Close Reading Passages

In close reading you will need to be able to paraphrase statements.

• true

• false

You will need to be able to analyze the structure of a passage.

• True

• False

Each sections of the reading test can contain what number of passages? Check all that apply.

• long prose passage

• shorter prose passages

• long and short prose passage

• really short prose passages

True or False. For the reading test, you will not need to infer the theme of a passage.

• true

• false

When you annotate by marking vocabulary and key passages you want to revisit later after reading a text once, you are

• skimming the text

• first reading the text

• close reading the text

• forgetting the text

In a close read, you go back into the text to study it in greater

• comprehension

• detail

• plot

• story

Look at the four letters that indicates where the following sentence could be added in paragraph 2: He then began to work on this problem Where would the sentence best fit? Choose the letter where the sentence should be added to the passage.

• Paragraph 2, Line 2

• Paragraph 2, Line 3

• Paragraph 2, Line 4

• Paragraph 2, Line 7

What is the BEST way to include information from the passages?

• Directly quote using quotation marks

• Paraphrase the ideas by putting them in your own words.

• Don't use any information from the articles at all.

In close reading, you will need to identify the main idea of a passage.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a strategy used in close reading?

• Annotating the text

• Skimming the text

• Asking questions about the text

• Summarizing the text