Reading Informational Text: Lower the Voting Age

Implicit reading forces the reader to...

• read between the lines and determine the purpose of the writer’s work.

• use context clues to understand what words mean.

• make inferences based on the reasoning present.

• All of the above.

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Which sentence reveals explicitly Ms. Havard’s feelings?

• While yelling at them, her youngest daughter, Evie, started crying.

• She decided she had enough of cleaning up after them.

• Ms. Havard walked into her children’s room and started yelling at them.

• All of the above.

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If you implicitly read this, you might ascertain that:

• Ms. Havard has cleaned up after their messes multiple times.

• Ms. Havard is a terrible mom.

• Ms. Havard needs to hire a maid.

• Ms. Havard loves her children very much.

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If you implicitly read this, you might ascertain that:

• Lillian doesn’t know how to behave.

• Lillian is more sensitive than Evie.

• Evie is more sensitive than Lillian

• Evie’s brother, Oliver was mean to her.

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In the nonfiction article, “Lowering the Voting Age” the author uses which of the following points to support her argument?

• After a child turns 18, they are usually no longer with their parents in the home, and won’t have the right modeling to vote.

• Schools should be helping to enroll children in voter registration and at 18, these students are no longer in schools.

• Lowering the voting age would give young people a voice in their communities.

• All of the above.

In which paragraph(s) does the author provide evidence that supports the effectiveness of lowering the voting age?

• In paragraph 2

• In paragraph 3

• In the conclusion

• She offers none

How can the writer improve their conclusion paragraph?

• It's perfect the way it is.

• She should recap the main points of her argument in the conclusion.

• She should use better punctuation.

• She needs to write at least 8 more sentences.

Which sentence in paragraph 1 best illustrates the author’s thesis?

After reading this article, what conclusions can you make about the author’s opinion on lowering the voting age?

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Determine whether the following statement is True or False. Evidence and reasoning are the same things in an argumentative essay.

• True

• False