quiz 5, chapter 5, The Active Reader 2e, Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

Aside from the actual words on the page, what additional factors affect your interaction with a text?
a) your prior knowledge and beliefs
b) the author’s purpose in writing the essay
c) your purpose in reading the essay
d) the audience for which the essay was intended
e) the context of reading
f) all of the above

Question 2:

Which of the following should you ask when pre-reading?
a) How much do I know about this topic?
b) What questions do I have about this topic?
c) Why am I reading this essay?
d) What are my views on this topic?
e) What do I know about the author?
f) All of the above should be asked.
g) None of the above should be asked.

Question 3:

When preparing to read an article, an active reader begins by ________.
a) reading closely and carefully
b) scanning the article
c) writing down all bibliographic details
d) making notes of key points from the article
e) answers C and D
f) answers B and C
g) all of the above

Question 4:

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
b) annotating
c) scanning
d) studying

Question 5:

It is useful to employ selective reading __________.
a) when reading to determine whether an essay is related to your topic
b) when reading to extract main ideas (summarize)
c) when reading to use the text as a secondary source in your essay
d) when reading to respond or analyze
e) all of the above
f) answers A and D
g) answers A and B

Question 6:

In a targeted scan, you read to __________.
a) get the overall gist of a text
b) look for specific content
c) see how long the article is
d) memorize

Question 7:

Identifying topic sentences is important because they ________.
a) encapsulate the main idea of a paragraph
b) offer supporting evidence for claims
c) provide transitions between ideas
d) all of the above

Question 8:

Which of the following is true about the reading process?
a) Reading is interactive.
b) Reading is passive.
c) Readers approach texts in similar ways.
d) answers B and C
e) none of the above

Question 9:

Which of the following is considered a transitional word?
a) going
b) moreover
c) time
d) activity
e) none of the above

Question 10:

The connotation of a word is __________.
a) often suggested by its context
b) always found in a dictionary
c) irrelevant
d) determined by its suffix

Question 11:

At the pre-reading stage, it is not important to record bibliographic information.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

Our speaking vocabularies are smaller than our recognition vocabularies.
a) True
b) False

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The Active Reader, 2e: Chapter 5