WIAT Reading Comprehension & Decoding Skills 4

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Praised highly

Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Cause and effect

Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Breaking compound words and multisyllabic words into known parts

Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Strategies used to decode unfamiliar words

Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Temporary and short-lived

Answer

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

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