Practice Quiz Chapter 05

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. Aside from the actual words on the page, what additional factors affect your interaction with a text?

a) The author's purpose in writing the essay correct incorrect

b) Your purpose in reading the essay correct incorrect

c) The audience for which the essay was intended correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following questions should you ask when pre-reading?

a) How much do I know about this topic? correct incorrect

b) What questions do I have about this topic? correct incorrect

c) What are my views on this topic? correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. When preparing to read an article, an active reader begins by doing what?

a) Reading closely and carefully correct incorrect

b) Scanning the article correct incorrect

c) Making notes of key points from the article correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Looking at a text's subject or author index, keeping an eye out for content markers such as headings, and targeting topic sentences are all examples of what?

a) Inferring correct incorrect

b) Annotating correct incorrect

c) Scanning correct incorrect

d) Studying correct incorrect

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. When is it useful to employ selective reading?

a) When reading to determine whether an essay is related to your topic correct incorrect

b) When reading to use the text as a secondary source in your essay correct incorrect

c) When reading to respond or analyze correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. In a target scan, you read to do what?

a) Get the overall gist of a text correct incorrect

b) Look for specific content correct incorrect

c) See how long the article is correct incorrect

d) Memorize correct incorrect

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. Why is it important to identify topic sentences?

a) They encapsulate the main idea of a paragraph. correct incorrect

b) They offer supporting evidence for claims. correct incorrect

c) They provide transitions between ideas. correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. At the pre-reading stage, it is not important to record bibliographic information.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true about the reading process?

a) Reading is interactive. correct incorrect

b) Reading is passive. correct incorrect

c) Readers approach texts in similar ways. correct incorrect

d) None of the above correct incorrect

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. What does a transitional word show?

a) The rhetorical pattern of a paragraph correct incorrect

b) The main idea of a sentence correct incorrect

c) The relationship between ideas correct incorrect

d) None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true about the connotation of a word?

a) It is often suggested by its context. correct incorrect

b) It is always found in a dictionary. correct incorrect

c) It is irrelevant. correct incorrect

d) It is impossible to know the true connotation of a word. correct incorrect

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. Our speaking vocabularies are smaller than our recognition vocabularies.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect