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Flashcard 1: What is a text feature that often supports comprehension in literary nonfiction?
Answer: Headings, captions, timelines, sidebars, or photographs. Visual and organizational elements enhance understanding.
Flashcard 2: What is the most reliable way to determine a word's meaning in context?
Answer: Use surrounding clues and the sentence meaning, then verify with a glossary. Context clues provide immediate meaning; glossary confirms.
Flashcard 3: Which action best shows you are monitoring comprehension during reading?
Answer: Stop and clarify confusion by rereading and asking a specific question. Active readers pause to check understanding regularly.
Flashcard 4: What is an author's point of view in literary nonfiction?
Answer: The author’s perspective or position toward the subject and audience. Shapes how information is presented and interpreted.
Flashcard 5: Which option best shows effective use of a glossary note while reading a complex text?
Answer: Define the term, then reread the sentence to confirm the meaning fits. Confirms understanding by testing word meaning in context.
Flashcard 6: Identify the best definition of an objective summary of a nonfiction text.
Answer: A concise restatement of key ideas without opinions or minor details. Focuses on author's ideas, not reader's interpretations.
Flashcard 7: What is the central idea of a nonfiction text?
Answer: The main point the author develops across the whole text. The overarching message supported by all sections.
Flashcard 8: Which strategy best helps you set a clear purpose before reading literary nonfiction?
Answer: Preview headings and first paragraphs, then create a focus question. Activates prior knowledge and establishes reading goals.
Flashcard 9: What is the primary purpose of scaffolding when reading complex nonfiction?
Answer: Temporary support to access meaning, then gradually remove assistance. Builds independence by providing help only when needed.
Flashcard 10: What does it mean to read a grade 6–8 literary nonfiction text "proficiently"?
Answer: Accurately understand ideas, structure, and meaning with minimal support. Demonstrates independent comprehension of complex texts.
Flashcard 11: What is literary nonfiction in grades 6–8 (as tested in RI standards)?
Answer: True writing that uses literary techniques such as narrative and imagery. Combines factual content with storytelling elements and descriptive language.
Flashcard 12: Which limited step best helps you handle a difficult paragraph on a first read?
Answer: Paraphrase each sentence in simpler words while keeping the original meaning. Simplifying language helps decode complex ideas.
Flashcard 13: Identify the best next step if you cannot explain a paragraph’s main point after reading it.
Answer: Reread and annotate key sentences, then restate the point in one sentence. Active annotation helps identify and clarify main ideas.
Flashcard 14: Choose the best action to keep an objective summary from becoming a personal response.
Answer: Remove opinions and keep only what the author says and supports. Objectivity requires excluding personal interpretations.
Flashcard 15: Identify the text structure signaled by words such as "however" and "on the other hand."
Answer: Compare-and-contrast structure. These transitions show similarities and differences.
Flashcard 16: Which cue word most strongly signals a cause-and-effect relationship in a text?
Answer: Therefore. Indicates a conclusion drawn from previous information.
Flashcard 17: What is the best definition of tone in literary nonfiction?
Answer: The author’s attitude toward the subject, shown through word choice and style. Revealed through diction, syntax, and rhetorical choices.
Flashcard 18: What is the difference between a claim and evidence in nonfiction?
Answer: Claim: assertion; evidence: facts or examples that support the assertion. Claims state ideas; evidence proves them with specifics.
Flashcard 19: Which detail is most likely to be relevant evidence for a central idea claim?
Answer: A fact, example, or anecdote that directly supports the stated main point. Relevant evidence must connect directly to the main idea.
Flashcard 20: Identify the strongest quick check that you understood a section of literary nonfiction.
Answer: State the section’s central idea and cite one supporting detail from it. Proves comprehension through synthesis and textual support.
Flashcard 21: What is the meaning of "literary nonfiction" as it appears in Grade 7 reading standards?
Answer: Nonfiction that uses storytelling techniques to present real events. Combines factual content with narrative elements like character and plot.
Flashcard 22: Which action best shows you understood a challenging section: ask a clarifying question, skip it, or rewrite it as fiction?
Answer: Ask a clarifying question. Questions demonstrate engagement and identify areas needing clarification.
Flashcard 23: Which option is the best clue that a text is literary nonfiction: citations, dragons, or made-up worlds?
Answer: Citations. References to sources indicate factual, researched content.
Flashcard 24: What is the best definition of "tone" in a nonfiction text?
Answer: The author’s attitude toward the topic, shown through word choice. Revealed through formal/informal language and emotional word choices.
Flashcard 25: Which word best signals a cause-and-effect relationship: "because," "meanwhile," or "for example"?
Answer: Because. Explicitly shows one event or fact leading to another.
Flashcard 26: Which strategy best helps when a sentence is difficult: reread and paraphrase, ignore it, or stop reading?
Answer: Reread and paraphrase. Breaking down complex ideas into your own words aids comprehension.
Flashcard 27: What is the best definition of "domain-specific vocabulary" in literary nonfiction?
Answer: Specialized words tied to a field or topic (science, history, medicine). Requires context knowledge to understand technical terms.
Flashcard 28: Identify the structure signaled by dates and time-order words: compare/contrast, sequence, or problem/solution.
Answer: Sequence. Chronological order uses time markers to organize events.
Flashcard 29: What is the best definition of "text structure" in nonfiction reading?
Answer: How the author organizes ideas (cause/effect, compare, sequence, etc.). Understanding structure helps readers follow the author's logic.
Flashcard 30: What is the best definition of "objective summary" of a nonfiction text?
Answer: A neutral summary of key ideas without opinions or extra details. Focuses on facts and main ideas, avoiding personal interpretation.