Reading Comprehension Subareas
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Subarea I: Key Ideas and Details
- Read closely to determine what a text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; connect insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole; attend to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account; determine where the text leaves matters uncertain
- Draw inferences and implications from the directly stated content of a reading selection
- Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; identify accurate summaries of key supporting details and ideas
- Identify summaries or paraphrases of the main idea or primary purpose of a reading selection
- Identify summaries or paraphrases of the supporting ideas and specific details in a reading selection
- Identify how and why individuals, events, or ideas interact within a text; determine how an idea or detail informs an author's argument
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Subarea II: Craft, Structure, and Language Skills
- Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and recognize how specific word choices shape meaning or tone
- Determine the author's attitude toward material discussed in a reading selection
- Analyze the structure of a text, including how specific parts of a text relate to each other and to the whole to contribute to meaning
- Identify key transition words and phrases in a reading selection and how they are used
- Identify how a reading selection is organized in terms of cause/effect, compare/contrast, problem/solution, etc.
- Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text
- Determine the role that an idea, reference, or piece of information plays in an author's discussion or argument
- Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts and to comprehend more fully when reading
- Determine whether information presented in a reading selection is presented as fact or opinion
- Determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues
- Identify the meanings of words as they are used in the context of a reading selection
- Understand figurative language and nuances in word meanings
- Understand a range of words and phrases sufficient for reading at the college - and career - readiness level
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Subarea III: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
- Analyze content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words
- Answer questions about texts that include visual representations
- Identify and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence
- Identify the relationship among ideas presented in a reading selection
- Determine whether evidence strengthens, weakens, or is relevant to the arguments in a reading selection
- Determine the logical assumptions upon which an argument or conclusion is based
- Draw conclusions from material presented in a reading selection
- Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge and/or compare the approaches the authors take
- Recognize or predict ideas or situations that are extensions of or similar to what has been presented in a reading selection
- Apply ideas presented in a reading selection to other situations
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18/18
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