Reading Skills Review

What are context clues?

• information in a text that helps you define unfamiliar words

• an educated guess with text evidence and background information

• A sentence from a text that helps support an answer to a question

• a website where we can get information when we research

What are inferences?

• information in a text that helps you define unfamiliar words

• an educated guess with text evidence and background information

• A sentence from a text that helps support an answer to a question

• a website where we can get information when we research

Which word below is a synonym for "nervous"?

• calm

• happy

• angry

• scared

What is text evidence?

• information in a text that helps you define unfamiliar words

• an educated guess with text evidence and background information

• A sentence from a text that helps support an answer to a question

• a website where we can get information when we research

Which word below is an antonym for "nervous"?

• calm

• sad

• angry

• scared

What does captivated mean in the sentence below?

"Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so captivated by art."

• destroyed

• interested in

• hated

• trapped

What can you infer happened to Roba in the passage below?

"Roba tightened her lips until you couldn't see them on her face. Her face was turning red and she started breathing heavily. Orange juice ran down her forehead and into her eyes. She started to cry."

• There was orange juice on her face.

• She was crying.

• Someone threw the orange juice at her.

• She was drinking orange juice.

Which line from the passage below tells you that Roba is upset?

"Roba tightened her lips until you couldn't see them on her face. Her face was turning red and she started breathing heavily. Orange juice ran down her forehead and into her eyes. She started to cry."

• Roba tightened her lips.

• You couldn't see them on her face.

• She started to cry.

• Orange juice ran down her forehead and into her eyes.