QUIZ 1 READING AND WRITING SKILLS

Text is a group of ideas put together to make a central idea.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Text is a continuous sequence of sounds forming utterances or conversations in spoken language.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

This talks about discourse not a text.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Reading is the process of decoding the written symbols and meaning from them.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

To persuade means people can learn information and develop better understanding of topic.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Persuade means trying to convince or influence other people in some ways.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Another purpose of discourse is to entertain, people can entertain through giving interesting and humorous stories.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Text is a connected discourse, which means that all ideas in text must be related in the sense that they would express only one main idea.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The reading process should start by directly analyzing the words.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It must start by word-recognition.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Skimming the text means you look for the specific information of the reading and identify the ideas that develop it.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Skimming is looking for the general idea of the text.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Critical reading involves asking questions about the author’s intention, the text’s structure and purpose and the meanings of individual words and phrases.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

One of the benefits of reading is that through reading readers learn how to write a complex sentence.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10