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Reading Domain Task Types Flashcards

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  1. A high school ELPAC Reading task asks a student to read a persuasive essay and identify the author's central claim. Which domain skill is this?

    Answer: Analyzing an author's argument in an informational text

    Identifying the central claim of a persuasive essay is an advanced informational text comprehension skill assessed at higher ELPAC grade spans.

  2. Which of the following is NOT typically assessed in the ELPAC Reading domain?

    Answer: Writing a multi-paragraph essay

    Writing a multi-paragraph essay is assessed in the ELPAC Writing domain, not the Reading domain.

  3. A student reads a short poem and is asked what the phrase 'heart of gold' means. This question tests understanding of which literary device?

    Answer: Figurative language / idiom

    'Heart of gold' is an idiom, a type of figurative language, and recognizing its meaning is a key literary text comprehension skill on the ELPAC.

  4. In the ELPAC Reading domain, 'text structure' questions typically ask students to identify patterns such as:

    Answer: Cause/effect, compare/contrast, or sequence of events

    Text structure questions ask students to recognize how a passage is organized, such as through cause/effect, compare/contrast, or chronological sequence.

  5. An ELPAC task presents an infographic with statistics about California's water usage and asks comprehension questions. This is best categorized as:

    Answer: Interpret visuals task

    An infographic with statistics is a visual element, so comprehension questions based on it fall under the 'Read and Interpret Visuals' task type.

  6. When the ELPAC asks a student to determine the meaning of an unknown word using context clues, this skill is called:

    Answer: Vocabulary in context

    Using surrounding words and sentences to figure out the meaning of an unknown word is the vocabulary-in-context skill assessed in ELPAC Reading tasks.

  7. Two ELPAC passages — one literary and one informational — share the theme of perseverance. A question asks how each author presents this theme differently. This is an example of:

    Answer: Cross-text comparison

    Comparing how two texts from different genres treat the same theme is a cross-text comparison task, which falls under 'Read and Compare Texts' on the ELPAC.