prefix 'in-' negates the root 'audible' (able to be heard), making 'inaudible' mean not able to be heard.