ELA FAST Reading and Literary REVIEW K-12

Explain how text features - including titles, headings, captions, graphs, maps, glossaries, and/or illustrations - contribute to the ______ of texts.

• meaning

• length

• author

• genre

Identify the central idea and relevant ______ in a text.

• details

• authors

• titles

• summaries

An author’s purpose in an informational text is to:

• entertain the reader with stories

• persuade the reader to take action

• inform or explain a topic to the reader

• describe fictional characters

Explain an author’s opinion(s) and supporting evidence.

• An author’s opinion(s) and supporting evidence are the viewpoints the author holds and the facts or examples used to support those viewpoints.

• An author’s opinion(s) are always facts.

• Supporting evidence is not important in understanding an author’s opinion(s).

• An author’s opinion(s) are never stated in a text.

Retell a text to enhance comprehension.

• To enhance comprehension

• To memorize facts

• To summarize quickly

• To criticize the author

Use main story elements in a logical sequence for a literary text.

• To organize the plot effectively

• To describe the setting in detail

• To focus only on the main character

• To ignore the sequence of events

Use the central idea and relevant details for an informational text.

• To understand the main point and supporting facts

• To write a fictional story

• To memorize every word

• To ignore the main idea

Compare and contrast important details presented by two texts on the same topic or theme.

• Identify similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic or theme.

• Summarize only one text on a given topic or theme.

• List the authors of two texts on the same topic or theme.

• Describe the setting of one text on a given topic or theme.

Which of the following best explains how one or more characters develop throughout the plot in a literary text?

• They remain unchanged from beginning to end.

• They experience growth or change as the story progresses.

• They are only described physically, not emotionally.

• They are not important to the plot.

Explain a theme and how it develops, using details, in a literary text.

• A theme is a central idea that develops through characters, events, and details in a literary text.

• A theme is the setting of the story.

• A theme is the list of characters in a story.

• A theme is the author's biography.