Reading Skills Quiz

What are context clues?

• Hints within a text that help you understand difficult words.

• The main idea of a text.

• The author's purpose for writing.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does the term "main idea" refer to?

• The details that support a claim.

• What the text is mostly about.

• A summary of the text.

• The author's perspective.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

What are supporting details?

• The conclusion of a text.

• The main point of a story.

• The author's purpose.

• Facts or examples that explain or prove the main idea.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does summarizing mean?

• Describing a character's traits.

• Analyzing the text structure.

• The process of briefly stating the main points of a text.

• Comparing two subjects.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

What are character traits?

• The setting of a story.

• The qualities or characteristics of a character in a story.

• The main idea of the text.

• The author's purpose.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is point of view?

• The message of a story.

• The perspective from which a story is told.

• The author's argument on a topic.

• The chronological order of events.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does the term "theme" refer to?

• The author's writing style.

• The sequence of events.

• The message or lesson of a story.

• A character's traits.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

What does making inferences involve?

• Summarizing the text.

• Identifying text features.

• Stating the main idea.

• Using clues from the text and your own knowledge to understand something that is not directly stated.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

What does comparing mean?

• Finding differences between subjects.

• Summarizing a text.

• Identifying similarities between two or more subjects.

• Analyzing character traits.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is contrasting?

• Identifying differences between two or more subjects.

• Summarizing the main idea.

• Describing a character's qualities.

• Making inferences about the text.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.1.3