Three Levels of Reading Comprehension

"What if..." questions can be found in which two comprehension levels?

• Literal and Interpretive

• Literal and Applied

• Applied and Interpretive

• Interpretive and Literary

Comprehension skills that measure the ability of a reader to interpret what she has read is...

• Interpretive

• Literal

• Applied

• Application

An answer that can be found by reading what is "right there" is know as...

• Applied level

• Literal level

• Reading level

• Interpretive level

A questions that starts with, "What would you have done...?" would be considered which level of comprehension?

• None of the levels

• Applied Level

• Literal Level

• Interpretive Level

Comprehension skills that measure the ability of a reader to understand the surface meaning of a text is...

• Interpretive

• None

• Applied

• Literal

Emilio took the cap off his head, dropped the baseball bat, and rested his elbows on the fence. It wasn't that he couldn't find the ball. It was sitting right in the middle of the lawn, just beyond the fence. The fence was not very high either. Emilio could probably get a running start, grab the top of the fence, and flip right over it. But there was a dog, a large Rottweiler with a spiked collar. He sat under an awning a few feet away from the ball. He looked at Emilio and let out a menacing growl. Archie, Scotty, and Dutch ran up to Emilio and surveyed the situation. Archie was the first to speak, "So, are you going to do it, Emilio?"

What level of comprehension would the following question be considered?

What were the boys doing right before the text begins?

• Literal

• Interpretive

• Applied

• None of the above

Emilio took the cap off his head, dropped the baseball bat, and rested his elbows on the fence. It wasn't that he couldn't find the ball. It was sitting right in the middle of the lawn, just beyond the fence. The fence was not very high either. Emilio could probably get a running start, grab the top of the fence, and flip right over it. But there was a dog, a large Rottweiler with a spiked collar. He sat under an awning a few feet away from the ball. He looked at Emilio and let out a menacing growl. Archie, Scotty, and Dutch ran up to Emilio and surveyed the situation. Archie was the first to speak, "So, are you going to do it, Emilio?"

What level of comprehension would the following question be considered?

What kind of dog was on the other side of the fence?

• Literal

• Interpretive

• Applied

• All of the above

Emilio took the cap off his head, dropped the baseball bat, and rested his elbows on the fence. It wasn't that he couldn't find the ball. It was sitting right in the middle of the lawn, just beyond the fence. The fence was not very high either. Emilio could probably get a running start, grab the top of the fence, and flip right over it. But there was a dog, a large Rottweiler with a spiked collar. He sat under an awning a few feet away from the ball. He looked at Emilio and let out a menacing growl. Archie, Scotty, and Dutch ran up to Emilio and surveyed the situation. Archie was the first to speak, "So, are you going to do it, Emilio?"

What level of comprehension would the following question be considered?

What problem is Emilio facing?

• Literal

• Interpretive

• Applied

• All of the above

Emilio took the cap off his head, dropped the baseball bat, and rested his elbows on the fence. It wasn't that he couldn't find the ball. It was sitting right in the middle of the lawn, just beyond the fence. The fence was not very high either. Emilio could probably get a running start, grab the top of the fence, and flip right over it. But there was a dog, a large Rottweiler with a spiked collar. He sat under an awning a few feet away from the ball. He looked at Emilio and let out a menacing growl. Archie, Scotty, and Dutch ran up to Emilio and surveyed the situation. Archie was the first to speak, "So, are you going to do it, Emilio?"

What level of comprehension would the following question be considered?

If you were Emilio, what would you do?

• Literal

• Interpretive

• Applied

• None of the above

Comprehension skills that measure the ability of the reader to make judgments about what she read is...

• Interpretive

• Applied

• Literal