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Reading Comprehension Practice
Reading Comprehension Practice
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What a piece of writing is MOSTLY about
characters
theme
main idea
point of view
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When answering multiple choice reading questions, you should...
stress out
highlight everything
use your strategies, take your time, & give your best effort
lay your head down and take a nap
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How can a reader distinguish a "good summary" from a "bad summary?" A good summary is...
short with a main idea and supporting details.
long with NO details.
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The perspective from which the story is told
plot
narrator
list of characters
point of view
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The speaker or person telling the story
first person
point of view
cast
narrator
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The problem in the story
climax
conflict
resolution
theme
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Surrounding words that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word
dialogue
stanza
playwright
context clues
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The following of one event after another
line breaks
details
sequence of events
props
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Realistic fiction can best be described as...
an unbelievable story with made up characters
a story about a person's life told by someone else
a made up story that could actually happen
a true story
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The central idea or message of a selection
climax
theme
summary
main idea
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The turning point in the action of a story
setting
climax
plot
resolution
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The most important events that make up a story
sensory details
plot
meter
theme
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A short version of a paragraph or text that only includes the main points
sequence of events
genre
outline
summary
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The reason the author wrote the selection
climax
moral
author's purpose
reasoning
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When answering a vocabulary question from a passage, you should...
guess
answer D
use context clues & substitute choices in place of the word
skip the problem
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Combining several pieces of information to make an inference
cause and effect
comparing and contrasting
drawing conclusions
problem and resolution
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The reason why something happens
plot
effect
climax
cause
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Using prior knowledge (schema) plus clues from the text to help with understanding
effect
plot
inference
cause
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Finding a solution to the problem
point of view
ending
plot
resolution
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When answering a multiple choice question about a paragraph or passage's summary, you should...
quickly look for key words and answer right away
none of the above
get overwhelmed and circle the 1st answer
evaluate each answer choice to find the best
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A conversation between two people
dialogue
quotation marks
talking
lines
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Where and when the story takes place
plot
conflict
scene
setting
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Told from the view point of one of the characters using "I" and "we"
first person point of view
third person point of view
autobiography
second person point of view
