Reading Comprehension Remediation

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What does 'meandered' most likely mean?

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Wandered

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What type of figurative language is used when a car is described as 'exhausted'?

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Personification

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What is the main idea of a passage that lists fun activities at the beach?

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There are many fun things to do at the beach.

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What type of figurative language is used in the phrase 'as cold as ice'?

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Simile

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What evidence best supports the claim that high school students should wear uniforms?

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At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendance rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.

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What is reading comprehension?

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The ability to understand, interpret, and analyze written text.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is personification?

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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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What is the purpose of identifying the main idea in a text?

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To understand the central point or message the author is conveying.