Reading Comprehension Strategies

Which of the following reading comprehension strategies involves asking questions before, during, and after reading?

• Predicting

• Visualizing

• Questioning

• Summarizing

Answer explanation

The correct reading comprehension strategy involving asking questions before, during, and after reading is Questioning.

Summarizing involves:

• Predicting what will happen next in the text

• Creating mental images based on the text

• Asking questions before, during, and after reading

• Identifying and synthesizing the main ideas of the text

Answer explanation

Identifying and synthesizing the main ideas of the text

True or False: Visualizing is a reading comprehension strategy that involves summarizing the main ideas of the text.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Visualizing is not about summarizing the main ideas of the text, but rather creating mental images to aid in comprehension. Therefore, the correct answer is False.

What does the visualizing reading comprehension strategy involve?

• Asking questions about the text

• Creating mental images based on the text

• Summarizing the main ideas of the text

• Predicting the outcome of the text

Answer explanation

The visualizing reading comprehension strategy involves creating mental images based on the text, making it easier to understand and remember the content.

When using the questioning strategy, readers ask questions to:

• Predict the outcome of the text

• Clarify understanding and stimulate curiosity

• Create mental images based on the text

• Identify and synthesize the main ideas of the text

Answer explanation

When using the questioning strategy, readers ask questions to clarify understanding and stimulate curiosity, as well as to identify and synthesize the main ideas of the text.

Is "prior knowledge" a reading comprehension technique?

• It is.

• It is not.

• I don't know.

THIEVVES is what we focus on when previewing a text.

• True.

• False.

Are "previewing" and "predicting" related?

• They are.

• They are not.

First, we preview the text; then, we make...

When we make a summary, what do we check?

• Our prior knowledge.

• Irrelevant information.

• Our understanding of the text.