Competency 007 - Reading Comprehension And Applications
To help in studying for the TeXes EC - 6 exam
- 1.Reading fluency and prior knowlege are directly related.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.What has been considered the most significant predictor of comprehension?
- A.
Reading fluency
- B.
Prior knowldge
- 3.The difficulty of the text is a factor that affects reading comprehension
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.What is the largest of the four kinds of vocabularies?
- A.
Listening
- B.
Reading
- C.
Speaking
- D.
Writing
- 5.What is the smallest of the four kinds of vocabularies?
- A.
Listening
- B.
Speaking
- C.
Reading
- D.
Writing
- 6.What is not one of the three ways students learn word meanings indirectly
- A.
Writing
- B.
Speaking
- C.
Reading
- D.
Listening
- 7.Copying definitions or writing words in contrived stories is an good way to teach vocabulary.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.This sentence is an example of which use of context clues - " Herbivores, such as horses, rabbits, and panda bears, live in habitats all over the world"
- A.
Definition Context Clue
- B.
Example Context Clue
- C.
Synonym Context Clue
- 9.The following is an example of what kind of figurative language - "Because Clarie got into trouble, she was in hot water"
- A.
Idiom
- B.
Simile
- C.
Metaphor
- 10.The following is an example of what kind of figurative language - "The tree whispered as night descended"
- A.
Metaphor
- B.
Personification
- C.
Idiom
- 11.The following is an example of what kind of figurative language - "My skateboard is a rocket because it goes so fast"
- A.
Simile
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Personfication
- 12.The following is an example of what kind of figurative language - "The bank robber was as slippery as an eel, making it very difficult for the police to catch him"
- A.
Idiom
- B.
Personification
- C.
Similie
- 13.Identifying details, identifying the stated main idea, and establishing sequence of events are all related to which of the three levels of reading comprehension?
- A.
Literal comprehension
- B.
Inferential comprehension
- C.
Evaluative comprehension
- 14.Understanding what is meant "between the lines" regarding reading comprehension is a definition of which of the three given levels.
- A.
Evaluative comprehension
- B.
Inferential comprehension
- C.
Identifying comprehension
- 15.Which is not a comprehnsion skill that would build evaluative comprehension?
- A.
Establishing cause and effect relationships
- B.
Valuing
- C.
Thinking critically
- D.
Examining point of view
- 16.Short stories, folktales, tall tales, fables, myths, legends, science fiction, fiction chapter books, and picture books are all examples of what kind of text?
- A.
Narrative
- B.
Expository
- 17.Expository text is factual.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.When children are reading expository text they are transitioning from...
- A.
Learning to read to reading to learn
- B.
Reading to learn to learning to read
- 19.Metacognition is sometimes defined as the ability to think about your...
- A.
Thinking
- B.
Prior knowledge
- C.
Previous knowledge
- 20.Reciprocal Teaching does not involves students in which of the following?
- A.
Questioning
- B.
Comparing
- C.
Summarizing
- D.
Predicting
- 21.Fix-up strategies are techniques that active learners use when they encounter unfamiliar concepts or diffiuclt text, which is not an example of fix-up strategies?
- A.
Reread the text
- B.
Read more slowly
- C.
Refer to visual aids
- D.
Create a story map
- E.
Look for examples in the text that clarify the idea
- F.
Check alternate references for additional information
- 22.Students who are going to be exposed to unfamiliar vocabulary within a reading text, should write down those words as they come across and then discuss them at the end of the reading.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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