Reading complex texts about crime and punishment | Exit Quiz | Oak National Academy

Which reading skill can help you before reading a complex text?

• clarifying

• questioning

• summarising

• predicting

Answer explanation

Using any clues like headlines and titles can help you begin to understand a text.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which word means to help people recover and reintegrate into society after facing issues?

• rehabilitation

• controversial

• punitive

• refusal

Answer explanation

Rehabilitation can also be applied to physical recovery

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What word beginning with 'P' means to be intended as punishment?

(a)  

Answer explanation

Here is the word in a sentence: 19th century prisons focussed on punitive measures.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Complete this sentence to fill the blanks: Contextual information can include; __________, __________ and _________.

• when the text was written

• who the text was written by

• what the text is about

• how the writer uses language

• why the writer has made specific choices

Answer explanation

Looking at any contextual information provided before you read a text, is an excellent way to begin making predictions and develop understanding.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In a first-person narrative, which pronoun is typically used to refer to the narrator?

• he

• they

• I

• you

• she

Answer explanation

In a first-person narrative, the narrator or protagonist typically uses the pronoun "I" to refer to themselves, providing a direct, personal perspective on the events and experiences offered.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of these would not be considered a non-fiction text?

• autobiography

• poem

• newspaper report

• letter

• leaflet

Answer explanation

Although non-fiction texts can use literary devices they are based in true events and on facts.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5