Y9 Mid-Term Reading Strategies Quiz

Which reading strategy would you use to quickly find a specific date in a long article?

• Predicting

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Inferring

Which strategy is best for grasping the overall meaning of a text without focusing on every word?

• Skimming

• Close reading

• Scanning

• Questioning

True or False: Predicting is a strategy used to summarize a text after reading.

• True

• False

What strategy involves drawing conclusions based on evidence provided in the text and one's own reasoning?

• Scanning

• Inferring

• Visualizing

• Skimming

A reader notices that a character in a novel is frequently described with words like 'hunched,' 'tattered,' and 'weary.' Which strategy helps the reader understand that this character may be struggling or poor?

• Questioning

• Visualizing

• Empathizing

• Inferring

When a reader creates mental images of a text's content to enhance understanding and retention, they are using which strategy?

• Questioning

• Empathizing

• Visualizing

• Close reading

If you want to deeply analyze a paragraph for its underlying themes and literary devices, which reading strategy should you employ?

• Predicting

• Skimming

• Close reading

• Scanning

True or False: Empathizing requires the reader to physically feel what a character is experiencing.

• True

• False

Which strategy involves asking questions about the text before, during, and after reading to enhance comprehension?

• Visualizing

• Questioning

• Skimming

• Inferring

What strategy might a reader use to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word by looking at the sentences around it?

• Predicting

• Skimming

• Contextual clues

• Inferring