Reading Comprehension

Question 1

Personification is defined as

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Giving human traits to an inanimate (not living) object

Question 2

In fiction, setting is defined as

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the time and place of a story

Question 3

In a fictional story, the climax is considered to be

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the turning point of the story

Question 4

What strategy requires you to think and use what you already know about a topic before reading?

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Activate Prior Knowledge

Question 5

When you compare two topics, (items, subjects, texts, characters, etc) you must provide

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the similarities between the two topics.

Question 6

An example of a simile is

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the bird took to the birdseed like parched soil to rain

Question 7

You should examine the title of a text, any images on the cover, and read the back preview to

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make a strong prediction

Question 8

In the word Autobiography, what does 'graph' mean?

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Writing

Question 9

Author's Purpose: Authors write for four main purposes (reasons) which are:

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to persuade, inform, describe, or entertain

Question 10

A passage full of facts and information about a topic is most likely

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nonfiction

Question 11

When you must understand what is happening in the story without being directly told, you must

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Make an inference

Question 12

What strategy should Olivia use?

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Re-read the Text

Question 13

Theme is defined as the

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author's insight that s/he chooses to share with the reader

Question 14

When reading nonfiction texts, it is useful to

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All of the above

Question 15

What strategy would Tracy use before reading? (See attached slide)

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Activate Prior Knowledge

Question 16

In the word Autobiography, what does the root 'bio' mean?

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life

Question 17

In the word Autobiography, which part of the word is the prefix?

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Auto

Question 18

Two examples of themes from Dream Team was

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that each person offers something different to a team, people are upset about one thing and take it out on others

Question 19

Piecing together clues, details, and evidence from a text to draw a conclusion is called:

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making inferences

Question 20

You are provided a passage that shares reasons why you should buy a bike. The author's purpose

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is persuasive

Question 21

Strategy when you use words/ phrases from the text to determine the meaning of an unknown word:

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Context Clues

Question 22

When you contrast two topics (subjects, objects, texts, characters, etc), you must identify the

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differences between the two topics

Question 23

The BEST two strategies you can use to determine the central idea of a passage are to:

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think about what the passage is mostly about., pay attention to the title of the passage

Question 24

What strategy would you use to understand the following passage?

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Infer Meaning

Question 25

A metaphor is defined as

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a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as

Question 26

When do you typically make inferences about a text?

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Both while reading and after reading

Question 27

An example of personification would be:

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Lightening danced across the sky

Question 28

Main idea is found

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in nonfiction texts

Question 29

A strategy that requires you to ask questions, make connections, and think about the text is

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Think-Aloud

Question 30

What strategy requires you to take a look at the text another time?

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Re-Read the Text

Question 31

What strategy requires you to use a prefix or suffix and the root word to know its meaning?

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Word Attack

Question 32

Plot basically means

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the important events in the beginning, middle, and end

Question 33

Which of the following elements should NOT be included in a summary?

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Predictions

Question 34

A simile is defined as:

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A comparison of two unlike things/objects using like or as

Question 35

An example of a metaphor is

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Jon was a knight in shining armor for picking up my books.

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Reading Comprehension

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