Core Knowledge Flashcards
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A student reads: 'The old house groaned in the wind.' What literary device is used?
Answer: Personification
Personification attributes a human action (groaning) to a non-human object (the house).
Which question type requires a student to evaluate the quality or validity of an author's argument?
Answer: Critical analysis
Critical analysis questions ask readers to judge the strength, logic, or fairness of an argument.
A teacher reviews a student's aReading growth score from fall to spring. What does a positive growth score indicate?
Answer: The student improved their reading ability over time
A positive growth score means the student's scaled score increased from one testing window to the next.
Which sentence contains context clues that best help a reader infer the meaning of 'arid'?
Answer: The arid desert received less than two inches of rain per year and supported almost no plant life.
The clues 'less than two inches of rain' and 'no plant life' allow the reader to infer that 'arid' means extremely dry.
In a narrative text, the rising action refers to:
Answer: The series of events that build toward the climax
Rising action consists of the events and complications that increase tension and lead up to the climax.
A passage presents both sides of a debate on school uniforms. This type of text is best described as:
Answer: Balanced informational or argumentative text
Presenting multiple perspectives on an issue characterizes a balanced informational or argumentative text.
Which FastBridge aReading skill domain involves understanding relationships between words such as synonyms, antonyms, and analogies?
Answer: Vocabulary
Vocabulary knowledge includes understanding word relationships such as synonyms, antonyms, and analogical reasoning.